This Day In History
- 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston during the Revolutionary War.
- 1789 The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly and undertook to frame a constitution.
- 1837 Charles Goodyear got a patent for rubber, the squishy, bouncy stuff.
- 1856 The Republican Party opened its first convention, in Philadelphia.
- 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
- 1928 The first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean did so this day. She was celebrated as the greatest aviatrix of the time. Her name was Amelia Earhart.
- 1940 France asked Germany for terms of surrender in World War II.
- 1944 The republic of Iceland was established.
- 1963 The Supreme Court struck down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or the reading of Biblical verses in public schools.
- 1972 President Richard Nixon's downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington's Watergate complex.
- 1994 After leading police on a chase through Southern California, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman.
- 1882 Igor (Fedorovich) Stravinsky (composer)
- 1904 Ralph (Rexford) Bellamy (actor)
- 1951 Joe Piscopo (comedian, actor)
- 1980 Venus Williams (tennis)
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