1876 – Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
1884 – William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying “I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected”
1912 – US Marines invade Caimanera, Cuba.
1917 – 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I.
1925 – US Open Men’s Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title.
1933 – US drops the Gold Standard when Congress enacts a joint resolution nullifying creditors right to demand payment in gold.
1941 – World War II: At least 4,000 people who hid in a tunnel die after a Japanese air attack on the Chinese city of Chongqing.
1944 – After receiving favorable weather reports, General Dwight Eisenhower decides to proceed with the D-Day invasion on June 6.
1955 – New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle hits 500th home run off Chicago’s Billy Pierce.
1960 – “The George Gobel Show” last airs on CBS-TV.
1965 – “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham & Pharohs hits #2.
1968 – Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert F. Kennedy, shooting him 3 times and wounding 5 others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy dies the next day.
1977 – Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1986 – San Diego Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time in his 16 year career for arguing about Atlanta’s triple play.
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in US history.
2007 – MESSENGER spacecraft performs a second flyby of Venus.
2018 – Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to rape and sexual charges in court in New York.
2018 – President Donald Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families violates international law, according to the UN.
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