On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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0 0 This article was originally published with the title “The Italia Airship” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 94 No. 26 (June 1906), p. 532 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican06301906-532 ...