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July 17. This aerial view shows Disneyland as 22,000 invited guests attend opening day festivities of the amusement park in Anaheim, Ca., on July 17, 1955. The 160-acre theme park, built on an orange grove, opened to the public July 18. Credit: AP Photo
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July 10. Telstar 1 Credit: Science Museum Group
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July 3. L. Prang & Co. print of the painting "Hancock at Gettysburg" by Thure de Thulstrup, showing Pickett's Charge. Restoration by Adam Cuerden.
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On the morning of June 26, 2015, outside the Supreme Court, the crowd celebrates the Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision. Credit: By Ted Eytan
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June 19. Band performing in Texas for Emancipation Day, 1900 Credit: University of North Texas Libraries
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Friday, June 19, 2026

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Law enforcement officials investigate the rear of Pulse Orlando after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at the nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Credit: AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
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This picture of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy talking to campaign workers in Los Angeles was made minutes before he was shot early today, June 5, 1968. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. After making a short speech, Kennedy left the platform and was shot in an adjacent room.  Credit: AP Photo/Dick Strobel
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May 29, 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary after successfully completing the first ascent of Mount Everest at 11.30am.
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