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

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 12 1987 President Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall” In one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1898 Philippine independence declared 1980s 1982 One million people demonstrate in New York City against nuclear weapons 21st Century 2016 Terrorist gunman attacks Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida Asian History 1975 Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud Black History 1963 Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated Crime 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murdered Holocaust 1942 Anne Frank receives a diary Sports 1920 Big Red sets record at Belmont Stakes 1974 Under pressure, Little League Baseball allows girls to play U.S. Presidents 1924 George Herbert Walker Bush is born World War II 1944 D-Day landing forces converge

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 13 1966 The Miranda rights are established The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1805 Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls 21st Century 2017 Otto Warmbier returns from North Korean prison in a coma American Revolution 1777 Lafayette arrives in South Carolina to serve alongside General Washington Arts & Entertainment 1962 Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” premieres in New York Black History 1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated to Supreme Court Crime 2006 Jurors begin deliberations in Susan Polk trial Middle Ages 1381 Peasant army marches into London Space Exploration 1983 Pioneer 10 crosses the orbit of Neptune U.S. Presidents 1807 Thomas Jefferson subpoenaed in Aaron Burr’s treason trial Vietnam War 1971 The New York Times publishes the “Pentagon Papers”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 14 1777 Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” The national flag became known as the “Stars and Stripes.” read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1846 California’s Bear Flag Revolt begins 1960s 1951 UNIVAC, the first commercially produced digital computer in the U.S, is dedicated American Revolution 1775 U.S. Army founded Arts & Entertainment 1811 Writer and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe is born Black History 1877 First African American graduate of West Point Cold War 1946 The United States presents the Baruch Plan Crime 1985 TWA flight 847 is hijacked by terrorists 2017 Gunman shoots four people, including GOP congressman, at baseball practice 2015 Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s mother, Dee Dee, found stabbed to death European History 2017 Grenfell Tower fire kills 72 in London Exploration 1789 Bounty mutiny survivors reach Timor Latin American & Caribbean History 1982 Falklands War ends Vietnam War 1968 Dr. Spock convicted for aiding draft resisters World War I 1917 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson gives Flag Day address World War II 1940 Germany invades Paris

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 15 1215 King John puts his seal on Magna Carta Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on Magna Carta, or “the Great Charter.” The document is seen as a cornerstone in the development of democratic England and influenced the U.S. Constitution. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1846 U.S.-Canadian border established west of the Rocky Mountains American Revolution 1776 Delaware declares independence 1775 Congress votes to have George Washington lead the Continental Army Arts & Entertainment 1300 Dante is named prior of Florence Civil War 1863 President Lincoln calls for new militia from Mid-Atlantic states 1864 Battle of Petersburg begins Crime 2005 Police search Van der Sloot home in Holloway disappearance Early 20th Century U.S. 1904 Riverboat fire leaves more than 1,000 dead Exploration 1910 Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition begins Landmarks 2012 Nik Wallenda walks across Niagara Falls on tightrope U.S. Presidents 1974 “All the President’s Men” published, detailing the Watergate scandal Vietnam War 1964 President Johnson decides against asking Congress for authority to wage war World War I 1917 U.S. Congress passes Espionage Act World War II 1944 American bombers deluge Budapest—with leaflets 1943 SS Colonel Paul Blobel launches effort to cover up Nazi atrocities

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 16 1884 First roller coaster in America opens The first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1965 Bob Dylan records “Like A Rolling Stone” 1943 Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill 1961 Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defects from USSR Civil War 1862 Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville Cold War 1977 Leonid Brezhnev is elected Soviet president Crime 1999 SLA member captured after more than 20 years Inventions & Science 1903 Ford Motor Company incorporated Space Exploration 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space U.S. Presidents 1858 Lincoln warns that America is becoming a “house divided”

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 17 1885 Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill begins Cold War 1953 Soviets crush antigovernment riots in East Berlin Crime 1994 O.J. Simpson leads L.A. police on a low-speed chase 2015 Charleston church shooting Native American History 1876 Native Americans score victory at the Battle of the Rosebud Sports 1976 NBA merges with ABA U.S. Presidents 1972 Watergate burglars arrested 1900 Future President Hoover caught in Boxer Rebellion World War II 1943 FDR’s secretary of war stifles Truman’s inquiry into suspicious defense plant 1940 France signals intention to surrender to the Nazis