On this day: July 1

July 1: Canada Day; Independence Day in Rwanda (1962)

• 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.
• 1874 – The Remington No. 1 (pictured) went on sale, becoming the first commercially successful typewriter.
• 1915 – World War I: German fighter pilot Kurt Wintgens became the first person to shoot down another plane in aerial combat using a synchronized machine gun.
• 1935 – Grant Park Music Festival, the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series, began its tradition of free symphonic music concerts in Chicago's Grant Park.
• 1999 – Legislative governance of Scotland was transferred from the Scottish Office in Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.

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