On July 7, 1981, President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court.
Go to article » On July 7, 1906, Satchel Paige, the pitching star of Negro League and major-league baseball, was born. Following his death on June 8, 1982, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1846 | U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison. |
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| 1865 | Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. |
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| 1898 | The United States annexed Hawaii. |
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| 1930 | Construction began on Boulder Dam on the Colorado River. |
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| 1954 | Elvis Presley made his radio debut when Memphis, Tenn., station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right." |
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| 1958 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill. |
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| 1987 | Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had "never carried out a single act, not one" without authorization. |
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| 1990 | Martina Navratilova won a record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon. |
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| 2003 | A federal judge approved a settlement fining WorldCom $750 million for its $11 billion accounting scandal. |
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| 2005 | Terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four suicide bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II. |
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Current Birthdays
Author David McCullough turns 78 years old today.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinRock musician Ringo Starr (The Beatles) turns 71 years old today.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
| 1927 | Doc Severinsen, Bandleader, turns 84 |
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| 1946 | Joe Spano, Actor, turns 65 |
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| 1947 | Linda Williams, Country singer, turns 64 |
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| 1949 | Shelley Duvall, Actress, turns 62 |
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| 1959 | Billy Campbell, Actor, turns 52 |
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| 1963 | Vonda Shepard, Singer, songwriter ("Ally McBeal"), turns 48 |
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| 1966 | Jim Gaffigan, Actor, comedian, turns 45 |
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| 1968 | Jorja Fox, Actress ("C.S.I."), turns 43 |
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| 1972 | Lisa Leslie, Basketball player, turns 39 |
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| 1972 | Kirsten Vangsness, Actress ("Criminal Minds"), turns 39 |
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| 1980 | Michelle Kwan, Figure skater, turns 31 |
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Historic Birthdays
Satchel Paige7/7/1906 - 6/8/1982American professional baseball pitcher.Go to obituary »
| 82 | Joseph-Marie Jacquard 7/7/1752 - 8/7/1834
French inventor of the Jacquard loom |
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| 91 | Abraham Cahan 7/7/1860 - 8/31/1951
Russian-born American editor of the Jewish Daily Forward (1903-51) |
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| 50 | Gustav Mahler 7/7/1860 - 5/18/1911
Austrian composer and conductor |
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| 97 | Marc Chagall 7/7/1887 - 3/28/1985
Belorussian-born French painter, printmaker and designer |
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| 83 | George Cukor 7/7/1899 - 1/24/1983
American motion-picture director |
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| 73 | Vittorio De Sica 7/7/1901 - 11/13/1974
Italian motion-picture director |
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| 80 | Robert Heinlein 7/7/1907 - 5/8/1988
American science-fiction writer |
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| 73 | Lawrence O'Brien 7/7/1917 - 9/28/1990
American politician and N.B.A. commissioner (1975-84) |
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| 53 | Ezzard Charles 7/7/1921 - 5/28/1975
American world heavyweight boxing champion (1950-1) |
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