Today in History - History - July 1st

1956Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show

1873Henry Ossian Flipper of Georgia one of the first African Americans enters West Point Military Academy

1858The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.

1905Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity

19451st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers

1970Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)

1975Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

70Roman General Titus and his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem

1968John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here)

1973Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

1961Diana Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales, (d. 1997)

1906Estée Lauder, New York, NY, CEO (Estée Lauder cosmetics) (d. 2004)

1961Carl Lewis [Frederick], Birmingham Alabama, sprinter and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96)

1977Liv Tyler, New York City, American actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty)

1990Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana

1981NFL quarterback Joe Montana (25) weds second wife Cathleen Castillo

2013Canadian singer Avril Lavigne (28) weds Canadian singer Chad Kroeger (38) at the Château de La Napoule, a reconstructed medieval castle on the Mediterranean Sea in the South of France.

1900Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (36) weds countess Sophie Chotek (32) in Reichstadt, Bohemia

1961Business magnate Martha Stewart (19) weds Andrew Stewart

1998Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer Barbra Streisand (57) weds actor James Brolin (58) in Malibu

2011Journalist and executive producer Maria Shriver (55) divorces Hollywood action film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger (63) due to irreconcilable differences after 25 years of marriage

2011Actor Ryan Reynolds (34) divorces actress Scarlett Johansson (26) due to irreconcilable differences after two years of marriage

2004Marlon Brando, actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and "On the Water Front") dies at 80

1860Charles Goodyear, American inventor, dies at 59