JULY 1
1980:Gen. Robert E. Lee leads the Army of Northern Virginia against Maj. Gen. George Meade’s Army of the Potomac at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg, near the town of Gettysburg, Pa. After three days, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War will have cost the armies a combined 51,000 casualties and ended the Confederacy’s push into Union territory.
1932: New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The 1932 race against incumbent President Herbert Hoover will be the first of four successful presidential campaigns for FDR.
1932: New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The 1932 race against incumbent President Herbert Hoover will be the first of four successful presidential campaigns for FDR.
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