Today in history 7

Here are some historical events that occurred on July 7th:

1. 1217 - King Henry III of England is crowned at Gloucester Cathedral.
2. 1540 - Henry VIII marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, at Oatlands Palace in Surrey, England.
3. 1654 - The first Jewish settlers arrive in New Amsterdam (now New York City).
4. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army captures Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
5. 1863 - The SS Sultana, carrying over 2,000 passengers, including many Union prisoners of war, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing over 1,800 people.
6. 1915 - The first successful transatlantic flight is made by British aviators Alcock and Brown, who fly from Newfoundland to Ireland.
7. 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins during World War II, as the German air force (Luftwaffe) launches a massive air campaign against the Royal Air Force (RAF).
8. 1960 - The first commercial jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, is retired due to a series of fatal crashes.
9. 1981 - The first mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, who calls a rival telecommunications company to declare that he is speaking from a cell phone.
10. 2011 - The United States debt-ceiling crisis is resolved when the US Congress passes the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and reduces federal spending.

I hope you find these events interesting!