Daily Calendar for Sunday, July 1, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-07-01T00:00:00
End: 2029-07-01T23:59:59

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Battle of Gettysburg began – 1863
Dominion of Canada was created by the British North America Act; the Dominion consisted of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lower and Upper Canada – 1867
John A. Macdonald became the first prime minister of Canada – 1867
Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation – 1873
First U.S. zoo opened, with bear pit and lion house, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1874
Lincoln Highway Association formed to create first coast-to-coast U.S. highway – 1913
First sales tax in U.S. began in West Virginia – 1921
First Piano Concerto by Bela Bartok premiered in Frankfurt, Germany – 1927
Bulova Watch company sponsored the first television commercial – 1941
Intelligence and Security Branch of U.S. Army established – 1962
Zip codes introduced for U.S. mail – 1963
Medicare went into effect – 1966
O Canada officially became the national anthem of Canada – 1980
After a seven-year journey, NASA’s Cassini probe became the first spacecraft ever to orbit the giant ringed planet Saturn – 2004
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, announced that she was retiring from the bench after 24 years – 2005
Andy Pettitte broke Whitey Ford’s record for career strikeouts as a New York Yankees pitcher after striking out his 1,958th batter – 2013