This week in history: Disneyland opens to the public, French citizens storm the Bastille, and civil-rights advocate Ida B. Wells is born. Also: American revolutionary leaders decide to add their signatures to the Declaration of Independence; the first man lands on the moon; and we all celebrate National Ice Cream Day. (Isn’t every day National Ice Cream Day?)

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