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This Date in History (July 7th)

1931 – Construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River.

1981 – President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court.

1987 – Lt. Col. Oliver North began his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had “never carried out a single act, not one” without authorization.