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Today in history: July 14
In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York.
1976: Jimmy Carter
In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York.
1980: Ronald Reagan
In 1980, the Republican national convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were determined to “make America great again.”
2009: Bernard Madoff
In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff arrived at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina to begin serving a 150-year sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)