Post by MacBeth on Jun 26, 2009 7:22:03 GMT -5
In 1794, The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus.
In 1804, The Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches the mouth of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river miles.
In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City's Boardwalk was opened to the public in New Jersey.
In 1894, the American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers.
In 1907, Russia’s nobility demands drastic measures to be taken against revolutionaries.
In 1908, Shah Muhammad Ali’s forces squelch the reform elements of Parliament in Persia.
In 1917, The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.
In 1919, the New York Daily News was first published.
In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict.
In 1951, the Soviet Union proposes a cease-fire in the Korean War.
In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway. Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round of their match at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the heavyweight title.
In 1961, a Kuwaiti vote opposes Iraq’s annexation plans.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he expressed solidarity with the city's residents by declaring: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
In 1971, the US Justice Department issues a warrant for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.
In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House.
In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is convicted of election fraud.
In 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled the death penalty may be imposed for murderers who committed their crimes as young as age 16, and for mentally retarded killers as well.
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush, who had campaigned for office on a pledge of "no new taxes," conceded that tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package.
In 1992, Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett resigns over the handling of the Tailhook Scandal, in which 26 women were sexually abused. Some of the women, including 14 Navy officers, had been forced to run through a "gauntlet" where they were groped by Navy personnel.
In 1996, the US Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
In 1998, the US Supreme Court ruled that employers can be held responsible for supervisors' misconduct even if they knew nothing about it.
In 1999, an advance contingent of Russian troops flew into Kosovo to help reopen a strategic airport and join an uneasy alliance with NATO peacekeepers.
In 2000, rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genetic code.
In 2003, the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down state bans on gay sex.
In 2004, President George W. Bush won support from the 25-nation European Union for an initial agreement to help train Iraq's armed forces.
In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia as it affirmed, 5-4, that an individual right to gun ownership existed.
In 1804, The Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches the mouth of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river miles.
In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City's Boardwalk was opened to the public in New Jersey.
In 1894, the American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers.
In 1907, Russia’s nobility demands drastic measures to be taken against revolutionaries.
In 1908, Shah Muhammad Ali’s forces squelch the reform elements of Parliament in Persia.
In 1917, The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.
In 1919, the New York Daily News was first published.
In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict.
In 1951, the Soviet Union proposes a cease-fire in the Korean War.
In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway. Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round of their match at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the heavyweight title.
In 1961, a Kuwaiti vote opposes Iraq’s annexation plans.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he expressed solidarity with the city's residents by declaring: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
In 1971, the US Justice Department issues a warrant for Daniel Ellsberg, accusing him of giving away the Pentagon Papers.
In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House.
In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is convicted of election fraud.
In 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled the death penalty may be imposed for murderers who committed their crimes as young as age 16, and for mentally retarded killers as well.
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush, who had campaigned for office on a pledge of "no new taxes," conceded that tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package.
In 1992, Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett resigns over the handling of the Tailhook Scandal, in which 26 women were sexually abused. Some of the women, including 14 Navy officers, had been forced to run through a "gauntlet" where they were groped by Navy personnel.
In 1996, the US Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
In 1998, the US Supreme Court ruled that employers can be held responsible for supervisors' misconduct even if they knew nothing about it.
In 1999, an advance contingent of Russian troops flew into Kosovo to help reopen a strategic airport and join an uneasy alliance with NATO peacekeepers.
In 2000, rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genetic code.
In 2003, the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down state bans on gay sex.
In 2004, President George W. Bush won support from the 25-nation European Union for an initial agreement to help train Iraq's armed forces.
In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia as it affirmed, 5-4, that an individual right to gun ownership existed.