July 7
What happened on July 7 in history
3 events fall on July 7, from 1456 to 2005. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.
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Events on July 7
1456
Joan of Arc is exonerated
A retrial twenty-five years after her death annuls the verdict.
1928
Sliced bread goes on sale
A bakery in Chillicothe, Missouri sells the first machine-sliced loaves.
2005
The London bombings
Four suicide bombs on the transport network kill fifty-two people.