July 1st

1566 - death of Nostradamus, French astrologer

1858 - The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.

1881 - World's first international telephone call, between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, USA.

1963 - ZIP Code introduced for United States mail.

1967 - Pamela Anderson, actress, was born (gag)

1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.

2004 - death of Marlon Brando, American actor

And of course it's Canada Day! So Happy Canada day everybody!