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• ... that "squash and stretch" (example pictured) is considered the most important of the 12 basic principles of animation?
• ... that the Ralph J. Bunche House in South Los Angeles was the boyhood home of Ralph Bunche, the first person of color to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
• ... that the extinct sea turtle Psephophorus was once mistaken as an ancient armadillo due to the specimen's poor condition?
• ... that Welsh footballer Roy Clarke played in three different divisions of the Football League in three consecutive matches?
• ... that Leonide Massine wrote the choreography and the libretto for the ballet La Boutique fantasque and also danced in the lead role?
• ... that, in order to prevent storage of nuclear waste in Utah's Skull Valley, the main county road through the valley became State Route 196 in 1998?
• ... that the Treaty of Salynas in 1398 marked the third time that Vytautas the Great granted Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights in 14 years?
• ... that the original building of Trondheim Central Station in Norway has been preserved as a cultural heritage?
  

• Robert Mugabe (pictured) is sworn in for his sixth term as President of Zimbabwe after a controversial run-off presidential election in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew his candidacy due to election-related violence.
• Spain wins the European Football Championship, defeating Germany 1-0 in the final through a goal by Fernando Torres.
• Serbian President Boris Tadić names Mirko Cvetković as the new Prime Minister following the parliamentary election held in May.
• Pakistan holds by-elections, with the contest for one seat delayed by the Supreme Court until it can handle the appeal of disqualified candidate Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
• In District of Columbia v. Heller, the United States Supreme Court rules that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to bear arms, with possible consequences for existing gun control laws.

July 1: Canada Day

• 1520 – Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire: Conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés (pictured) were nearly annihilated in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, and barely succeeded in escaping by night.
• 1569 – The Union of Lublin was signed, merging the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1867 – The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into the Canadian Confederation.
• 1916 – World War I: The first day of the Battle of the Somme became the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties of which 19,240 were killed or died of wounds.
• 1997 – The United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, ending over 150 years of British colonial rule.

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