FRIDAY, July 07, 2023

1668 ― Isaac Newton receives M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge

1846 ― U.S. annexes California

1891 ― Traveler's cheque patented

1898 ― U.S. annexes Hawaii

1923 ― University of Delaware invents the Junior Year Abroad Program (at Sorbonne)

1937 ― Second Sino-Japanese War ignites

1941 ― U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion

1956 ― Seven Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of Calif., Colombia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings

1969 ― Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English languages

1976 ― Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars

1978 ― Solomon Islands gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1980 ― AZ Judge Sandra Day O'Connor first female nominated to U.S. Supreme Court