Daily Calendar for Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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Hammerfest, Norway (known as northernmost town in world), granted town status – 1789
Cornerstone laid for first Catholic cathedral in the United States (Baltimore Basilica), in Baltimore, Maryland – 1806
Acting on instructions from Washington, D.C., Commodore John Drake Sloat ordered his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California – 1846
Jim Thorpe won his first Olympic gold medal in the pentathlon – 1912
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first American saint to be canonized – 1946
First 6 enlisted women transferred from Naval Reserve to regular U.S. Navy – 1948
Roosevelt Campobello International Park created, New Brunswick – 1964
President Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to become a Supreme Court justice; she became the first female member of the Supreme Court – 1981
Solar-powered aircraft Solar Challenger flew 163 miles in 5 hours, 23 minutes. – 1981
A series of bombs exploded in London’s underground railway, as well as on top of a double-decker bus in a terrorist attack against the country – 2005
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles became the youngest person to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. – 2022
Cavers in Narrows, Virginia, found and rescued a dog that was trapped in a 50-foot-deep cave. They named her Sparcy, a variation on the acronym SPAR-C (small party assisted rescue-canine). – 2024

The thermometer touched 127 degrees F at Parker, Arizona – 1905
In a rare July snowstorm, Glacier National Park received ten inches of snow and had 90 mph winds, while Denver had a record high temperature of 101 degrees F – 1981
A record high temperature for this date of 81 degrees F hit Anchorage, Alaska – 2009
Two inches of snow fell in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska – 2018