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Today in American History - July 2

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:


1881 - President James Garfield was shot. He would die on September 19, 1881.

1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill.

Births:


1925 - Medgar Evers

Deaths:


1937 - Amelia Earhart

1961 - Ernest Hemingway

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