TODAY IN HISTORY historyorb 1778 - Liberty Bell came home to Philaelphia after the British departure 1857 - James Donnelly becomes engaged in a drunken brawl with Patrick Farrell, who suffers a fatal blow to the head. Farrell dies two days later, which makes James Donnelly a wanted man and draws the Donnelly family into the notorious feud 1890 - George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) 1917 - 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1934 - Federal Savings & Loan Association created 1950 - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict 1955 - 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois) 1957 - Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas 1969 - Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1977 - 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 1981 - Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot 1984 - Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1988 - Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) 1993 - Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song Its Not Easy Being Green to President Clinton 2001 - The International Court of Justice finds against the United States in its judgement in the LaGrand Case. 2003 - The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:41:02 +0000
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