July 2nd:
Literacy day
61st anniversary of the mysterious crash near Roswell, New Mexico.
2000 - Vicente Fox Quesada became president of Mexico.
1986 - Prince's movie "Under The Cherry Moon" was released. It was his second movie.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter reinstated draft registration for males 18 years of age.
1976 - One year after the Vietnam War ended, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were reunited as communist.
1976 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
1964 - U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race.
1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas, US.
1955 - ABC Television premiered "The Lawrence Welk Show", a big band/variety show. Reruns can still be seen on Saturday nights on PBS.
1947 - An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.
1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator. Her body and plane were never recovered.
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounded U.S. President James A. Garfield in Washington, DC.
1566 - French astrologer, physician and prophet Nostradamus died.
Lindsay Lohan (actress/lousy singer, acted in "Parent Trap", "Freaky Friday", "Herbie", "Mean Girls", "Just My Luck") 1986
Ashley Tisdale (acts in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" series on the Disney Channel) 1985
Michelle Branch (sang "Everywhere", "Goodbye To You", "Are You Happy Now?", "Breathe", formed new band The Wreckers in 2005) 1983
Sam Hornish, Jr. (NASCAR winner of the 2006 Indianapolis 500) 1979
Matthew Reilly (Austrailian action/adventure author of trilogy "Ice Station", "Area 7", and "Scarecrow", also wrote "Temple", "Contest", and "Seven Deadly Wonders") 1974
Larry David (witer/producer of "SNL (1984-6)", "Seinfeld", and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" series) 1947
Vicente Fox (elected president of Mexico in 2000 on his birthday) 1942
Richard Petty (NASCAR driver) 1937
Dave Thomas (founder of Wendy's restaurants, advocate for adoption) 1932
Carlos Saul Menem (elected president of Argentina in 1989) 1930
Dan Rowan (co-host of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") 1922
Thurgood Marshall (first African American US Supreme Court justice) 1908 |