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On this Day ~ July 2nd

311 St Militiades begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0195 "Plan 9 From Outer Space," one of the worse films ever, premieres

1644 Battle of Marston Moor; Parliamentary forces defeat royalists

1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right
ought to be Free & Independent States"

1777 Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery

1787 de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered

1808 Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam

1843 An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm

1847 Envelope bearing the 1st US 10 stamps, still exists today

1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges

1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day)

1864 Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester

1864 Statuary Hall in US Capitol established

1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC

1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker

1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear

1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies

1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers

1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies

1902 John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years)

1906 Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time

1921 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier)
1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized

1927 1st American to win Wimbeldon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody)

1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance
speech

1933 Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk

1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1357 Khama

1935 Great Britain boxers beat US team in 1st intl Golden Gloves

1937 Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean

1937 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1429 Pemba & #1456 Saldanha

1938 Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th & final Wimbeldon singles

1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated

1941 DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)

1943 Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning & beat Yankees 12-0

1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane

1949 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premiers on CBS (later NBC) TV

1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC

1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel"

1957 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor completed-The
Seawolf

1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback

1961 Maris hits 29th & 30th en route to 61 homers

1964 Celia Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano

1964 Pres Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

1966 Billie Jean King wins her 1st of 6 Wimbeldon single titles

1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) &
1st amateur to US Women's open golf tournament

1969 Leslie West & Felix Pappalardi form the rock group Mountain

1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)

1976 Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam

1976 Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual

1977 Sweden's Bj”orn B”rg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors

1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start

1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement

1981 L E Gonzalez discovers asteroid #3495 Colchagua

1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'

1982 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth

1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet

1985 Proto launched to Halley's Comet

1986 Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in 2 rulings

1988 Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown

1990 Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering