Spring Break
This day in history (7/2/08)
Issue date: 7/2/08 Section: News
1863 The Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania.
1867 Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.
1946 The United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1968 The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and nearly 60 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1980 "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
1987 President Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, setting off a tempestuous confirmation process that ended with Bork's rejection by the Senate.
1997 Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
1998 Speaking in Shanghai, President Clinton urged his Chinese hosts to open markets, battle corruption and clean up the environment.
2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kennebunkport, Maine, for an overnight visit at the Bush family estate and talks with President Bush.
- Compiled by The Associated Press
1867 Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.
1946 The United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1968 The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and nearly 60 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
1980 "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada.
1987 President Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, setting off a tempestuous confirmation process that ended with Bork's rejection by the Senate.
1997 Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years as a British colony.
1998 Speaking in Shanghai, President Clinton urged his Chinese hosts to open markets, battle corruption and clean up the environment.
2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kennebunkport, Maine, for an overnight visit at the Bush family estate and talks with President Bush.
- Compiled by The Associated Press
Be the first to comment on this story