This Week in History

This week in history¸

June 15

Olga De La Cruz was born.

Marni Rhyne was born.

Luke Raphael Tomasetti was born.

Daniel Dickesheid was born.

Justin T. McCarthy was born.

 

1215 – King John sealed the Magna Carta.

1923 – Lou Gehrig made his New York Yankee debut as a pinch runner.

 

June 16

Suntan Dan Edwards was born.

Nicole Taylor-Lang was born.

Shane Shackelford was born.

John Ayrey was born.

Mikey McElhatton was born.

Shamus Barnes was born.

 

1858 – Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”

2004 – The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.

 

June 17

Brendan Ambrose Brosh was born.

Michael Reinhardt was born.

Mary Donnelly was born.

Kevin Cregan was born.

 

1775 – The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.

1994 – O.J. Simpson’s slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.

 

June 18

Dan Spaeth was born.

Lorraine Agoglia was born.

 

1815 – Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.

1983 – Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

 

June 19

Tom Long was born.

Tom Kushner was born.

Rockaway Rod was born.

 

1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved.

1977 – Pope Paul VI proclaimed John Neumann, the first male saint from the United States.

 

June 20

Ben Carlos Thypin was born.

 

1967 – Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.

 

June 21

1982 – John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted murder of President Ronald Reagan.

1989 – The U.S. Supreme Court decided that burning the U.S. flag was protected under the First Amendment.

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