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Along with Francisco Gento and José María Zárraga, he was one of only three players to play a part in all five European Cup victories, scoring goals in each of the five finals.
Notable Deaths on July 7
2014 — Alfredo Di Stéfano
Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)
July 7 has 97 recorded notable deaths across history, from 984 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
97 source records
984 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 7
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- 1807 The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition. Source
- 1585 The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France. Source
- 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Source
- 1911 The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. Source
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Watson, which are milestones in crime fiction, and for his first work featuring Professor Challenger, The Lost World (1912), which gave its name to a subgenre of speculative fiction.
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Veronica Lake made only one film in the 1950s, but had several guest appearances on television.
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Dick Williams and Lou Piniella are the only managers in history to lead four teams to seasons of 90 or more wins.
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester.
More major people who died on July 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1930
Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer, creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859)
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He is best known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories about the fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr.
1973
Veronica Lake
American actress (born 1922)
Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress.
2011
Dick Williams
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
Richard Hirschfeld Williams was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball (MLB).
1816
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irish playwright and poet (born 1751)
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and…
1607
Penelope Blount
Countess of Devonshire, English noblewoman (born 1563)
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark.
1950
Fats Navarro
American trumpet player and composer (born 1923)
Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s.
1925
Clarence Hudson White
American photographer and educator (born 1871)
Clarence Hudson White was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement.
1939
Deacon White
American baseball player and manager (born 1847)
James Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era.
1701
William Stoughton
American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1631)
William Stoughton was a New England magistrate and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
1964
Lillian Copeland
American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1904)
Lillian Copeland, née Lillian Drossin, was an American track and field Olympic champion athlete, who excelled in discus, javelin throwing, and shot put, setting multiple world records.
1913
Edward Burd Grubb Jr.
American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (born 1841)
Edward Burd Grubb Jr. was a Union Army colonel and regimental commander in the American Civil War. He served in three regiments and commanded two of them.
2013
Robert Hamerton-Kelly
South African-American pastor, theologian, and author (born 1938)
Robert Gerald Hamerton-Kelly was a Christian theologian, ordained United Methodist pastor, ethics scholar, and author and editor of several books on religion and violence.
1865
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators
Mary Elizabeth Surratt was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy which led to the assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
1764
William Pulteney
1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (born 1683)
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Bath by George II of Great Britain.
1865
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: execution of convicted conspirators
Lewis Thornton Powell was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot.
2021
Robert Downey Sr.
American actor and director (born 1936)
Robert John Downey Sr. was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.
1965
Moshe Sharett
Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (born 1894)
Moshe Sharett was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956.
2001
Fred Neil
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s.
2025
Norman Tebbit
English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1931)
Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, was a British politician.