For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives
exercised its constitutional power of impeachment and votes
to charge Senator William Blount of Tennessee with “a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public duty and
trust as a Senator.”
The constitutional conundrum of conducting a trial of an
impeached senator has not yet been resolved.
On July 7, 1930, construction began on the future site of the
Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men
would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest
dam of its time, as well as being one of the largest manmade
structures in the world.
On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st
President George Herbert Walker Bush, was born in New
Haven, Connecticut.George W. Bush went on to become
the 43rd U.S. president.
He left office in January, 2009, after the election of Barack
Obama.
On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in theaters. A
huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title
role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds
up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the
second half of the 20th century.
Forrest Gump received 13 Academy Award nominations and
took home six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor in
a Leading Role (Hanks) and Best Director (Robert Zemeckis).
The film also won an Oscar for its then-cutting-edge computer-
generated imagery (CGI) special effects, which incorporated
Forrest Gump into existing news footage with famous world
figures including John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard
Nixon.
Tom Hanks will be 69 years old on July 9th.
In Annapolis, Maryland, the United States Naval Academy
admitted women for the first time in its history with the
induction of 81 female midshipmen in 1975.
In May 1980, Elizabeth Anne Rowe became the first woman
member of the class to graduate. Four years later, Kristine
Holderied became the first female midshipman to graduate
at the top of her class.
Elizabeth Anne Rowe
Kristine Holderied
