July 2

Thurgood Marshall, first Black US Supreme Court justice, born (1908); Amelia Earhart disappears on round-the-world flight (1937); Ernest Hemingway dies (1961); Businessman Sam Walton opens first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas, (1962); Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law (1964).

July 1

Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins (1863); Canada becomes a country (1867); Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe dies (1896); Princess Diana born (1961); China regains sovereignty over Hong Kong (1997).

June 30

Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies during the Spanish conquest (1520);  Oxford debate on evolution takes place (1860); Singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne born (1917); Olympic legend Michael Phelps born (1985). 

June 29

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London destroyed by fire (1613); "The Little Prince" author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born (1900); "Bird of Paradise" plane completes first successful transpacific flight (1927); Modernist Swiss-German painter Paul Klee dies (1940); Apple releases the first iPhone; see original press release (2007).

NATIONAL PAUL BUNYAN DAY

"On June 28, we fondly remember the tales of the big blue ox and a mighty lumberjack. It is National Paul Bunyan Day!"https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-paul-bunyan-day-june-28

June 28

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, sparking World War I (1914); Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I (1919); Stonewall uprising begins (1969); Elon Musk born (1971); Basketball coach Pat Summitt dies (2016).

June 27

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith killed by a mob in jail (1844); Author Paul Laurence Dunbar born (1872); Helen Keller born (1880); The US enters the Korean War (1950); "Star Trek" director J.J. Abrams born (1966).