July 2

Thurgood Marshall, first African-American US Supreme Court Justice, born (1908); Amelia Earhart disappears on round-the-world flight (1937); RIP Ernest Hemingway (1961); Civil Rights Act is signed into law (1964).

July 4

Battle of Gettysburg ends on Pickett’s Charge (1863); HBD Tom Cruise (1962); Jackie Robinson is first African American inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame (1962); RIP musician Jim Morrison (1971); HBD actress Olivia Munn (1980)

Jefferson and Adams die hours apart, July 4, 1826

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/two-founding-fathers-die-hours-apart-july-4-1826-224943

July 5

26th Amendment signed, lowers voting age from 21 to 18 in US (1971); Arthur Ashe is first African American to win Wimbledon (1975); Dolly the Sheep is first cloned mammal (1996); RIP baseball great Ted Williams (2002).

July 8

Vasco da Gama is first European to reach India by sea (1497); Businessman and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller born (1839); RIP Gone with the Wind actress Vivien Leigh (1967); Atlantis is launched on final mission of US Space Shuttle program (2011); RIP former First Lady and social activist Betty Ford (2011).

July 9

President Zachary Taylor dies of cholera while in office (1850); 14th Amendment ratified in US, granting full citizenship to African Americans (1868); First Wimbledon tournament begins (1877); HBD Tom Hanks (1956); HBD musician Courtney Love (1964).

July 2

Thurgood Marshall, first African-American US Supreme Court Justice, born (1908); Amelia Earhart disappears on round-the-world flight (1937); RIP Ernest Hemingway (1961); Civil Rights Act is signed into law (1964).