On this day: July 2

POSTED: 11:01 AM PDT June 27, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT July 1, 2012 

A president is shot, a Supreme Court justice is born, aliens land -- or not -- and an acting legend passes, all on this day in history.

July 2 OTD - Mississippi River
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Mark Evans via Wikimedia Commons

1679: Europeans first visit Minnesota and see the headwaters of the Mississippi River in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.

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