This Day In History
- 1799 American orator Patrick Henry died in Charlotte County, Va.
- 1844 The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
- 1904 The National Tuberculosis Association was formed in Atlantic City, NJ.
- 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corp.
- 1932 The first U.S. federal tax on gasoline was enacted. The rate was a penny per gallon.
- 1933 The first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, N.J.
- 1934 The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
- 1942 Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.
- 1944 This was D-Day, the day thousands of Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France.
- 1966 Black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.
- 1968 Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
- 1978 California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.
- 1982 Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country.
- 1985 Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the ''Angel of Death'' of the Nazi Holocaust.
- 1989 Burial services were held for Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1990 A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ruled that the 2 Live Crew album ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was obscene. The decision was overturned on appeal.
- 2001 Democrats assumed control of the U.S. Senate when Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an independent.
- 1755 Nathan Hale (American patriot & Revolutionary War military officer: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”)
- 1955 Sandra Bernhard (comedienne, actress)
- 1956 Bjorn Borg (tennis champ: French Open [1974-1975, 1978-1981], Wimbledon [1976-1980])
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