This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 16 1929 First Academy Awards ceremony On May 16, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, head of the powerful MGM film studio, the Academy was... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1985 Discovery of Ozone Hole announced   American Revolution 1769 Virginia’s House of Burgesses criticizes taxation without representation 1777 Georgia Patriot Button Gwinnett is fatally wounded in duel   Arts & Entertainment 1717 Satirical writer Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille 2014 Pioneering TV journalist Barbara Walters signs off   Cold War 1960 U.S.-Soviet summit meeting collapses after U-2 spy plane shot down   European History 1770 French dauphin, Louis, marries Marie Antoinette   Sports 1980 Basketball great Magic Johnson plays center as a rookie, wins championship   U.S. Presidents 1868 Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charge   World War I 1916 Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement 1918 U.S. Congress passes Sedition Act   World War II 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 17 1954 Brown v. Board of Ed is decided May 17, 1954: In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. The historic decision, which brought an end to federal tolerance of... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1873 Writer Dorothy Richardson, pioneer of stream of consciousness, is born 1965 The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the “dirty” lyrics of “Louie Louie” 2000 Final episode of “Beverly Hills, 90210” airs   Asian History 1989 One million protesters take to the streets in Beijing   Crime 1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead   European History 1756 England declares war on France, officially entering the Seven Year’s War   Exploration 1970 Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat   LGBTQ+ History 2004 First legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts   Native American History 1885 Apache leader Geronimo flees Arizona reservation, setting off panic   U.S. Presidents 1973 Televised Watergate hearings begin   World War II 1943 The Memphis Belle flies its 25th bombing mission

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 18 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. Called Louwala-Clough, or “the Smoking Mountain,” by Native Americans, Mount St. Helens is located in... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2012 Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history   American Revolution 1783 United Empire Loyalists reach Canada   Arts & Entertainment 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe 1980 Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies by suicide   Asian History 1974 India joins the nuclear club   Civil War 1863 The Siege of Vicksburg commences   Crime 1926 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears   Native American History 1871 Chief Satanta attacks wagon trains, killing teamsters   Religion 1920 Pope John Paul II born   U.S. Government and Politics 1896 Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” constitutional in Plessy v. Ferguson   U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency at Republican Convention   World War I 1917 U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 19 1935 Lawrence of Arabia dies T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author and archaeological scholar succumbed to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident six days before. Thomas Edward Lawrence was born in... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1836 Young Cynthia Anne Parker kidnapped during Native American raid   1970s 1975 New York City’s Chinatown shuts down to protest police brutality   21st Century 2018 Prince Harry weds Meghan Markle   African History 2016 EgyptAir flight 804 disappears over the Mediterranean Sea   Arts & Entertainment 1897 Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde is released after two years in prison   Cold War 1967 Soviets ratify treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space   European History 1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, is executed   U.S. Presidents 1864 President Lincoln proposes equal treatment of soldiers’ dependents   World War II 1943 FDR and Winston Churchill plot D-Day

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 20 1873 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: blue jeans. In San Francisco, Strauss established a wholesale dry goods... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1920s 1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis   American Revolution 1774 King George III approves the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party   Arts & Entertainment 1946 English poet W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen 1998 Frank Sinatra is laid to rest 2007 “The Simpsons” airs 400th episode   Crime 2005 Convicted sex offender Mary Kay Letourneau marries former victim   Exploration 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India 1506 Christopher Columbus dies   LGBTQ+ History 1996 Supreme Court defends rights of gays and lesbians in Romer v. Evans   Sports 1989 Sunday Silence wins Preakness Stakes by a nose   U.S. Presidents 1862 President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act   Vietnam War 1969 Battle for “Hamburger Hill” ends after 10 grueling days   World War II 1940 Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 21 1881 American Red Cross founded In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American National Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters in congruence with the International Red Cross. Barton, born in Massachusetts in 1821, worked... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1539 Black Spanish explorer Estevan is reported killed   1920s 1927 Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight   Arts & Entertainment 1999 Soap star Susan Lucci wins first Emmy after 19 nominations   Cold War 1956 United States drops hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll   Colonial America 1758 Lenape tribe abducts Mary Campbell from western Pennsylvania   Crime 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder Bobby Franks 1992 “Long Island Lolita” is arrested   European History 1683 World’s first university museum opens in Oxford, England   Exploration 1542 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto dies in American wilderness   Inventions & Science 1901 Connecticut enacts first speed-limit law 1997 Avian flu kills young boy   Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Huge earthquake hits Chile   U.S. Presidents 2000 Former president James Garfield’s spine put on display for final day   Women’s History 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make solo, nonstop transatlantic flight   World War I 1911 French troops occupy Fez, sparking second Moroccan Crisis   World War II 1940 Nazis begin killing “unfit” people in East Prussia 1942 Thousands of Jews deported from Chelm

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 22 1843 A thousand pioneers head West as part of the Great Emigration The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. Although U.S. sovereignty over the Oregon Territory was not clearly established until 1846, American fur trappers and missionary groups had been living in the region for decades, to say nothing of...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1781 Patriot siege of Ninety Six, South Carolina begins   Arts & Entertainment 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, is born 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis drops a bombshell in London 2004 Controversial documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” wins Palme d’Or prize   Civil War 1856 Southern congressman beats Northern senator with a cane in the halls of Congress   Crime 1981 Wayne Williams is questioned by police for Atlanta child murders 2002 Chandra Levy’s remains found 2017 Manchester Arena bombed during Ariana Grande concert   European History 1455 The War of the Roses begins   Middle Eastern History 1990 South Yemen and North Yemen are unified as the Republic of Yemen   Slavery 1783 Zong slave ship trial: insurance loss or mass murder?   U.S. Presidents 1802 First Lady Martha Washington dies 1972 President Nixon arrives in Moscow for historic summit 2004 George W. Bush falls from his bicycle   World War II 1939 The Pact of Steel is signed; the Axis is formed

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 23 1934 Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde On May 23, 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana. Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was 16) was serving time in jail... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2015 Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage   American Revolution 1777 Meigs Expedition claims Patriot victory on Long Island   Arts & Entertainment 1921 “Shuffle Along,” the first major African American hit musical, premieres on Broadway 1979 Tom Petty defies his record label and files for bankruptcy   Black History 1900 William Carney becomes first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor   Cold War 1949 Federal Republic of Germany is established   Early 20th Century U.S. 1911 New York Public Library dedicated   Early U.S. 1785 Benjamin Franklin reveals his design for bifocal glasses   European History 1701 Captain Kidd is executed   Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Deadly tsunami hits Hawaii   World War I 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   World War II 1941 Lord Mountbatten, cousin to a king, sunk by German dive-bombers 1945 Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler dies by suicide

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 24 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens After 14 years, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opens in 1883, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1775 John Hancock becomes president of Congress   Crime 1989 Lori Ann Auker disappears from a parking lot   Inventions & Science 1543 Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus dies 1686 Daniel Gabriel Farenheit, inventor of the mercury thermometer, is born 1844 Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph with the message, “What hath God wrought?”   Sports 1935 MLB holds first night game 1964 Riot erupts at Lima, Peru soccer match, killing hundreds   U.S. Presidents 1797 Thomas Jefferson inquires about a former flame   World War I 1917 British naval convoy system introduced   World War II 1941 German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 25 1787 Constitutional Convention begins Four years after the United States won its independence from Great Britain, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution on May 25, 1787. The Articles of Confederation, ratified several months before...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 21st Century 2020 George Floyd is killed by a police officer, igniting historic protests   Arts & Entertainment 1977 “Star Wars” opens in theaters   Cold War 1977 Chinese government removes ban on Shakespeare   Crime 1895 Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for indecency 1979 6-year-old Etan Patz—boy on milk carton—goes missing   European History 1660 Charles II returns to England to claim his throne   Inventions & Science 1994 Pennsylvania man buried with his beloved Corvette   Natural Disasters & Environment 1979 Worst air crash in U.S. history 1979 American Airlines plane crashes in Chicago, killing all aboard   Sports 1935 Babe Ruth hits last home run   U.S. Presidents 1961 JFK asks Congress to support the space program

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 26 1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration Act of 1924 On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act of 1924, the most stringent U.S. immigration policy up to that time in the nation’s history. The new law—also known as the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act—reflected the desire of Americans to isolate themselves from the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1990s 1991 Plane crashes in Thai jungle   Arts & Entertainment 1907 John Wayne is born 1962 The British Invasion has an odd beginning with clarinetist Acker Bilk   Civil War 1865 One of the last Confederate generals surrenders   Cold War 1960 United States charges Soviets with espionage 1972 SALT agreements signed   European History 1896 Czar Nicholas II crowned   Inventions & Science 1927 Last day of Model T production at Ford   Native American History 1637 Pequot massacres begin   U.S. Presidents 1868 President Johnson acquitted in Senate impeachment trial   World War II 1940 Britain’s Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 27 1939 Ship carrying hundreds of Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba A boat carrying 937 refugees, almost all of whom are Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, is turned away from Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 1939. Only 28 immigrants are admitted into the country. After appeals to the United States and Canada for entry are denied, the rest are forced to sail back to Europe,... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1831 Comanche kill mountain man Jedediah Smith 1887 Chinese gold miners are slaughtered in the Hells Canyon Massacre   American Revolution 1813 Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams   Arts & Entertainment 1897 “Dracula” goes on sale in London 1949 Marilyn Monroe poses for “red velvet” nude photo session 1963 Dylan’s breakthrough album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” is released   European History 1703 St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great 1905 The Battle of Tsushima 1994 Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after exile   Inventions & Science 1986 African American inventor Lonnie Johnson patents the Super Soaker water gun   Landmarks 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opens   U.S. Presidents 1941 FDR proclaims an unlimited national emergency in response to Nazi threats   Vietnam War 1971 Sweden announces support to Viet Cong   World War II 1940 British evacuation of Dunkirk turns savage as Germans commit atrocity 1941 British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck 1943 U.S. Olympian Louis Zamperini’s plane goes down in the Pacific

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 28 1961 Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches On May 28, 1961, the British newspaper The London Observer publishes British lawyer Peter Benenson’s article “The Forgotten Prisoners” on its front page, launching the Appeal for Amnesty 1961—a campaign calling for the release of all people imprisoned in various parts of the world because of the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1991 Ethiopian capital falls to rebels, ending 17 years of Marxist rule   Arts & Entertainment 1935 John Steinbeck publishes “Tortilla Flat” 1983 Irene Cara has a #1 pop hit with the “Flashdance” theme 1998 Comic Phil Hartman killed by wife   Civil War 1861 President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus is challenged   Colonial America 1754 First blood of the French and Indian War   Crime 1936 A single horsehair helps convict the killer of Nancy Titterton 2005 Murder suspect removed after three days perched on crane   Exploration 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail to secure English Channel   Inventions & Science 1937 Volkswagen is founded   Middle Eastern History 1964 Palestine Liberation Organization is founded 2010 Terrorists attack Ahmadiyya mosques in Pakistan   Native American History 1830 Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law   Sports 1957 Baseball owners allow Dodgers and Giants to move 2006 Barry Bonds hits 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth on MLB list   World War I 1918 U.S. troops score victory at Cantigny

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 29 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first known explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. The two, part of a British expedition, made their final... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1848 Wisconsin enters the Union   American Revolution 1780 British Colonel Tarleton gives “quarter” in South Carolina   Arts & Entertainment 1913 Controversial ballet “The Rite of Spring” shocks audience in its Paris premiere 2003 Bob Hope celebrates 100th birthday   Black History 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers powerful speech on African American women’s rights   LGBTQ+ History 2014 Laverne Cox becomes first transgender person to appear on the cover of TIME magazine   Sports 2005 Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500   U.S. Presidents 1917 Future President John F. Kennedy is born   World War II 1942 German authorities decree that Parisian Jews must wear a yellow star

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 30 1431 Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy On May 30, 1431, at Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy. Joan was born in 1412, the daughter of a tenant farmer at Domremy, on the borders of the duchies of Bar and Lorraine. In 1415, the Hundred […]... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1868 Civil War dead honored on Decoration Day   African History 1967 Republic of Biafra proclaimed   Arts & Entertainment 1593 Playwright Christopher Marlowe killed in tavern brawl 1967 “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is published   Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander History 1942 Japanese American Fred Korematsu is arrested for resisting internment   Cold War 1990 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Washington for a summit   Crime 1899 Bandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach 1997 NYC teacher Jonathan Levin is tortured and killed by his former student   Inventions & Science 1934 Nissan Motor Company founded   Space Exploration 1971 Mariner 9 departs for Mars   Sports 1911 First Indianapolis 500 held   U.S. Presidents 1806 Future president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel 1922 Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to be heard on the radio 1922 Former President Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial   World War I 1913 The First Balkan War ends   World War II 1943 Auschwitz gets a new doctor: “the Angel of Death”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 31 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre begins Beginning on the night of May 31, 1921, thousands of white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the city’s predominantly Black Greenwood District, burning homes and businesses to the ground and killing hundreds of people. Long mischaracterized as a race riot, rather than mass murder, the Tulsa... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1902 The Boer War ends in South Africa   Arts & Entertainment 1819 Poet Walt Whitman, author of “Leaves of Grass,” is born 1930 Actor and director Clint Eastwood is born 1974 “Benji” opens in theaters 1977 The BBC bans the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen”   Crime 1921 Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti go on trial for murder 1964 Serial killer known as the “Pied Piper of Tucson” murders his first victim   European History 1859 Big Ben starts ticking over London for the first time   Holocaust 1962 Architect of the Holocaust hanged in Israel   Inventions & Science 1929 Ford Motor Company signs agreement with Soviet Union   Middle Eastern History 1996 Benjamin Netanyahu elected prime minister of Israel   Natural Disasters & Environment 1889 More than 2,000 die in the Johnstown Flood   U.S. Government and Politics 2005 Identity of “Deep Throat,” source who helped unravel the Watergate scandal, is revealed   World War I 1916 Battle of Jutland, greatest naval battle of WWI, begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 01 1980 CNN launches On June 1, 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a lead story about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. CNN went on to change the notion...  read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1871 Old West outlaw John Wesley Hardin arrives in Abilene, befriends Wild Bill Hickok   American Revolution 1779 Benedict Arnold is court-martialed   Arts & Entertainment 1926 Marilyn Monroe born 1967 The Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 2008 Universal Studios fire   Cold War 1990 George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to end production of chemical weapons   Crime 2004 Opening statements begin in Scott Peterson murder trial   Inventions & Science 1974 Dr. Heimlich first publishes his technique for rescuing choking victims   Women’s History 1968 Writer and lecturer Helen Keller dies   World War II 1941 Crete falls to German forces

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 02 1935 Babe Ruth retires On June 2, 1935, Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs. The following year, Ruth, a larger-than-life figure whose name became synonymous with baseball, was one of the first five... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1970s 1970 Race car driver and designer Bruce McLaren dies in crash   American Revolution 1774 Parliament completes the Coercive Acts with the Quartering Act   Arts & Entertainment 1989 “Dead Poets Society” released in selected theaters   Black History 2015 Harlem Hellfighter Henry Johnson awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor   Civil War 1865 American Civil War ends   Cold War 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges communists are in the CIA   Crime 1985 Killing spree by dual killers is put to an end 1997 Timothy McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing   European History 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II   Native American History 1924 Congress enacts the Indian Citizenship Act   Sports 1985 English football clubs banned from Europe 2015 FIFA president Sepp Blatter announces resignation amidst corruption scandal   U.S. Presidents 1886 Grover Cleveland gets married in the White House

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 03 1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles On June 3, 1943, a group of U.S. sailors marches through downtown Los Angeles, carrying clubs and other makeshift weapons and attacking anyone wearing a “zoot suit”—the baggy wool pants, oversized coats and porkpie hats favored by many young men of color at the time. Over the next week, the... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1754 Lieutenant Colonel George Washington builds Fort Necessity   Arts & Entertainment 1936 Western author Larry McMurtry is born 1956 Rock ‘n’ roll is banned in Santa Cruz, California   Asian History 1989 Crackdown at Tiananmen begins   Civil War 1864 Union disaster at Cold Harbor   Crime 2010 Joran van der Sloot arrested for murder in South America   European History 1937 Duke of Windsor weds American socialite Wallis Simpson 2017 Terrorists attack London Bridge   Space Exploration 1965 First American astronaut walks in space   U.S. Presidents 1800 President John Adams arrives in Washington, D.C., as the new capital city is being built   World War I 1915 Austro-German troops recapture Przemysl fortress from Russians 1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs National Defense Act   World War II 1940 Germans bomb Paris, killing hundreds of civilians

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 04 1989 Chinese crackdown on protests leads to Tiananmen Square Massacre Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese government assault on the protesters shocked the West and brought denunciations and sanctions from the United States. In May 1989, nearly a million... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1876 Express train crosses the nation in 83 hours   Arts & Entertainment 1940 “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,” Carson McCullers’ debut novel, is published 1976 Several dozen people witness historic Sex Pistols set   Black History 1972 Communist activist Angela Davis acquitted   Crime 1986 Jonathan Pollard admits to selling top-secret information to Israel 2003 Martha Stewart indicted for securities fraud and obstruction of justice   Inventions & Science 1896 Henry Ford test-drives his “Quadricycle”   U.S. Constitution 1919 Congress passes the 19th Amendment, paving the way for women to vote   Vietnam War 1961 Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on neutrality for Laos   World War I 1916 Brusilov Offensive, one of the most successful ground operations of WWI, begins   World War II 1940 Operation Dynamo at Dunkirk ends 1942 Battle of Midway begins 1944 The U-505, a submarine from Hitler’s deadly fleet, is captured

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 05 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy was shot... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1980s 1981 First scientific report on AIDS is published   Arts & Entertainment 1880 George Bernard Shaw quits his day job 1956 Elvis rocks “The Milton Berle Show” 2004 Jennifer Lopez marries Marc Anthony   Cold War 1947 U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall calls for aid to Europe   Crime 2013 Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government operations   European History 1963 British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns amid sex scandal   Middle Eastern History 1967 Six-Day War begins   Natural Disasters & Environment 1870 Constantinople burns, killing thousands   U.S. Presidents 1888 President Cleveland denies widow her husband’s military pension 2004 Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dies   Vietnam War 1969 U.S. troops abandon “Hamburger Hill”   World War II 1944 Allies prepare for D-Day

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 06 1944 D-Day: Allies storm Normandy’s coast On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France, commonly known as D-Day. By daybreak, 18,000 British and American parachutists were already... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1933 First drive-in movie theater opens 1971 “The Ed Sullivan Show” airs for the very last time 1998 “Sex and the City” premieres on HBO   Asian History 1981 Train derails in India, killing hundreds 1984 Indian army storms Golden Temple   Black History 1966 Civil rights activist James Meredith shot   Civil War 1865 Outlaw William Quantrill dies in military prison after being shot by Union soldiers    Crime 1997 A teenaged mother gives birth and murders her baby at the prom   Natural Disasters & Environment 1889 The Great Seattle Fire   U.S. Government and Politics 1856 Sitting president Franklin Pierce denied his party’s nomination for reelection   U.S. Presidents 1833 President Jackson rides the Iron Horse   Vietnam War 1964 U.S. reconnaissance jet shot down over Laos   World War I 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 07 1913 First successful ascent of Denali On June 7, 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley), the highest point on the North American continent at 20,320 feet. Stuck, an accomplished amateur mountaineer, was born in London in 1863. After moving to the United... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1960s 1965 U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Connecticut law banning contraception 1968 Mr. Rogers airs special episode addressing the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy   American Revolution 1776 Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress   Arts & Entertainment 1937 Actress Jean Harlow, 26, dies suddenly 1976 “New York” magazine publishes the story that becomes “Saturday Night Fever”   Asian History 1893 Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience   Black History 1979 Texas passes a bill becoming the first state in the nation to make Juneteenth an official state holiday   Crime 2002 Michael Skakel convicted of 1975 murder in Greenwich   European History 1939 King George VI becomes the first British monarch to visit the U.S.   Native American History 1866 Chief Seattle dies near the city named for him   Natural Disasters & Environment 1692 Earthquake destroys Jamaican town   U.S. Presidents 1966 Ronald Reagan nominated for governor of California   World War II 1942 Battle of Midway ends

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 08 1968 James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, is arrested James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, King was fatally wounded by a sniper’s bullet while standing on the balcony outside his... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1949 George Orwell’s “1984” is published 1949 FBI report names Hollywood figures as communists 1984 “Ghostbusters” released   Exploration 1924 Final sighting of George Mallory on Mount Everest   Inventions & Science 1948 First Porsche completed   Middle Eastern History 1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty   Native American History 1874 Apache chief Cochise dies   Religion 632 Muhammad, the prophet who spread Islam, dies   Sports 1966 NFL and AFL announce merger   U.S. Government and Politics 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy buried 1972 Shirley Chisholm visits her opponent George Wallace in the hospital

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 09 1973 Secretariat wins Triple Crown in breathtaking style With a spectacular victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history, Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte,... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1856 Handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City 1893 22 die in collapse of Ford’s Theatre, site of Lincoln assassination   Arts & Entertainment 1956 Best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is born   Cold War 1954 “Have you no sense of decency?” Sen. Joseph McCarthy is asked in hearing   Vietnam War 1964 CIA report challenges “domino theory”   World War I 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as U.S. secretary of state