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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575" title="1575">1575</a> – A dispute between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forster_(soldier)" title="John Forster (soldier)">Sir John Forster</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Carmichael" title="Sir John Carmichael">Sir John Carmichael</a> led to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_of_the_Redeswire" title="Raid of the Redeswire">a Scottish raid</a></b> on Northumberland, England, in which 27 men were killed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> – Four countries signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Fur_Seal_Convention_of_1911" title="North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911">North Pacific Fur Seal Convention</a></b>, which banned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_hunting" title="Seal hunting">hunting of seals</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone" title="Pelagic zone">pelagic zone</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – The secret police of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Nhu" title="Ngô Đình Nhu">Ngô Đình Nhu</a>, brother and chief political adviser of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngô Đình Diệm</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Seven_Day_scuffle" title="Double Seven Day scuffle">attacked</a></b> a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" title="Buddhist crisis">Buddhist crisis</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – After writing a letter to Soviet premier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Andropov" title="Yuri Andropov">Yuri Andropov</a>, American schoolgirl <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith" title="Samantha Smith">Samantha Smith</a></b> visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">Yugoslav Wars</a>: The signing of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brioni_Agreement" title="Brioni Agreement">Brioni Agreement</a></b> ended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Day_War" title="Ten-Day War">Ten-Day War</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a> and Slovenia.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Har_Krishan" title="Guru Har Krishan">Guru Har Krishan</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1656); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanolani" title="Keanolani">Keanolani</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1847); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1860); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernande_Sadler" title="Fernande Sadler">Fernande Sadler</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1869)</p>