DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Friday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2022. There are 183 days left in the year. On this date in:
1863: The pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.
1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.
1903: The first Tour de France began. (It ended on July 19; the winner was Maurice Garin.)
1944: Delegates from 44 countries began meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where they agreed to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1963: The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes.
1966: The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
1973: The Drug Enforcement Administration
was established.
1991: President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, a federal appeals court judge, to the Supreme Court, beginning an ultimately successful confirmation process marked by allegations of sexual harassment.
1997: Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
2004: Actor Marlon Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80.
2009: Actor Karl Malden, 97, died in Brentwood, California.
2015: After more than a half-century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared they would reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, marking a full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes.
2019: Fifteen-year-old Coco Gauff, the youngest player to qualify at Wimbledon in the professional era, defeated 39-year-old Venus Williams in the first round, 6-4, 6-4. Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, was found dead in his room at the Texas hotel where the team was staying; the medical examiner found that Skaggs had a toxic mix of alcohol and the painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone in his body.
Actor Leslie Caron is 91. Actor Jamie Farr is 88. Dancer Twyla Tharp is 81. Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 77. Singer Fred Schneider of The B-52’s is 71. Singer Victor Willis of the Village People is 71. Actor Dan Aykroyd is 70. Actor Alan Ruck (“Spin City,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 66. Singer Evelyn “Champagne” King is 62. Singer Michelle Wright is 61. Actor Andre Braugher is 60. Actor Dominic Keating (“Star Trek: Enterprise”) is 60. Actor Pamela Anderson is 55. Bassist Mark
Pirro of Polyphonic Spree is 52. Actor
Henry Simmons (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “NYPD Blue”) is 52. Rapper Missy Elliott is 51. Actor Julianne Nicholson (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Ally Mcbeal”) is 51. Actor and writer Jill Kargman (“Odd Mom Out”) is 48. Drummer
Bryan Devendorf of The National is 47. Singersongwriter Sufjan Stevens is 47. Actor Thomas Sadoski (“Life in Pieces”) is 46. Actor Liv Tyler is 45. Actor Hilarie Burton (“One Tree Hill”) is 40. Actor
Lea Seydoux (“Spectre,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”) is 37. Actors Steven and Andrew Cavarno (“Party of Five”) are 30. Singer Chloe Bailey of Chloe X Halle is 24. Actor Storm Reid (“12 Years a Slave,” “A Wrinkle in Time”) is 19.