June 23rd:
1996 – Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
1994 – South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N.
1993 – U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
1992 – Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
1991 – Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1983 – Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
1983 – U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
1981 – New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
1980 – 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation
1974 – 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1972 – Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1963 – President Kennedy tours West-Europe
1951 – Most expensive U.S. hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas)
1888 – Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president
1860 – U.S. Secret Service created