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07-02-2012, 11:38 PM
Lead Story
Johnson signs Civil Rights Act, 1964
American Revolution
Congress votes for independence, 1776
Automotive
Chevrolet builds 1 millionth Corvette, 1992
Civil War
Fighting continues at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
Cold War
Soviet Union rejects Marshall Plan assistance, 1947
Crime
President Garfield shot, 1881
Disaster
Pilgrim stampede kills 1,400, 1990
General Interest
Mutiny on the Amistad slave ship, 1839
Zeppelin demonstrates airship, 1900
Amelia Earhart disappears, 1937
Hollywood
Men in Black premieres, 1997
Literary
Stephen Hawking breaks British bestseller records, 1992
Music
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts, 1977
Old West
Chief Tecumseh urges Indians to unite against whites, 1809
Presidential
President Garfield is shot, 1881
Sports
Helen Wills Moody wins final Wimbledon, 1938
Vietnam War
Republican Congressional leaders attack Johnson's policy, 1964
World War I
Greece declares war on Central Powers, 1917
World War II
American bombers deluge Budapest, in more ways than one, 1944
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1798 - Angelina Eberly was born. She prevented the removal of documents from the capital by firing a cannon in 1842. The event became known as the Archive War.
1863 - Colonel John Bell Hood led his Texas Brigade in an assault at Devils Den and Little Round Top. (Battle of Gettysburg)
1948 - Ralphael O'Hara Lanier became the first president of the Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University).
1982 - Convicted bank robber Lawrence Chalmus Pope was paroled from the federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma. During and after his imprisonment he worked on reform activities relating to the conditions of confinement in Texas prisons.
1987 - Near Sierra Blanca, TX, 18 illegal immigrants were found dead inside a locked boxcar. Authorities called the incident a botched smuggling attempt.
Johnson signs Civil Rights Act, 1964
American Revolution
Congress votes for independence, 1776
Automotive
Chevrolet builds 1 millionth Corvette, 1992
Civil War
Fighting continues at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
Cold War
Soviet Union rejects Marshall Plan assistance, 1947
Crime
President Garfield shot, 1881
Disaster
Pilgrim stampede kills 1,400, 1990
General Interest
Mutiny on the Amistad slave ship, 1839
Zeppelin demonstrates airship, 1900
Amelia Earhart disappears, 1937
Hollywood
Men in Black premieres, 1997
Literary
Stephen Hawking breaks British bestseller records, 1992
Music
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts, 1977
Old West
Chief Tecumseh urges Indians to unite against whites, 1809
Presidential
President Garfield is shot, 1881
Sports
Helen Wills Moody wins final Wimbledon, 1938
Vietnam War
Republican Congressional leaders attack Johnson's policy, 1964
World War I
Greece declares war on Central Powers, 1917
World War II
American bombers deluge Budapest, in more ways than one, 1944
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1798 - Angelina Eberly was born. She prevented the removal of documents from the capital by firing a cannon in 1842. The event became known as the Archive War.
1863 - Colonel John Bell Hood led his Texas Brigade in an assault at Devils Den and Little Round Top. (Battle of Gettysburg)
1948 - Ralphael O'Hara Lanier became the first president of the Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University).
1982 - Convicted bank robber Lawrence Chalmus Pope was paroled from the federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma. During and after his imprisonment he worked on reform activities relating to the conditions of confinement in Texas prisons.
1987 - Near Sierra Blanca, TX, 18 illegal immigrants were found dead inside a locked boxcar. Authorities called the incident a botched smuggling attempt.