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Jul 07 1528

Anna of Austria Duchess of Bavaria daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)

Jul 07 1586

Thomas Howard 21st Earl of Arundel English statesman (d. 1646)

Jul 07 1656

Guru Har Krishan 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)

Jul 07 1752

Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom

Jul 07 1806

Michele Amari Italian historianminister of Education

Jul 07 1813

William Scott Ketchum American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Norwalk Connecticut (d. 1871)

Jul 07 1816

Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard American General (Union Army) born in Natick Massachusetts on (d. 1889)

Jul 07 1824

Alfred Pleasonton American Major General (Union Army) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1897)

Jul 07 1827

James Murrell Shackelford American lawyer judge and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Lincoln County Kentucky (d. 1909)

Jul 07 1827

William Montague Browne Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

Jul 07 1851

Lillien Jane Martin psychologist found gerontology clinic

Jul 07 1851

Charles Tindley American gospel music composer (d. 1933)

Jul 07 1853

Albert Vandal French earlhistorian (Le Pacha Bonneval)

Jul 07 1856

George Hearne cricketer (brother of Frank and Alec Test for England)

Jul 07 1860

Gustav Mahler Kalischat Bohemia Austria composerconductor (Titan)

Jul 07 1879

Jacob Weinberg Rusian-born Jewish composer born in Odessa Ukraine (d. 1956)

Jul 07 1883

Toivo Kuula Finnish composer born in Vehkakoski (d. 1918)

Jul 07 1887

Raymond Hatton American actor (Girls in Prison Lady Killer) born in Red Oak Iowa (d. 1971)

Jul 07 1890

Tom Powers American actor (Station West Destination Moon) born in Owensboro Kentucky

Jul 07 1897

Anna Luther American silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk) born in New Jersey (d. 1960)

Jul 07 1900

Earle E. Partridge United States Air Force general (d. 1990)

Jul 07 1901

Gustav Knuth German actor (Sissi Freddy Unter Fremden) born in Brunswick Germany (d. 1987)

Jul 07 1901

Vittorio De Sica Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves Sciusci) born in Sora Lazio (d. 1974)

Jul 07 1902

James McCartney father of Beatle Paul McCartney

Jul 07 1902

Ted Double Duty Radcliffe American baseball player (d. 2005)

Jul 07 1905

Marcel Rubin Austrian composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1995)

Jul 07 1906

William Feller Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)

Jul 07 1906

Satchel Paige American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (5-time Negro League 2-time MLB All Star) born in Mobile Alabama (d. 1982)

Jul 07 1907

Helene Johnson American Harlem Renaissance poet born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1995)

Jul 07 1907

Robert A[nson] Heinlein American sci-fi author (4 Hugos Red Planet)

Jul 07 1908

Harriette Arnow Wayne Co Ky novelist (Dollmaker)

Jul 07 1908

Revilo P. Oliver American professor (d. 1994)

Jul 07 1909

Eddie Mayehoff American actor (Hour Glass Thats My Boy How to Murder Your Wife) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1992)

Jul 07 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

Jul 07 1498 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel

Jul 07 1534 European colonization of the Americas first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick

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