1787 – US Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old.
1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eight deadliest tornado in US history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
1909 – “Shine On, Harvest Moon” by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1.
1917 – US Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family.
1923 – Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet above ground in NYC.
1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury.
1935 – Senator Huey Long of Louisiana speaks continually for 15 1/2 hours in then Senate’s longest speech (150,000 words)
1939 – Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.
1944 – US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy.
1950 – Following his retirement announcement after 49 years as Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack is named Honorary Manager of the MLB All-Star Game.
1954 – Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” is originally released.
1963 – “Cleopatra” directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton premieres in NYC, then most expensive film ever made.
1967 – US Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages.
1975 – Hank Aaron smacks his first home run in Milwaukee since 1965 as his new team, the Brewers beat Oakland A’s, 9-7.
1980 – US President Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests.
1987 – US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin wall.
1996 – 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet.
2012 – World Health Organization concludes that diesel exhaust causes cancer.
2016 – Gunman claiming allegiance to he Islamic State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49, injuring 53 – worst mass shooting in the US.
2018 – Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.
2018 – AT&T’s $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner can go ahead according to US district court judge.
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