The Date Was July 2

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1. Which famous author committed suicide on July 2, 1961? Sylvia Plath Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck William Faulkner

2. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed which act into law? The Voting Rights Act The Social Security Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Older Americans Act

3. On July 2, 1881, which President of the United States was shot and fatally wounded by an assassin? Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Rutherford B. Hayes James Garfield

4. On July 2 of this year, U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart and her copilot, Fred Noonan, disappeared in a plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. 1935 1933 1939 1937

5. Nostradamus, the French physician and astrologer, died on July 2 in which year? 1566 1614 1505 1698

6. On July 2, 1776, the delegates from the 12 North American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence to declare themselves the United States of America. On July 3 and 4, the delegates made a few changes to the document and approved it again on July 4, which the United States now celebrates as Independence Day. However, one of the delegates thought that July 2 would be remembered in history as Independence Day. Which founding father stated this belief in a letter to his wife? Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams John Hancock John Adams

7. Which classic movie actor died on July 2, 1997? William Holden Gregory Peck James Stewart Cary Grant

8. On July 2, 1915, former Harvard University professor Erich Muenter planted and detonated a bomb in which U.S. building? The White House The Capitol The Pentagon The Lincoln Memorial

9. The second day of this three-day Civil War battle took place on July 2, 1863. Bull Run Gettysburg Antietam Vicksburg

10. Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first African American to hold which office in the United States? Governor Brigadier General Senator Supreme Court Justice