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Boulder Dam
Coverage of Boulder Dam in the Nexus archive.
- Today in History: July 7, Reagan nominates O’Connor for the US Supreme Court
On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced the nomination of Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The article also references other historical events occurring on this date, including the 1865 execution of conspirators in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the 1976 inclusion of female cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.