H.G. Wells and Mr. Augusts John
Herbert George Wells, known as H. G. Wells, left, with Welsh painter Augusts John, right, at an exhibition of twentieth century German art in Munich named "Degenerate Art" at the New Burlington Gallery, London on July 7, 1938. Sponsors include Sir Kenneth Clark, unseen, Augustus John, who also opened the exhibition, the Bishop of Birmingham, unseen, H. G. Wells, Dr. Cyril Norwood, unseen, and many distinguished Britons. The work of some 50 contemporary German artists of importance is included in the show. (AP Photo/Staff/Len Puttnam)
REPORTERS PEARL HARBOR ATTACK
White House reporters are dashing for the telephones, on July 7, 1941, after they had been told by presidential press secretary Stephen T. Early that Japanese submarines and planes had just bombed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (AP Photo)
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe leaves New York on July 7, 1958, by air for Hollywood to start work on her film, "Some Like It Hot" on her first film in two years. (AP Photo)
BILLIE JEAN KING
American tennis player Billie Jean King jubilantly displays her trophy after winning the final of the women's singles tournament in Wimbledon, London, England on July 7, 1973. King beat Chris Evert 6-9, 7-5 to win the championship for the second consecutive year and for the fifth time in her career. (AP Photo)
Disneyland
A 100-million-year-old battle atop a volcanic mountain is recreated in this scene from the new “Primeval World” display at Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif., July 7, 1966. At right is the greatly feared, huge Tyrannosaurus Rex, shaking his tooth-filled head at a smaller stegosaurus, who compensates for his size with two brains, armor plates and a death dealing tail. (AP Photo)
Beatniks
Capelloni – long hairs – rest in the sun on the steps of the ancient Egyptian obelisk of Piazza del Popolo in Rome on July 7, 1967. (AP Photo)
1974 World Cup
West German forward Gerd Mueller, centre, scores his team's second goal in the World Cup final match against Holland, in Munich, Germany, on July 7, 1974. From left to right, Rijsbergen of Holland, Mueller, Uli Hoeness of Germany and Arie Van Haan, who was too late to stop the shot. West Germany beat Holland by two goals to one to win the Final. (AP Photo/Staff)
Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe
British actors, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, from left, arrive in Trafalgar Square, central London, for the world premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last film in the Harry Potter series, Thursday, July 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)
Boris Becker; Gunther Bosch
The crowd rise to Boris Becker as he celebrates after beating Kevin Curren in the Men's final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship in London, England on July 7, 1985. The 17 year old West German is the youngest ever to win the Championship. In the back ground Gunther Bosch can be seen jubilating. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)
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On July 7, 1976: The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.