Mary Lynn, today is your Birthday and on this date in history...
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Religious Theologian and Founder of Protestantism Martin Luther
Young Elvis Presley (21) records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" at the RCA studios in New York City in 1956
Lincoln signs the Morrill Act granting land for state agricultural colleges in 1862
Your average two foot long alligator
None other than Thurgood Marshall
Number one song on July 2nd was "Cara Mia" by David Whitfield
First steam engine is patented by English engineer Thomas Savery in 1698
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n this date in 1776 the Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" which is formally known as the Lee Resolution
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President, signs into law the historic Civil Rights Act on this date in 1964 in a nationally televised ceremony at the White House
Enroute to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937
Your 1st operation for a fully self-contained artificial heart called "AbioCor" took place on Robert L. Tools by Dr. Joseph Fredi on this date in 2001
Happy Birthday Lindsay Lohan born in 1986. Famous for the comedy The Parent Trap, Jenni Rivera ( 1969 ) ( Singer - Ahora Que Estuviste Lejos ), Larry David ( Producer and writer of the hit NBC series Seinfeld ), William Singe ( Singer - Thinking Out Loud )
Assassination of #20, President James Garfield
Peter Rabbit 1 & 2 narrater, Bird of Prey and Suicide Squad actress Margot Robbie was born on this date in 1990
Popular retail store Walmart (then known as Wal-Mart) opens first store in Rogers, Arkansas; it was the start of what would become the largest retail sales chain in the United States in 1962
Your July 2nd holidays are National I Forgot Day, World UFO Day, Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day, Made in the USA Day, National Anisette Day, Special Recreation for the Disabled Day, World Sports Journalists Day.
Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1st to July 3rd, is considered the most important engagement of The American Civil War in 1863
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n 1791 - the Treaties of or on the Holston
Rigid airship Zeppelin LZ-1's
The Salvation Army is established by Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine when they founded the East London Christian Mission
Hemingway ended his life in Ketchum, Idaho. Ernest Hemingway
Day 183 of the year is July 2nd, considered the "Midpoint
Anthony C. McAuliffe, USMA 1919, was born on this date in 1898 and was Commander of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day and who replied to the Nazi ultimatum to surrender at Bastogne "Nuts!”
You are the unique Mary Lynn who conquered Connecticut, mastered the Foley Clan and always give everyone Rhode Island "Hope" ...