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Today in History: Friday, July\u00a0 01, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 1, 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
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1863<\/td>\nThe Civil War Battle of Gettysburg began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1867<\/td>\nCanada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nTheodore Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders” waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1916<\/td>\nDwight D. Eisenhower married Mary “Mamie” Geneva Doud in Denver.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1943<\/td>\n“Pay-as-you-go” income tax withholding began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nBritain’s Princess Diana was born Diana Spencer near Sandringham, England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nThe U.S. Post Office introduced five-digit ZIP codes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nBritain’s Prince Charles was invested as the prince of Wales.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1984<\/td>\nThe Motion Picture Association of America established the “PG-13” rating.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nPresident Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. (Bork was later rejected by the Senate.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nPresident George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nHong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nVermont’s civil unions law went into effect, granting gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nActor Marlon Brando died at age 80.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nAt least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, killing some three dozen people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nIn Minnesota, a three-week state government shutdown began after legislators could not agree on a budget.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Liv Tyler turns 39 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Olivia de Havilland<\/td>\nActress (“Gone With the Wind”)<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leslie Caron<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamie Farr<\/td>\nActor (“M*A*S*H”)<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jean Marsh<\/td>\nActress (“Upstairs, Downstairs”)<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Cotton<\/td>\nBlues musician<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wally Amos<\/td>\nCookiemaker<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rod Gilbert<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Twyla Tharp<\/td>\nDancer, choreographer<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daryl Anderson<\/td>\nActor (“Lou Grant”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terrence Mann<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fred Schneider<\/td>\nRock singer (B-52s)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dan Aykroyd<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evelyn “Champagne” King<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Lewis<\/td>\nOlympic gold medal track star<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pamela Anderson<\/td>\nActress (“Baywatch”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missy Elliott<\/td>\nHip-hop artist<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock singer Deborah Harry (Blondie) turns 71 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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