On this day :

1964 Johnson signs Civil Rights Act, 1776 Congress votes for independence, 1992 Chevrolet builds 1 millionth Corvette, 1863 Fighting continues at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1947 Soviet Union rejects Marshall Plan assistance, 1881 President Garfield shot, 1990 Pilgrim stampede kills 1400, 1839 Mutiny on the Amistad slave ship, 1900 Zeppelin demonstrates airship, 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears, 1997 Men in Black premieres, 1992 Stephen Hawking breaks British bestseller records, 1977 Gonna Fly Now Theme From Rocky is the 1 song on the US pop charts, 1809 Chief Tecumseh urges Indians to unite against whites, 1881 President Garfield is shot, 1938 Helen Wills Moody wins final Wimbledon, 1964 Republican Congressional leaders attack Johnsons policy, 1917 Greece declares war on Central Powers, 1944 American bombers deluge Budapest in more ways than one,