July 1
1837 A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
1873 Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
1908 SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
1946 The US exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1958 Flooding of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway began.
1969 Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales.
1980 "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
1997 Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British Colony.
July 2
1489 Thomas Cranmer, English religious leader and first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury, was born. One of the Oxford Martyrs, he was burned at the stake March 21, 1556.
1679 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1937 Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
1947 An object that the Army Air Force later said was a weather balloon crashed near Roswell, NM.
1997 James Stewart, actor, died at age 89
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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