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July 2

3 sourced moments from July 2 in history: Amelia Earhart's last radio message came at 8:43 am (1937); The first Walmart store opened in Arkansas (1962); and The US Civil Rights Act Was Signed Into Law (1964).

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3 things happened on July 2

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1964 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The US Civil Rights Act Was Signed Into Law

After a 72-day Senate filibuster, one signature outlawed segregation across American public life in a single afternoon.

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1962 Society & Economy · Business & Markets

The first Walmart store opened in Arkansas

On July 2, 1962, a single discount store in small-town Arkansas began a chain that would reshape global retail.

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1937 History · Modern

Amelia Earhart's last radio message came at 8:43 am

On 2 July 1937 Earhart radioed that she was 'running north and south' near Howland Island. Nobody could tell where on that line she was.

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