June 30
It's a fact Sean McVeigh was born.
Meg Riley was born.
Michele Dickesheid was born.
Alison McGovern was born.
1859 - French acrobat Charles Blondin, AKA Jean Francois Gravelet, walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1971 - The 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, was ratified by the states.
July 1
John T. Meier was born.
Ray Agoglia was born.
Bridget O’Connor was born.
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
1997 - After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
July 2
Michael Delia was born.
Lakia Echols was born.
1964 - President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
2002 - Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.
July 3
Patricia Rorke was born.
John McGunigle 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.
Neil Rowe was born.
Christine Mahoney-Schneider was born.
1826 - Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
1831 - Former president James Monroe died.
July 5
Tina Schlissel was born.
1811 - Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
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's 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.
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