July history 1 - Abraham Lincoln signs first income tax bill, Internal Revenue Service established (1862) 2 - Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act (1964) 4 - Declaration of Independence approved by U.S. Congress (1776) 10 - Bahamas gains independence from Britain (1973) 14 - Fall of the Bastille at the beginning of the French Revolution (1789) 16 - Experimental atomic bomb "Fat Boy" set off in New Mexico (1945) 20 - Astronaut Neil Armstrong takes his first step onto the moon (1969) 27 - Korean War ends (1953) 30 - Jimmy Hoffa disappears near Detroit, Michigan (1975) |
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