This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 8 1968 James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, is arrested James Earl Ray is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1950s 1949 FBI report names Hollywood figures as communists Arts & Entertainment 1984 “Ghostbusters” released 1949 George Orwell’s “1984” is published 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 9 1973 Secretariat wins Triple Crown in breathtaking style With a 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. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1893 22 die in collapse of Ford’s Theatre, site of Lincoln assassination 1856 Handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City 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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 10 1692 First Salem witch hanging In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft. Trouble in the small Puritan community began in February 1692, when nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece, respectively, […] read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1980 Nelson Mandela’s first major political statement from prison is published American Revolution 1775 John Adams proposes a Continental Army 1772 British vessel burned off Rhode Island Arts & Entertainment 2007 Last episode of “The Sopranos” airs 1881 Tolstoy disguises himself as a peasant and leaves on a pilgrimage 1939 Famous scene from “Gone with the Wind” filmed 1928 “Where the Wild Things Are” author Maurice Sendak is born Cold War 1953 Eisenhower rejects calls for U.S. isolationism Crime 2002 Doughnut truck thief arrested Great Depression 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous founded Inventions & Science 1752 Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm Middle Eastern History 1967 Six-Day War ends Sports 1944 Joe Nuxhall makes MLB debut at 15 Vietnam War 1968 General Westmoreland gives farewell press conference in Saigon World War II 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany 1940 Italy declares war on France and Great Britain 1942 In brutal reprisal, Nazis annihilate Czech village of Lidice

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 11 1963 University of Alabama desegregated Facing National Guard troops, Alabama Governor George Wallace allows two African American students to enroll at the University of Alabama for the first time. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1776 Congress appoints Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence Ancient Middle East 323 B.C. Alexander the Great dies Arts & Entertainment 1982 “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” released 1949 Hank Williams Sr., makes his Grand Ole Opry debut 1979 John Wayne dies Asian History 1989 China issues warrant for Tiananmen dissident sheltering in U.S. embassy European History 1509 Henry VIII marries his first wife, Catherine of Aragon Exploration 1788 Russian explorer Izmailov arrives at Yakutat Bay, Alaska Sports 1955 Race car at Le Mans crashes into spectators, killing 83 U.S. Presidents 1944 John F. Kennedy receives medal for gallantry Vietnam War 1963 Buddhist immolates himself in protest