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On this day in:
* 1862, during the American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes
place, the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George
B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
* 1863, during the American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins
* 1870, the United States Department of Justice formally comes into
existence
* 1881, the world's first international telephone call takes place
between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United
States
* 1898, during the Spanish-American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill was
fought in Santiago de Cuba
* 1921, Communist Party of China was founded
* 1947, British parliament passed India independence act. According to
this took a decision for giving independence to India on August 15
* 1963, ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail
* 1967, the European Community is formally created out of a merger with
the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the
European Atomic Energy Commission.
* 1968, the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington,
London and Moscow by sixty-two countries
* 1979, Sony introduces the Walkman
* 1987, WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first
all-sports radio station
* 1990, German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as
its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany
* 1991, the Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
* 1997, the People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the
city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule
* 1999, the Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth
on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish
Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh
* 2000, the Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for
traffic.
* 2002, the International Criminal Court is established to prosecute
individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the
crime of aggression
* 2007, smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With
the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this
means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK.
Ban also put into effect in Australia
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