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Today in history
1776: The Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States.”
1881: President Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September.
1890: Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926: The United States Army Air Corps was created.
1937: Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
1961: Author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.
1964: President Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.
1976: The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
1994: Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin, 10 days after accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.
2001: Robert Tools received the world’s first self-contained artificial heart in Louisville, Ky. (He lived 151 days with the device.)
2002: American adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world as he returned to western Australia.