Today is Tuesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2013. There are 182 days left in the year.
1787 ― De Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
1843 ― An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston, S.C., thunderstorm
1858 ― Partial emancipation of Russian serfs
1862 ― Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges
1890 ― Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies
1956 ― Elvis Presley records “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel”
1966 ― Billie Jean King wins her first of six Wimbledon single titles
1976 ― Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam
1976 ― Supreme Court ruled death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual
1990 ― Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering