July 4, 1918 Bolshevik revolutionary troops murder Russian Tsar Nicholai Alexandrovich Romanov (Nicholas II) and all of his family. The murder ends the Romanov dynasty in Russia.

July 5, 1950 Israel's parliament, the Knesset, releases the Law of Return, which gives rights to every Jew to return to Israel.

July 6, 1923 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

July 7, 1937 A conflict between troops from China and Japan co