Today in History: July 7, Reagan nominates O’Connor for the US Supreme Court
In the current era is Monday July the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On July President Ronald Reagan reported he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O Connor to become the first female justice on the U S Supreme Court Also on this date In four people were hanged in Washington D C for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln Lewis Powell David Herold George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt the first woman to be executed by the federal establishment Related Articles Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to as sheriff says campers remain missing In the present day in History July Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon An Iowa law rolling back trans civil rights protections in the state has taken effect Here s what to know U S completes deportation of men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling In contemporary times in History July Dolly the sheep born in cloning breakthrough In President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution approving the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii In construction began on Boulder Dam known nowadays as Hoover Dam In the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as women joined the Class of In the first Three Tenors concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome s Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final In terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed people and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II In Los Angeles police arrested and charged Lonnie Franklin Jr in the city s Grim Sleeper serial killings Franklin who was sentenced to death for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl died in prison in March at the age of In Andy Murray became the first British man in years to win the Wimbledon title beating Novak Djokovic in the final In Micah Johnson a Black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan opened fire on Dallas police killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of Black men the attack ended with Johnson being killed by a bomb delivered by a police robot In a squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Mo se and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Nowadays s Birthdays Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen is Former Beatle Ringo Starr is World Golf Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin is Actor Joe Spano is Actor Roz Ryan is Actor Billy Campbell is Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson is Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard is Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is Actor Amy Carlson is Actor Jorja Fox is Actor Robin Weigert is Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie is Actor Kirsten Vangsness Criminal Minds is Actor Berenice Bejo BEH -ruh-nees BAY -hoh Film The Artist is Actor Hamish Linklater is Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan is Guitarist Synyster Gates Avenged Sevenfold is Pop singer Ally Brooke Fifth Harmony TV The X Factor is Pop musician Ashton Irwin Seconds to Summer is Country singer Maddie Font Maddie and Tae is