This Day in History
07 Jul 1438
King Charles VII issues the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges stating that a General Church Council with superior power to the Pope must be held every 10 years
07 Jul 1498
Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel
07 Jul 1534
European colonization of the Americas first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick
07 Jul 1550
Traditional date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe
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Building of Hoover Dam begins
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First U S troops withdrawn from South Vietnam
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Future President Jimmy Carter marries
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Warren Earp killed in Arizona
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Mary Surratt is first woman executed by U S federal government
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Samantha Smith leaves for visit to the USSR
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