July 1: Canada Day; Republic Day in Ghana (1960); Independence Day in Rwanda (1962)
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Kwame Nkrumah
- 1643 – The Westminster Assembly of Divines, assembled to restructure the Church of England, held its first meeting in Westminster Abbey, London.
- 1867 – As per the British North America Act, the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada.
- 1922 – Seven of the sixteen American railroad labor organizations in existence at the time staged a nationwide strike that lasted two months.
- 1960 – Ghana became a republic with Kwame Nkrumah (pictured) as its first president.
- 2008 – Rioting erupted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative elections.
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