July 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 2
In the headlines today:

2004	Actor Marlon Brando dies in Los Angeles of lung disease at age 80.
1997	Actor Jimmy Stewart dies in Beverly Hills, California, at age 89.
1994	A US-Air DC-9 jet crashes at Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 37 people.
1976	The US Supreme Court confirms the death penalty, as it is not "inherently cruel or unusual."
1973		Capitol Records releases the single We're An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad. (The song would later reach #1 on the US Top 40 singles chart.) (photo credit: Capitol)
1964	The Civil Rights Act is signed by President Lyndon Johnson, making racial discrimination illegal in the US.
1961	Author Ernest Hemingway commits suicide, at age 61.
1955	The Lawrence Welk Show premieres on ABC-TV.
1937	Aviatrix Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanish somewhere over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
1933	New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell throws a shutout in two complete, back-to-back games of a baseball doubleheader.
1890	The Sherman Antitrust Act is passed by the US Congress.
1881	US president James A. Garfield is shot and mortally wounded at the Washington, DC, railroad station.
1857	The first elevated railway -- soon nicknamed "the El" -- begins operation in New York City.