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JULY 2
Michael Delia was born.
Lakia Echols was born.
1964 – President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
JULY 3
Patricia Rorke was born.
James Galleshaw was born.
1890 – Idaho became the 43rd state in the United States.
1962 – Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
JULY 4
The United States of America was born.
Eleanor King was born.
Kevin “KC” O’Brien was born.
Neil Rowe was born.
Christine Mahoney-Schneider was born.
Janice Daly was born.
1826 – Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
1831 – Former president James Monroe died.
JULY 5
Michael Kohler was born.
Tina Schlissel was born.
1996 – Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
JULY 6
Kathy McCormack was born.
Donald Gallagher was born.
Norrin Radd was born.
1535 – Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII and the Church of England.
1944 – A fire caused by inept fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Conn., killed over 160 people.
JULY 7
Eileen McLaughlin was born.
Christine Stengel Puma was born.
Michael Herman was born.
Maureen Blum Del Vecchio was born
1946 – Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized, becoming the first American saint.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor for the Supreme Court.
JULY 8
Patty Marsibilio was born.
Thomas Thompson was born.
Laura Johnson-Rivera was born.
Anthony Girlando was born.
John Powers was born.
1950 – General Douglas MacArthur was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations forces in Korea.
