JULY 2
1839:Joseph Cinque leads over 50 African captives in a revolt aboard the slave ship Amistad, killing the ship’s captain and attempting to sail back to Africa.
1937: Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean as they attempt the first around-the-world flight over the equator. They are never heard from again.
1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the landmark Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion or nationality in employment and education and outlawing the segregation of public facilities.
1937: Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean as they attempt the first around-the-world flight over the equator. They are never heard from again.
1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the landmark Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion or nationality in employment and education and outlawing the segregation of public facilities.
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