On this day: U.S. President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, prohibiting racial discrimination

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 2: 1915 – Porfirio Diaz, Mexican soldier and president from 1877-1911, died in Paris. 1937 – Amelia Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific while trying to fly around the world. 1961 – Ernest…

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