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President Reagan presents his Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Connor to members of the press, July 15, 1981, in the Rose Garden at the White House prior to the start of a meeting between the two which took place in the Oval Office. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

1846 U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.
\n1865 Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
\n1898 The United States annexed Hawaii.
\n1930 Construction began on Boulder Dam on the Colorado River.
\n1954 Elvis Presley made his radio debut when Memphis, Tenn., station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right.”
\n1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill.
\n1987 Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had “never carried out a single act, not one” without authorization.
\n1990 Martina Navratilova won a record ninth women’s singles title at Wimbledon.
\n2003 A federal judge approved a settlement fining WorldCom $750 million for its $11 billion accounting scandal.
\n2005 Terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four suicide bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II.
\n2011 “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the final movie based on the wizard fantasy books, debuted in London.<\/p>\n

Today’s Birthdays:
\nAuthor David McCullough turns 82 years old today.
\nDoc Severinsen, Bandleader, 88
\nRingo Starr, Rock musician (The Beatles), 75
\nJoe Spano, Actor, 69
\nLinda Williams, Country singer, 68
\nShelley Duvall, Actress, 66
\nBilly Campbell, Actor, 56
\nVonda Shepard Singer, songwriter (“Ally McBeal”), 52
\nJim Gaffigan, Actor, comedian, 49
\nJorja Fox, Actress (“C.S.I.”), 47
\nRobin Weigert, Actress (“Deadwood,” “Sons of Anarchy”), 46
\nLisa Leslie, Basketball player, 43
\nKirsten Vangsness, Actress (“Criminal Minds”), 43
\nMichelle Kwan, Figure skater, 35
\nActress Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) turns 39 years old today.<\/p>\n

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