This Was One Busy Day in History

Each morning, I get a sheet containing all the "important" events in history. For the most part, it's not particularly interesting, but from time to time we hit a date when it seems that events pile up. Today (July 2) is just such a date.

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Also on this Date

1947- An unidentified object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.