1884 – William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
1912 – US Marines invade Calmanera, Cuba.
1917 – 10 million men in the United States began registering for the military draft during World War I.
1920 – First rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell in San Francisco (later Bank of America).
1927 – Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle swim record.
1937 – Henry Ford initiates a 32-hour work week.
1940 – A synthetic rubber tire exhibited in Akron, Ohio by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
1944 – After receiving favorable weather reports, General Dwight Eisenhower declares to proceed with the D-Day invasion on June 6.
1948 – Philadelphia Phillies’ Richie Ashburn sets National League rookie consecutive hitting streak at 23.
1956 – Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses is against the Constitution.
1965 – “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2.
1968 – Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert G. Kennedy, shooting him three times and wounding five others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy dies the next day.
1976 – Teton Dam in Idaho burst, killing 14 people and causing $1 billion in damages.
1987 – “Nightline” presents its first “Town Meeting.” The subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 a.m.
1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants and lasts seven weeks.
2012 – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker becomes the first governor to survive a recall election.
2013 – The first article based on NSA-leaked documents by Edward Snowden is published by the Guardian Newspaper in the United Kingdom.
2018 – Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is named 2017 top earning sports person by Forbes with $285 million.
2018 – The policy of President Donald Trump’s administration to separate immigrant children from their families violates international law, according to the United Nations.
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