This is the 182nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/p>\n
\n- It was on this date in 1770 that Lexell’s Comet passes closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.<\/li>\n
- July 1, 1858, Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution to the Linnean Society in London.<\/li>\n
- The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale on this date in 1874.<\/li>\n
- Also today in 1881, The world’s first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.<\/li>\n
- July 1, 1890, Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.<\/li>\n
- That same date in 1908, SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.<\/li>\n
- United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport) on this date in 1931.<\/li>\n
- It was 83 years ago today that Australia’s national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.<\/li>\n
- 52 years ago today, ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.<\/li>\n
- July 1, 1979, Sony introduces the Walkman<\/li>\n
- The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA on this date in 1984.<\/li>\n
- 11 years ago today, Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini\u2013Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.<\/li>\n
- Neptune’s moon S\/2004 N 1 is discovered two years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n
\n- German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born on this date in 1646.<\/li>\n
- William Grant Stairs, the Canadian-English captain and explorer was born July 1, 1863.<\/li>\n
- Also born today in 1872, British physicist and electrical engineer William Duddell.<\/li>\n
- David Brower, American environmentalist, founder Sierra Club Foundation was born 103 years ago.<\/li>\n
- Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist Iosif Shklovsky was born on this date in 1916.<\/li>\n
- The actor best known for his cross dressing character on M*A*S*H, Corporal Klinger, Jamie Farr is 81.<\/li>\n
- Another actor, producer, and screenwriter Dan Aykroyd, is 63.<\/li>\n
- Cameron from Ferris Beuller’s Day off, and Captain John Harriman from Star Trek Generations, actor Alan Ruck is 59.<\/li>\n
- Diana, Princess of Wales would have been 54 today.<\/li>\n
- and finally, actress Liv Tyler is 38.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for July 1, 2015<\/p>\n
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