Also on July 1
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Canada Day (CA) · Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (HK) · Madeira Day (PT) · 香港特別行政區成立紀念日 (HK)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Islamic: Birth of Shaykh Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni ق major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2013 — Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union. ↗
- 2008 — Rioting erupts in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections. ↗
- 2007 — Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. ↗
- 2006 — The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in China. ↗
- 2004 — Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1998 — Aleksandra Golovkina, Lithuanian figure skater
- 1996 — Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
- 1995 — Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
- 1995 — Savvy Shields, Miss America 2015
- 1992 — Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player