Today is Saturday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2011. There are 182 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:
On July 2, 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.
On this date:
In 1566, French astrologer, physician and professed prophesier Nostradamus died in Salon.
In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”
In 1881, President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.)
In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps was created.
In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a proclamation reviving draft registration.
In 1986, ruling in a pair of cases, the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action as a remedy for past job discrimination.
In 1991, actress Lee Remick died in Los Angeles at age 55.
In 1994, a USAir DC-9 crashed in poor weather at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, killing 37 of the 57 people aboard.
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