July 02

Monday 02, 1990:

A stampede inside a pedestrian tunnel led to the deaths of 1,426 pilgrims in Mecca during hajj.

Monday 02, 1979:

The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.

Monday 02, 1973:

James R. Schlesinger is sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense.

Monday 02, 1917:

48 die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.

Tuesday 02, 1878:

What will becomes the BMT Brighton Line opens in the City of Brooklyn (which merged with Manhattan and other counties to become the City of of Greater New York in 1898)

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