Today in History, July 2: Amelia Earhart, Civil Rights, and Vietnam

1881—President James Garfield is shot twice by Charles Guiteau while waiting for a train in Washington, D.C. He dies 80 days later, and Chester Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st president of the United States.

1937—Legendary American aviator Amelia Earhart and her copilot, Frederick Noonan, are reported missing. They were near the end of a round-the-world trip when they disappeared somewhere in the South Pacific.

1964—President Lyndon Johnson signs the historic Civil Rights Bill, creating equal rights in voting, education, employment, and public accommodations regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin.

1976—North and South Vietnam are officially reunited as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after 20 years of war.

1990—More than 1,400 people die in a stampede in a pedestrian tunnel in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The victims were making the annual pilgrimage, or Hajj, which drew up to 2 million Muslims.