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[edit] July 2

2007: Minority Leader Harry Reid asks President Bush for an explanation of the failures of the Iraqi Government to reach any of its "benchmarks". Spokesman Tony Snow says that "there are indications of a potential positive aspect that will be seen by the Fall". The matter is quickly dropped, though Maine Senator Susan Collins says on CNN that she too would like more "positive news" from "the Surge". Support for the war drops to 31% nation-wide.

1996: O.J. Simpson decides that he will run for Mayor in the next election on a platform of lowering taxes to help Vegas-area businesses.

1964: C.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which finally gives the vote to the Confederacy's black population.

1961: Janey J Lummis is born.

1945: The Treaty of New York is signed. Britain is recognized as a neutral with ties to the US. Germany is given free hand in Europe.

[edit] July 3

1863 – Pickett's Charge, a successful Confederate infantry assault against Union Army positions, occurred during the final and bloodiest day of fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, marking a turning point in the Southern War of Independence.

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