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Today in History July 2 1973 highlights
On July 2 historians note Garfield was shot in 1881 and died later. Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1882. The Sherman Act passed in 1890. The U S Army Air Corps formed in 1926. Earhart last heard in 1937. Johnson heart attack in 1955. Hemingway found dead in 1961. Kennedy met Pope Paul in 1963. James Earl Ray extradition approved in 1968. Pakistan India pact in 1972. Birthday notes for Thurgood Marshall and Luci Johnson. Thought by Emerson.
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James Garfield
Chicago
Washington
Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
States
U.S. Army Air Corps
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Pacific
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ernest Hemingway
Ketchum
Idaho
John F. Kennedy
Italy
Pope Paul
Britain
U.S
James Earl Ray
Martin, Luther King
Pakistan
India
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Patrick Nugent
Luci Baines Johnson
Ralph Waldo Emerson