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Today in History: July 22, Senate rejects court-packing plan

Today in History: July 21, guilty verdict in Scopes “Monkey Trial”

Today in History: July 15, Gianni Versace fatally shot in Miami Beach

Today in History: July 14, Billy the Kid shot and killed by Pat Garrett

Today in History: July 13, George Zimmerman acquitted in Trayvon Martin killing

Today in History: Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as presidential running mate

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Today in History: Alexander Hamilton’s fatal duel with Aaron Burr

Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II

Today in History: July 9, Trump chooses Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

Today in History: July 8, The ‘Great Grain Robbery’

Today in History: July 7, first female cadets at West Point

Today in History: July 7, first female cadets at West Point

Today in History: July 4, Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia

Today in History: July 6, England’s Richard III is crowned

Today in History: July 5, Larry Doby become first Black baseball player in American League

40 years ago: The Beach Boys’ Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled

Today in History: July 3, Union wins pivotal Civil War Battle of Gettysburg

Today in History: July 2, Amelia Earhart disappears attempting round-the-world flight

Today in History: July 1, Medicare program takes effect

Today in History: June 30, ERA expires

Today in History: June 29, first trans-Pacific flight

Today in History: June 28, Treaty of Versailles is signed

Today in History: June 27, Thurgood Marshall retires

Today in History: June 26, first Harry Potter book published