1. On July 7, 1865, a Union military tribunal was established at Charleston, South Carolina to try charges against persons accused of complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln.

2. On July 7, 1898, the Spanish-American War between the United States and Spain ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in South Carolina.

3. South Carolina Governor Richard W. Riley signed the South Carolina Education Improvement Act into law on July 7, 1984, which is considered one of the most comprehensive education reform measures in the country.

4. In 2003, on July 7, the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston opened its Great Ocean Tank, which features a 385,000-gallon aquarium inhabited by a variety of sea creatures including sharks, sea turtles, and stingrays.

5. On July 7, 2015, Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill to remove the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House grounds, following a national debate about the flag's symbolism after the racially motivated Charleston church shooting.