Events:

1776 - The Continental Congress at Philadelphia adopted a resolution of independence. Two days later on July 4th, the Congress would formally adopt the Declaration of Independence.

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

1890 - The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed.

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

Births:

1908 - Thurgood Marshall, First African-American appointed to the US Supreme Court (1967-1991)

1925 - Medgar Evers, Civil Rights Activist


Deaths:

1937 - Amelia Earhart, First female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was last heard from on this day.

1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Author. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

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