1 of 6 | Graduating cadets embrace at the conclusion of the West Point commencement ceremony in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on May 23, 2026. On July 7, 1976, the academy enrolled female cadets for the first time in the institution's then-174-year-old history. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo
July 7 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1846, U.S. Navy Commodore J.D. Sloat proclaimed the annexation of California by the United States.
In 1865, four people convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln were hanged in Washington.
In 1898, U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.
