1566French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died. 1881President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19. 1890Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. 1937Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world. 1964President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. 1976In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual. 1997Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif. 2002Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon. |
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