On This Day for July 7 - Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States, Marc Chagall is featured, and more

Created: 2020-07-07 10:02 Updated: 2020-07-07 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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July 07

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Marc Chagall

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1898

Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States

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2019: Led by Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. women's football (soccer) team defeated the Netherlands to win its fourth World Cup. [Sort fact from fiction in our football (soccer) quiz.]

2005: The London transit system was struck by coordinated suicide bomb attacks that killed 39 people and injured more than 700.

1978: Czech-born tennis player Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert to win her first of nine Wimbledon singles titles. [ Take our Wimbledon quiz.]

1906: Satchel Paige, a professional baseball pitcher who earned legendary fame during his many years in the Negro leagues, is believed to have been born this day in Mobile, Alabama. [ Take our baseball quiz.]

1978: The Solomon Islands became an independent nation. [Sort fact from fiction in our islands of the world quiz.]

1946: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. [Test your knowledge of Christian saints.]

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Michelle Kwan
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