Today in History: Istanbul-London Flights Started

July 7 is the 188nd (189rd in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days left until the end of the year.

Railways

• 7 July 1939 3714 numbered law on the transfer of Iskenderun Port and Payas-Iskenderun line to State Railways administration.

Events 

• 1521 – The Turkish army entered Böğürdelen (Siege of Böğürdelen).
• 1543 - French troops occupy Luxembourg.
• 1668 - Isaac Newton earned his master's degree from Trinity College, Cambridge.
• 1828 – Kars was occupied by the Russians upon Emin Pasha's decision to surrender.
• 1929 - Independent Vatican was established when Mussolini agreed with the Pope.
• 1929 - The first airline stewardess took office in the United States.
• 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser started the construction of the Hoover Dam as it is known today.
• 1939 – It was decided to establish a province in Hatay.
• 1941 – II. World War II: French and British troops occupy Beirut.
• 1943 – Istanbul-London flights started
• 1948 – The special law numbered 5245, known as the Law of Wonderful Children, was enacted, allowing İdil Biret and Suna Kan to study abroad.
• 1964 – directed by Metin Erksan Summer without water The film won the Golden Bear Award at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.
• 1974 - Germany won the FIFA World Cup.
• 1978 - The Solomon Islands in the Pacific declared independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1980 – The beginning of state administration in Iran according to the principles of Sharia.
• 1980 – Led Zeppelin gave their last concert in Berlin.
• 1985 - Boris Becker wins the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. (first German to win the tournament and only 17 years old).
• 1994 – The war between North and South Yemen ended with the victory of the Northerners.
• 1996 – Richard Krajicek wins the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. (first Dutchman to win the tournament).
• 1998 – Minister of State Rüştü Kazım Yücelen, Member of Parliament Şinasi Altıner, journalist Fikret Bila, guard police and driver were injured in an accident that occurred near Skopje in Macedonia during Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz's trip. Macedonian husband and wife died in the car that hit the car of the Turkish delegation.
• 2000 – The Supreme Court upheld the 25-month prison sentence given to former Deputy Şevki Yılmaz.
• 2005 – 56 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on London underground stations.
• 2007 – Live Earth concerts were held in many cities of the world.
• 2007 – The new 7 Wonders of the World were determined.
• 2020 – Mustafa Şentop was re-elected as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Births 

• 1746 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1826)
• 1854 – Nikolay Morozov, Russian scientist and founder of the New Chronology (d. 1946)
• 1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
• 1887 – Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (d. 1985)
• 1899 – George Cukor, American film director (d. 1983)
• 1902 – Vittorio de Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
• 1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Guri Richter, Danish actress (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Adolf von Thadden, German far-right politician (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Doc Severinsen, American jazz trumpeter
• 1931 – David Eddings, American author (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Talat Sait Halman, Turkish poet, writer, translator, academic, diplomat and politician (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Lisa Seagram, American actress (d. 2019)
• 1936 – Jo Siffert, Swiss auto racing driver (d. 1971)
• 1938 – Jan Assmann, German Egyptologist and theologian
• 1939 – Robert Nixon, English illustrator (d. 2002)
• 1940 – Ringo Starr, English musician and member of The Beatles band
• 1944 – Feri Cansel, Turkish film actor (d. 1983)
• 1944 – Jürgen Grabowski is a former German football player.
• 1947 – Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, former King of Nepal
• 1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress, comedian, and voice actor
• 1952 – Nevzat Tarhan, Turkish physician and psychiatrist
• 1960 – Ralph Sampson, American former professional basketball player
• 1962 – Akiva Goldsman is an American screenwriter and producer.
• 1962 – Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Turkish filmmaker, writer and politician
• 1962 – Ali Teoman, Turkish writer (d. 2011)
• 1968 – Jorja Fox is an American actress.
• 1969 – Ali İhsan Yavuz, Turkish politician
• 1969 – Metin Feyzioğlu, Turkish lawyer and President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations
• 1975 – Nina Hoss, German theater, film and TV actress
• 1976 – Ercüment Olgundeniz, Turkish discus and shot putter
• 1978 - Chris Andersen is an American basketball player.
• 1978 – Yasemin Kozanoğlu, Turkish model and actress
• 1979 – Patricia Aulitzky, Austrian actress and singer
• 1979 – Zahide Yetiş, Turkish presenter
• 1980 – Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish athlete
• 1981 – Synyster Gates, American musician, songwriter, and guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold
• 1981 – Michael Silberbauer, Danish national football player
• 1982 – Cassidy, American musician
• 1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian football player
• 1983 – Jakub Wawrzyniak, Polish national football player
• 1984 - Alberto Aquilani, Italian football player
• 1984 – Stephanie Stumph is a German actress.
• 1987 – Volkan Şen, Turkish football player
• 1990 – Lee Addy, Ghanaian international football player
• 1991 – Alesso is a Swedish DJ and Producer.
• 1991 – James Forrest, Scottish international football player
• 1992 - Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress
• 1993 – Capital Steez, American hip hop artist (d. 2012)

Deaths 

• 1162 – II. Haakon, King of Norway (1157-1162) (b. 1147)
• 1304 – XI. Benedict was Pope from October 22, 1303 until his death, nearly a year (b. 1240)
• 1307 – Edward I, King of England (b. 1239)
• 1572 – II. Zygmunt August, King of Poland (Poland) (b. 1520)
• 1718 – Alexey Petrovich, Russian Tsarevich (b. 1690)
• 1879 – Béla Wenckheim, Hungarian politician (b. 1811)
• 1890 – Henri Nestlé, German confectioner and founder of Nestlé factories (b. 1814)
• 1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (b. 1827)
• 1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
• 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish author and physician (b. 1859)
• 1933 – Mikola Skripnik, Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and President of the Ukrainian Council of People's Commissars (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin, Soviet diplomat (b. 1872)
• 1939 – Axel Hägerström, Swedish philosopher (b. 1868)
• 1955 – Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1896)
• 1956 – Gottfried Benn, German expressionist poet and physician (b. 1886)
• 1962 – Neveser Kökdeş, Turkish composer, lyricist and tamburi (b. 1904)
• 1965 – Moshe Sharet, second prime minister of Israel (1954-1955) (b. 1894)
• 1972 – Athenagoras I, 268th Patriarch of the Istanbul Greek Orthodox Patriarchate (b. 1886)
• 1972 – King Talal, King of Jordan (b. 1909)
• 1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and social scientist (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1976 – Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of Germany (b. 1899)
• 1989 – George Voorhis, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1993 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish poet and writer (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Syd Barrett, English musician (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Mahmut Erdal, Turkish poet, writer and folk troubadour (b. 1938)
• 2013 – MC Daleste, Brazilian rapper (b. 1992)
• 2014 – Dick Jones, American voice actor and actor (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine football player (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian statesman (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Jaime Morey, Spanish singer (b. 1942)
• 2016 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2017 – Pierrette Bloch, French-born Swiss painter and textile artist (b. 1928)
• 2017 – Pam McConnell, Canadian female politician (b. 1946)
• 2017 – Kenneth Silverman, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer (b. 1936)
• 2018 – Hacène Lalmas, Algerian former football player (b. 1943)
• 2018 – Michel, Prince of Bourbon-Parma, French aristocrat, businessman, soldier, and speedway (b. 1926)
• 2018 – Fairuz Mustafayev, Former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and politician (b. 1933)
• 2019 – Ora Namir, Israeli politician and diplomat (b. 1930)
• 2020 – Hernán Alemán, Venezuelan politician (b. 1955)
• 2020 – Jale Aylanç, Theater, cinema and TV series actress, voice actor (b. 1948)
• 2020 – Chinibay Tursunbekov, politician, poet and activist (b. 1960)