Today in History: On July 7, Reagan nominates O’Connor to the United States Supreme Court

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the federal government.

In 1898, President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, approving the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii.

In 1930, construction of Boulder Dam (known today as Hoover Dam) began.

In 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point welcomed female cadets for the first time, with 119 women joining the Class of 1980.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced that he was nominating Judge Sandra Day O’Connor of Arizona to become the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court.

In 1990, the first concert of the “Three Tenors” took place: opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras performed among the brick ruins of the Caracalla Baths in Rome, on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final.

In 2005, terrorist attacks on three tube stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 people and four suicide bombers in the worst attack on London since the Second World War.

In 2010, Los Angeles police arrested and charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in connection with the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings in the city. (Franklin, sentenced to death for the murders of nine women and a teenage girl, died in prison in March 2020 at the age of 67.)

In 2013, Andy Murray became the first Briton in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic in the final.

In 2016, Micah Johnson, a Black military veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of revenge for the fatal police shootings of Black men; the attack ended with Johnson’s death by a bomb thrown by a police robot.

In 2021, a squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and injured his wife during a nighttime raid on their home.

In 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation after senior government officials resigned following the latest scandal to engulf him, this one involving the appointment of a politician accused of sexual misconduct.

BIRTHDAYS

Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen is 99 years old.

Former Beatle Ringo Starr is 86 years old.

Tony Jacklin, member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, is 82 years old.

Actor Joe Spano is 80 years old.

Actor Roz Ryan is 75 years old.

Actor Billy Campbell is 67 years old.

Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson is 66 years old.

Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard is 63 years old.

Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is 60 years old.

Actress Amy Carlson is 58 years old.

Actor Jorja Fox is 58 years old.

Actor Robin Weigert is 57 years old.

Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie is 54 years old.

Actress Kirsten Vangsness (“Criminal Minds”) is 54 years old.

Actress Bérénice Bejo (Film: “The Artist”) is 50 years old.

Actor Hamish Linklater is 50 years old.

Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan is 46 years old.

Guitarist Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold) is 45 years old.

Pop singer Ally Brooke (Fifth Harmony) (TV: “The X Factor”) is 33 years old.

Pop musician Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds to Summer) is 32 years old.

Country singer Maddie Font (Maddie and Tae) is 31 years old.

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