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.

    Events on July 7

    1. 1456

      Joan of Arc is exonerated

      A retrial twenty-five years after her death annuls the verdict.

    2. 1928

      Sliced bread goes on sale

      A bakery in Chillicothe, Missouri sells the first machine-sliced loaves.

    3. 2005

      The London bombings

      Four suicide bombs on the transport network kill fifty-two people.

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