TODAY IN HISTORY

1776

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

1881

President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau (gee-TOH’) at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September.

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.

1937

Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.

1964

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

2016

Hillary Clinton was voluntarily interviewed for 3 1/2 hours by the FBI at the agency’s Washington headquarters about her use of a private email server as secretary of state.