Today In History

Today is Saturday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2022. There are 182 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first roundthe-world flight along the equator.

ON THIS DATE:

› 1776: The Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

› 1917: Rioting erupted in East St. Louis, Illinois, as white mobs attacked Black residents; nearly 50 people, mostly Blacks, are believed to have died in the violence.

› 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.

› 1976: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Gregg v. Georgia, ruled 7-2 that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.

› 1979: The Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was released to the public.

› 1986: Ruling in a pair of cases, the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action as a remedy for past job discrimination.

2018: Rescue divers in Thailand found 12 boys and their soccer coach, who had been trapped by flooding as they explored a cave more than a week earlier.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos is

93. Jazz musician Ahmad Jamal is 92. Actor Robert Ito is 91. Actor Polly Holliday is 85. Racing Hall of Famer Richard Petty is 85. Writer-director-comedian Larry David is

75. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is 75. Actor Saul Rubinek is 74. Rock musician Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) is

73. Actor Wendy Schaal is 68. Actor-model Jerry Hall is 66. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 61. Country singer Guy Penrod is

59. Rock musician Dave Parsons (Bush) is 57. Actor Yancy Butler is 52. Contemporary Christian musician Melodee DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is

46. Actor Owain Yeoman is 44. Race car driver Sam Hornish Jr. is 43. NHL center Joe Thornton is 43. Singer Michelle Branch is 39. Actor Vanessa Lee Chester is 38. Actor-singer Ashley Tisdale is 37. Actor Lindsay Lohan is

36. Actor Margot Robbie is 32. U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy is 27.