This Day in History......

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July 1,
At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverts back to Chinese rule in a ceremony attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

 

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July 2
On this day in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law the historic Civil Rights Act in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House.

 

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July 2 1937
Amelia Earhart
Earhart and Noonan departed Lae for tiny Howland Island—their next refueling stop—on July 2. It was the last time Earhart was seen alive. She and Noonan lost radio contact with the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca, anchored off the coast of Howland Island, and disappeared en route.

 

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July 3,
1863 Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War.

 

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July 4,
1776 US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain.

 

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July 5,

On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris.

 

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July 6,
On this day in 1957, Althea Gibson claims the women’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

 

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July 7,
On this day in 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins.

 

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July 8,
1777 Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.

 

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On July 9, 1877, the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-one amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon. The winner was to take home a 25-guinea trophy.

 

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July 10, 1971 100th British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan.

 

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7-11
1944 Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States

 

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7/11/1914
105 yrs ago today George Herman Ruth made his MLB debut. Pitched 7 innings and beat the Indians going 0/2 at the plate !! Think maybe we should ah kept this guy !!!!!!!!

 

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July 12
1962 Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London).

 

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July 15,
On this day in 2006, the San Francisco-based podcasting company Odeo officially releases Twttr—later changed to Twitter—its short messaging service (SMS) for groups, to the public.

 

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July 16,
On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

 

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July 17,
Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion.

 

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July 18th 1969
Drunken womanizer senator Fat Boy Ted Kennedy kills poor Mary-jo Kopechne by driving his car off a narrow bridge in
Chappaquiddick Mass , swims away and never reports it till next morning !

 

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July 18th 1969
Drunken womanizer senator Fat Boy Ted Kennedy kills poor Mary-jo Kopechne by driving his car off a narrow bridge in
Chappaquiddick Mass , swims away and never reports it till next morning !

What a sleaze he was!!!

 

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July 18,
1959 "The Nun's Story" based on the novel by Kathryn Hulme, starring Audrey Hepburn premieres in Los Angeles.
One of my favorite movies and actresses!