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July Facts

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1963, the zip code system is instituted in the U.S.

2

1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared

3

1878, George M. Cohan born

4

1826, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died within hours of each other

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1810, P. T. Barnum born

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1933, first All-Star baseball game (Wrigley Field, Chicago )

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1839, John D. Rockefeller born

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1835, Liberty Bell cracked

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1956, Tom Hanks born

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1943, Arthur Ashe born

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1979, space station Skylab fell back to earth

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1895, Oscar Hammerstein born

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1977, New York City experiences electrical blackout

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1918, Ingmar Bergman born

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1779, Clement Moore born

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1911, Ginger Rogers born

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1867, Harvard established first U.S. school of dentistry

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1921, John Glenn born

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1860, Lizzie Borden born

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1969, Neil Armstrong first man to walk on the moon

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1899, Ernest Hemingway born

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1890, Rose Kennedy born

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1955, Bill Hailey & The Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" #1 on pop music charts

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1920, Bella Abzug born

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1956, Andrea Doria sank

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1775, U.S. Post Office established

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1906, Leo Durocher born

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1929, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis born

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1883, Benito Mussolini born

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1975, labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared

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1777, 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette becomes major-general in Continental Army