June 21st:
1990 – U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn’t pass
1989 – Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression
1986 – President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
1982 – John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
1981 – 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000
1977 – Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel’s 6th PM
1950 – Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1942 – President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C.
1913 – Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
1895 – British Roseberry government falls
1893 – 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago’s Columbian Exposition
1887 – Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria
1858 – Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1788 – U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify
1768 – 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer
1684 – King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1498 – Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian