On This Date By The Associated Press 1846 U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison. 1865 Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. 1898 The United States annexed Hawaii. 1930 Construction began on Boulder Dam on the Colorado River. 1954 Elvis Presley made his radio debut when Memphis, Tenn., station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, Thats All Right. 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska statehood bill. 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. 1990 Martina Navratilova won a record ninth womens singles title at Wimbledon. 2003 A federal judge approved a settlement fining WorldCom $750 million for its $11 billion accounting scandal. 2005 Terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four suicide bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II. 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the final movie based on the wizard fantasy books, debuted in London.
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