July 5, 1643 :
First recorded tornado in USA in the Essex County, Massachusetts.
July 5, 1687 :
Sir Isaac Newton published Principia which contained his Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation.
July 12, 562 AD :
St. Felix iv became a Pope.
July 12, 1109 AD :
Crusaders captured Syria’s harbour city of Tripoli.
July 6, 1967 :
The Nigerian Civil War ( Biafran War) broke out.
July 7, 1998 :
Chief Moshood Abiola (MKO) died of heart attack while in detention.
July 8, 2003 :
Trade Unions accepted a government compromise on fuel prices and ended a crippling eight-day strike.
July 10, 1971 :
Nigeria became the 11th member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
July 10, 1999 :
The five nations involved in Congo civil war signed a peace accord in Zambia.
