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July 1st
1646 ~ Birthday of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German Mathematician & Philosopher.
1863 ~ The American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg began.
1906 ~ Birthday of Estée Lauder, Cosmetics Pioneer.
1916 ~ WWI: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 18,000 British soldiers were killed, and 40,000 wounded.
1925 ~ Death of Erik Satie, French Composer.
1963 ~ The British Government admitted that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
2000 ~ Death of Walter Matthau, Actor.
2000 ~ Vermont's civil unions law went into effect.
2004 ~ Cassini-Huygens was successfully inserted into orbit around Saturn.
2004 ~ Death of Marlon Brando, Actor.
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