July 7
1456:Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.
1846:Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared California annexed to the United States.
1898:The United States annexed Hawaii.
1946:Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.
1981:President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the Supreme Court.
2005:52 people were killed and hundreds injured in London when terrorists bombed subways and a bus.
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