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    Photos: Today in History for July 5

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    • Jul 5, 2022
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    FDR Swamped With Letters 1932
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    FDR Swamped With Letters 1932

    • AP
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    New York Gov. and Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt is swamped with congratulatory messages on his desk at the Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., July 5, 1932. (AP Photo)

    DISNEYLAND
    2

    DISNEYLAND

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    This pastle-colored Sleeping Beauty Castle, shown in this July 5, 1955 photo near completion, is to be the entrance of Fantasyland, one of the sections in the Disneyland Park which is to open on July 17, 1955. (AP Photo)

    NYC World's Fair 1964
    3

    NYC World's Fair 1964

    • AP
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    Dancers pose in front of the Unisphere at the New York’s World’s Fair on July 5, 1964. (AP Photo)

    Iran: Desert
    4

    Iran: Desert

    • Horst Faas
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    The Iranian desert, near Persepolis ruins, on July 5, 1971. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

    US Citizenship Ceremony 1976
    5

    US Citizenship Ceremony 1976

    • BH
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    Part of a group 17,1941 persons take the oath of allegiance to the U.S. and become citizens in one of the largest naturalization ceremonies in history, Sunday, July 5, 1976, Miami Beach, Fl. The people in the photograph are unidentified. (AP Photo/BH)

    Rolling Stones Concerrt Fans 1978
    6

    Rolling Stones Concerrt Fans 1978

    • PETER SOUTHWICK
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    The Rolling Stones opened their performance in Buffalo, N.Y., July 5, 1978, by releasing thousands of balloons in front of a giant mouth. Over 70,000 spectators attended the Fourth of July event. (AP Photo/Peter Southwick)

    SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER 1982
    7

    SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER 1982

    • PETE WRIGHT
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    The space shuttle Challenger, aboard the back of the 747, is framed by an American flag, July 5, 1982, after it landed at the Kennedy Space Center. (AP Photo/Pete Wright)

    Reagan Lady Liberty
    8

    Reagan Lady Liberty

    • Susan Ragan
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    First lady Nancy Reagan is joined by Kristeen Reft, 9, of Kodiak Island, Alaska, left, and Laurence Honore of Herdville, France, center, as all three wave from the crown of the Statue of Liberty during reopening ceremonies in New York, July 5, 1986. The statue was closed do the public for a year for renovation. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)

    MEXICO BORDER SMUGGLING PEOPLE
    9

    MEXICO BORDER SMUGGLING PEOPLE

    • OSORIO
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    A Mexican man hides his face from the camera as he rows his raft with three illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande river into the United States, at El Paso, Texas, July 5, 1987. The man makes it his business to transport people across the river on rafts. (AP Photo)

    Bosnia Herzegovina Civil War
    10

    Bosnia Herzegovina Civil War

    • Peter Northall
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    Two Sarajevo city police relax at a check-point, Monday, July 5, 1993 in Sarajevo. U.N. officials report a second day of fighting around the town of Maglaj, an important town defending one of the last areas held by the Muslim led government in north central Bosnia. (AP Photo/Peter Northall)

    Isarel Unrest
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    Isarel Unrest

    • Eyal Warshavsky
    • Updated Jul 1, 2022

    A Palestinian man makes a hand gesture while cursing Jewish settlers for blocking the bus he is riding in which is taking Palestinians to Jericho near the Jewish settlement of Mizpeh Jericho via the Jericho-Jerusalem highway in Israel, Tuesday, July 5, 1994 to welcome PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Jewish settlers blocked roads with burning tyres on Tuesday in an effort to stop Palestinians from reaching Jericho to celebrate the return of Arafat to the newly autonomous zone. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)

    APTOPIX Casey Antonny Trial
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    APTOPIX Casey Antonny Trial

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
    • Jul 2, 2021

    Defense attorney Dorothy Clay Sims, in gray jacket, covers her client, Casey Anthony, in a hug, along with the rest of the defense team, after Anthony is acquitted of murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., on July 5, 2011. Anthony, 25, was found not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

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    FDR Swamped With Letters 1932

    FDR Swamped With Letters 1932

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    New York Gov. and Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt is swamped with congratulatory messages on his desk at the Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., July 5, 1932. (AP Photo)

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    DISNEYLAND

    DISNEYLAND

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    This pastle-colored Sleeping Beauty Castle, shown in this July 5, 1955 photo near completion, is to be the entrance of Fantasyland, one of the sections in the Disneyland Park which is to open on July 17, 1955. (AP Photo)

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    NYC World's Fair 1964

    NYC World's Fair 1964

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    Dancers pose in front of the Unisphere at the New York’s World’s Fair on July 5, 1964. (AP Photo)

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    Iran: Desert

    Iran: Desert

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    The Iranian desert, near Persepolis ruins, on July 5, 1971. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

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    US Citizenship Ceremony 1976

    US Citizenship Ceremony 1976

    • BH

    Part of a group 17,1941 persons take the oath of allegiance to the U.S. and become citizens in one of the largest naturalization ceremonies in history, Sunday, July 5, 1976, Miami Beach, Fl. The people in the photograph are unidentified. (AP Photo/BH)

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    Rolling Stones Concerrt Fans 1978

    Rolling Stones Concerrt Fans 1978

    • PETER SOUTHWICK

    The Rolling Stones opened their performance in Buffalo, N.Y., July 5, 1978, by releasing thousands of balloons in front of a giant mouth. Over 70,000 spectators attended the Fourth of July event. (AP Photo/Peter Southwick)

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    SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER 1982

    SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER 1982

    • PETE WRIGHT

    The space shuttle Challenger, aboard the back of the 747, is framed by an American flag, July 5, 1982, after it landed at the Kennedy Space Center. (AP Photo/Pete Wright)

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    Reagan Lady Liberty

    Reagan Lady Liberty

    • Susan Ragan

    First lady Nancy Reagan is joined by Kristeen Reft, 9, of Kodiak Island, Alaska, left, and Laurence Honore of Herdville, France, center, as all three wave from the crown of the Statue of Liberty during reopening ceremonies in New York, July 5, 1986. The statue was closed do the public for a year for renovation. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan)

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    MEXICO BORDER SMUGGLING PEOPLE

    MEXICO BORDER SMUGGLING PEOPLE

    • OSORIO

    A Mexican man hides his face from the camera as he rows his raft with three illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande river into the United States, at El Paso, Texas, July 5, 1987. The man makes it his business to transport people across the river on rafts. (AP Photo)

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    Bosnia Herzegovina Civil War

    Bosnia Herzegovina Civil War

    • Peter Northall

    Two Sarajevo city police relax at a check-point, Monday, July 5, 1993 in Sarajevo. U.N. officials report a second day of fighting around the town of Maglaj, an important town defending one of the last areas held by the Muslim led government in north central Bosnia. (AP Photo/Peter Northall)

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    Isarel Unrest

    Isarel Unrest

    • Eyal Warshavsky

    A Palestinian man makes a hand gesture while cursing Jewish settlers for blocking the bus he is riding in which is taking Palestinians to Jericho near the Jewish settlement of Mizpeh Jericho via the Jericho-Jerusalem highway in Israel, Tuesday, July 5, 1994 to welcome PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Jewish settlers blocked roads with burning tyres on Tuesday in an effort to stop Palestinians from reaching Jericho to celebrate the return of Arafat to the newly autonomous zone. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)

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    APTOPIX Casey Antonny Trial

    APTOPIX Casey Antonny Trial

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

    Defense attorney Dorothy Clay Sims, in gray jacket, covers her client, Casey Anthony, in a hug, along with the rest of the defense team, after Anthony is acquitted of murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., on July 5, 2011. Anthony, 25, was found not guilty of murder, manslaughter and child abuse in the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

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