Take a look back at history through the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Every day we look at 10 pages that show the local, national and international headlines.

Today’s pages cover news reported in The Enquirer on July 1 in years ranging from 1950 to 2002. Headlines included the opening of Riverfront Stadium in 1970 (with a commemorative cover page), the Alaska Statehood bill passed in 1958 on its way to becoming the 49th state and the death of Rosemary Clooney in 2002.

Check out more editions of Today in History at Cincinnati.com. Get full access to more than 180 years of The Enquirer’s print archives at Newspapers.com.

July 1, 1950

01 Jul 1950, Sat The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1952

01 Jul 1952, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1958

01 Jul 1958, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1970

01 Jul 1970, Wed The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1970

01 Jul 1970, Wed The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1971

01 Jun 1971, Tue The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1974

01 Jul 1974, Mon The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1983

01 Jul 1983, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1994

01 Jul 1994, Fri The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 1995

01 Jul 1995, Sat The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

July 1, 2002

01 Jul 2002, Mon The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Riverfront Stadium opened: Enquirer historic front pages from July 1