June 23
1860 - A congressional resolution authorized creation of the United States Government Printing Office, which opened the following year.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a "Type-Writer."
1888 - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican Convention in Chicago, effectively making him the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president. (The nomination ultimately went to Benjamin Harrison.)
1931 - Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.
1947 - The U.S. Senate overrode President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1967 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin opened a three-day summit at Glassboro State College in New Jersey.
1969 - Warren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding Earl Warren.
1972 - President Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.
1985 - All 329 people aboard an Air India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland because of a bomb authorities believe was planted by Sikh separatists.
1992 - Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.
1995 - Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died in California at age 80.
2003 - The U.S Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan School of Law's affirmative action policy.
2013 - Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor behind the disclosures of the U.S. government's sweeping surveillance programs, left Hong Kong for Moscow with the stated intention of seeking asylum in Ecuador; however, Snowden ended up remaining in Moscow.
2016 - Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron, who had led the campaign to keep Britain in the EU.
2020 - The Louisville police department fired an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor more than three months earlier, saying Brett Hankison had shown "extreme indifference to the value of human life" when he fired ten rounds into Taylor's apartment.
2022 - Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, contacting the agency's leader "virtually every day" and striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in a desperate bid to stay in power, according to testimony to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
2022 - In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
Birthdays
28 - Danna Paola (singer)
29 - HoYeon Jung (actress)
32 - Katie Armiger (singer)
34 - Allie Bertram (actress)
34 - Billie Kay (professional wrestler)
39 - Duffy (singer)
43 - Melissa Rauch (actress)
44 - LaDainian Tomlinson (football player)
46 - Jason Mraz (singer)
47 - Emmanuelle Vaugier (actress)
48 - KT Tunstall (singer)
49 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
51 - Selma Blair (actress)
59 - Joss Whedon (director)
66 - Frances McDormand (actress)
67 - Randy Jackson (TV personality)
72 - Jim Metzler (actor)
75 - Clarence Thomas (Supreme Court Justice)
76 - Bryan Brown (actor)
77 - Ted Shackelford (actor)
83 - Diana Trask (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 23
1917 - Ernie Shore (Boston Red Sox) replaced Babe Ruth and retired all 26 batters he faced. Ruth had been ejected from the game.
1972 - President Richard Nixon signed the Higher Education Act of 1972 into law; Title IX of the act bars discrimination on the basis of sex for "any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
1981 - The longest game in professional baseball history came to an end as the Pawtucket Red Sox defeated the Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson set a new world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.66 seconds.
2003 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first player in MLB history with 500 career home runs and 500 stolen bases.
2005 - The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win their third NBA championship.
2011 - The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Duke point guard Kyrie Irving with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2016 - The Philadelphia 76ers selected LSU point guard Ben Simmons with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1860 - A congressional resolution authorized creation of the United States Government Printing Office, which opened the following year.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a "Type-Writer."
1888 - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican Convention in Chicago, effectively making him the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president. (The nomination ultimately went to Benjamin Harrison.)
1931 - Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.
1947 - The U.S. Senate overrode President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1967 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin opened a three-day summit at Glassboro State College in New Jersey.
1969 - Warren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, succeeding Earl Warren.
1972 - President Richard Nixon and H.R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.
1985 - All 329 people aboard an Air India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland because of a bomb authorities believe was planted by Sikh separatists.
1992 - Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.
1995 - Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died in California at age 80.
2003 - The U.S Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan School of Law's affirmative action policy.
2013 - Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor behind the disclosures of the U.S. government's sweeping surveillance programs, left Hong Kong for Moscow with the stated intention of seeking asylum in Ecuador; however, Snowden ended up remaining in Moscow.
2016 - Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron, who had led the campaign to keep Britain in the EU.
2020 - The Louisville police department fired an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor more than three months earlier, saying Brett Hankison had shown "extreme indifference to the value of human life" when he fired ten rounds into Taylor's apartment.
2022 - Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, contacting the agency's leader "virtually every day" and striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in a desperate bid to stay in power, according to testimony to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
2022 - In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
Birthdays
28 - Danna Paola (singer)
29 - HoYeon Jung (actress)
32 - Katie Armiger (singer)
34 - Allie Bertram (actress)
34 - Billie Kay (professional wrestler)
39 - Duffy (singer)
43 - Melissa Rauch (actress)
44 - LaDainian Tomlinson (football player)
46 - Jason Mraz (singer)
47 - Emmanuelle Vaugier (actress)
48 - KT Tunstall (singer)
49 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
51 - Selma Blair (actress)
59 - Joss Whedon (director)
66 - Frances McDormand (actress)
67 - Randy Jackson (TV personality)
72 - Jim Metzler (actor)
75 - Clarence Thomas (Supreme Court Justice)
76 - Bryan Brown (actor)
77 - Ted Shackelford (actor)
83 - Diana Trask (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 23
1917 - Ernie Shore (Boston Red Sox) replaced Babe Ruth and retired all 26 batters he faced. Ruth had been ejected from the game.
1972 - President Richard Nixon signed the Higher Education Act of 1972 into law; Title IX of the act bars discrimination on the basis of sex for "any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
1981 - The longest game in professional baseball history came to an end as the Pawtucket Red Sox defeated the Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson set a new world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.66 seconds.
2003 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first player in MLB history with 500 career home runs and 500 stolen bases.
2005 - The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win their third NBA championship.
2011 - The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Duke point guard Kyrie Irving with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2016 - The Philadelphia 76ers selected LSU point guard Ben Simmons with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
