Good morning. It's July 7th — let's begin where we always do: on this very date in history.
📅 On This Day — July 7
🍫 (It's also World Chocolate Day — legend has it chocolate first reached Europe on this date back in 1550.)
1976 — West Point opened its gates to women for the first time, as 119 female cadets joined the Class of 1980.
1981 — President Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court — the first woman ever chosen for the nation's highest bench.
1990 — The first "Three Tenors" concert — Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras — soared through the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome on the eve of the World Cup final.
2007 — Live Earth staged concerts across seven continents in a single day to spotlight the environment.
Now, let's set the dial back to 1991…
⏪ REWIND: 1991
George H.W. Bush is riding a wave of post–Gulf War popularity, a first-class stamp is 29 cents, gas runs about $1.10 a gallon, a curious new thing called the World Wide Web is flickering to life, and half a world away the Soviet Union is quietly coming apart at the seams.
📰 The Headlines History is turning fast in Moscow. Three days from now, Boris Yeltsin will be sworn in as the first popularly elected leader in Russia's history — a stunning break from the Communist past, and a sign of just how quickly the old Soviet order is crumbling. By Christmas, the USSR will be gone.
🎬 At the Movies Theaters are packed for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back — this time as the good guy — against a shape-shifting, liquid-metal T-1000, in a groundbreaking effects spectacle that's the biggest film of the year. "Hasta la vista, baby."
🎵 On the Charts Holding at #1 is "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul — the first ballad of her career, with a dreamy Rebel Without a Cause music video co-starring a young Keanu Reeves.
🏆 In Sports A dynasty is born: a few weeks back, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls captured their first NBA championship, toppling Magic Johnson's Lakers — the first of what would become six titles in the decade.
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🎉 Born on a July 7th — or know someone who was?
Forward this to them right now — there's no better "this is the day you were born" gift than a little time travel.
🎂 In good company: July 7 babies include baseball legend Satchel Paige (1906), Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (1940), actor Shelley Duvall (1949), comedian Jim Gaffigan (1966), and figure-skating star Michelle Kwan (1980).
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