Public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing began on this day in 1987 with testimony from Oliver North.
Oliver Laurence North will be 75 in October.
On this day in 1981, United States President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Ronald W. Reagan talks with Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Conner at the White House on July 15, 1981.
Former Beatle drummer Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) is 78 today.
The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day in 1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.
The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war lasted two- and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.
Late Odumegwu Ojukwu (left) leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.
One of the casualties of the war.
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera(Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón)(July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on this day in 1957. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)
Roy Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998. He had been residing in Apple Valley, CA. Roy was buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Apple Valley, as was his wife Dale Evans three years later.
The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America on this day in 1776.
The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY. on this day in 1802.
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee’s resolution to break away from Britain was adopted by the Continental Congress.
On this day in 1964, U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the United states to discriminate against others because of their race.
On this day in 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
During the American Civil War on this day in 1863, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg began. It was the bloodiest battle.
On this day in 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
During the Spanish-American War on this day in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Theodore Roosevelt (center) with his “Rough Riders”.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) (July1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
Diana married Charles, the Prince of Wales and the heir to the throne of 16 Commonwealth realms. She became an international icon for her beauty and her work with charities.
Her death, which was reportedly caused by her driver’s drunkenness, sparked widespread media attention and conspiracy theories.
The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.
Actor Marlon Brando Jr.(April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)
