Today is Wednesday, July 1, the 182 day of 2026. There are 183 days left in the year.<\/p>\n
Today in history:<\/p>\n
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.<\/p>\n
Also on this date:<\/p>\n
In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect. Called Dominion Day until 1982, the national holiday is now known as Canada Day.<\/p>\n
In 1903, the first Tour de France began. (It ended on July 19, won by Maurice Garin.)<\/p>\n
In 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.<\/p>\n
In 1963, the U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes.<\/p>\n
In 1973, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was established.<\/p>\n
In 1984, the first movie rated PG-13 (\u201cRed Dawn,\u201d starring Patrick Swayze) was released.<\/p>\n
In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, beginning an ultimately successful confirmation process marked by allegations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n
In 2004, actor Marlon Brando died in Los Angeles at age 80.<\/p>\n
In 2015, after more than a half-century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared their intent to reopen embassies in each other\u2019s capitals, leading to a historic full restoration of diplomatic relations between the Cold War foes.<\/p>\n
In 2018, LeBron James announced that he would be signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, leaving Cleveland for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n
In 2019, 15-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.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/p>\n
Actor-dancer Leslie Caron is 94.
\nActor Jamie Farr (TV: \u201cM*A*S*H\u201d) is 92.
\nDancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 85.
\nActor Genevieve Bujold is 84.
\nRock singer Deborah Harry (Blondie) is 81.
\nActor Terrence Mann is 75.
\nRock singer Fred Schneider (The B-52s) is 75.
\nPop singer Victor Willis (Village People) is 75.
\nActor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 74.
\nActor Alan Ruck is 70.
\nMystery novelist Louise Penny is 68.
\nSinger Evelyn \u201cChampagne\u201d King is 66.
\nOlympic track champion Carl Lewis is 65.
\nActor Pamela Anderson is 59.
\nActor Henry Simmons is 56.
\nHip-hop artist Missy Elliott is 55.
\nActor Julianne Nicholson is 55.
\nSinger-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is 51.
\nActor Liv Tyler is 49.
\nHockey Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla is 49.
\nActor Hilarie Burton is 44.
\nActor Lea Seydoux (LEE\u2019-uh say-DOO\u2019) is 41.
\nActor-singer Chloe Bailey is 28.
\nActor Storm Reid is 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is Wednesday, July 1, the 182 day of 2026. There are 183 days left in the year.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[134736,134735,139,141,140,26313],"class_list":["post-325786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-british-rule-of-hong-kong","tag-july-1-history","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-today-in-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}