Month: July 2012

Updated July 1, 2012, 2:29 pm

 

On July 2, 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.
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On July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall, the leader of the legal battle against segregated schools and the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born. Following his death on Jan. 24, 1993, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

Thurgood Marshall 7/2/1908 – 1/24/1993 American civil rights lawyer and first African-American Supreme Court justice.Go to obituary »

66	Thomas Cranmer 7/2/1489 – 3/21/1556 English religious leader; first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury
73	Christoph Gluck 7/2/1714 – 11/15/1787 German composer
77	Richard Henry Stoddard 7/2/1825 – 5/12/1903 American poet, critic and editor
75	Frederick Gates 7/2/1853 – 2/6/1929 American philanthropist and businessman
73	Clarence Barron 7/2/1855 – 10/2/1928 American financial editor and publisher
85	Hermann Hesse 7/2/1877 – 8/9/1962 German novelist and poet; awared Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
67	Hugh Dryden 7/2/1898 – 12/2/1965 American physicist and deputy administrator of NASA (1958-65)
70	Sir Tyrone Guthrie 7/2/1900 – 5/15/1971 English theatrical director
92	Sir Alec Douglas-Home 7/2/1903 – 10/9/1995 British prime minister (1963-4) and foreign secretary (1960-3, 1970-4)
37	Medgar Evers 7/2/1925 – 6/12/1963 American civil-rights activist; assassinated in 1963
35	Patrice Lumumba 7/2/1925 – 1/17/1961 Congolese independence leader and prime minister (1960)

 

Updated June 30, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
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On July 1, 1893, Walter White, who headed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for over 20 years, was born. Following his death on March 21, 1955, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

Walter White 7/1/1893 – 3/21/1955 American executive secretary of the NAACP (1931-55).Go to obituary »

70	Gottfried Leibniz 7/1/1646 – 11/14/1716 German philosopher and mathematician
81	Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau 7/1/1725 – 5/10/1807 French general; aided colonists in American Revolution
71	George Sand 7/1/1804 – 6/8/1876 French Romantic writer
66	Susan Glaspell 7/1/1882 – 7/27/1948 American dramatist; founder of the Provincetown Players
85	James Cain 7/1/1892 – 10/27/1977 American novelist
63	Charles Laughton 7/1/1899 – 12/15/1962 English-born American actor
79	William Wyler 7/1/1902 – 7/27/1981 American motion-picture director
94	Mary Steichen Calderone 7/1/1904 – 10/24/1998 American physician and writer
76	Willie Dixon 7/1/1915 – 1/29/1992 American musician, record producer and songwriter
63	Jean Stafford 7/1/1915 – 3/26/1979 American novelist and short story writer
36	Diana, Princess of Wales 7/1/1961 – 8/31/1997 English consort of Charles, Prince of Wales