June 23
Today is the 175th day of 2016, there are 191 days left in the year.
1757 - Forces of the East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British colonial rule in India.
1812 - Britain, unaware that America had declared war against it five days earlier, rescinded its policy on neutral shipping, a major issue of contention between the two countries.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
1892 - The Democratic convention in Chicago nominated former President Grover Cleveland on the first ballot.
1904 - President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for a second term in office at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1931 - Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine airplane.
1947 - The Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows the president to intervene in labor disputes and limit the power of organized labor.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1960 - The Food and Drug Administration formally approved Enovid as the first oral contraceptive for sale in the United States.
1969 - Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
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 on board 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 - John Gotti, convicted of racketeering charges, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
1993 - Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William County, Virginia, sexually mutilated her husband, John, after he allegedly raped her.
1995 - Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died.
2003 - The Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's School of Law affirmative action policy.
2005 - Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers.
2015 - WikiLeaks published documents it said showed the U.S. National Security Agency had eavesdropped on the last three French presidents, releasing material which appeared to capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy, relations with Germany and, ironically, American espionage.
Birthdays
21 - Danna Paola (singer)
24 - Louisa Connolly-Burnham (actress)
27 - Lauren Bennett (singer)
31 - Blake Harrison (actor)
32 - Crystal Leigh (model)
32 - Duffy (singer)
36 - Melissa Rauch (actress)
37 - LaDainian Tomlinson (football player)
39 - Jason Mraz (singer)
42 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
44 - Selma Blair (actress)
52 - Joss Whedon (director)
60 - Randy Jackson (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - June 23
1915 - New York Yankees get record 16 walks and three wild pitches, beating Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bruno Hass, 15-0.
1917 - Ernie Shore (Boston Red Sox) replaced Babe Ruth and retired all 26 batters he faced. Ruth had been ejected from the game.
1950 - The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers combine to hit a record 11 home runs in a 10-9 Tiger win.
1963 - Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets hits his 100th career home run and celebrates by running the bases backwards.
1967 - Jim Ryun sets a new world record in the mile with a time of 3:51.1 in Bakersfield, California.
1972 - President Nixon signed the Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this congressional act barred sex bias in athletics and other activities at colleges receiving federal assistance.
1988 - The NBA's two newest franchises, the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets, begin their expansion draft.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson set a new world record in the 200 meters with a time of 19.66 seconds.
2003 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first player in major league history with 500 career home runs and 500 career stolen bases.
2005 - The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship. It the first NBA Finals series to go to seven games in 11 years.
2008 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez became the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam in 37 years.
2010 - The first-round tennis contest between American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon ends for the day tied at 59-59 (ten hours play), becoming the longest in tennis history. The match had already been suspended on June 22 after 3 hours of play.
Today is the 175th day of 2016, there are 191 days left in the year.
1757 - Forces of the East India Company led by Robert Clive won the Battle of Plassey, which effectively marked the beginning of British colonial rule in India.
1812 - Britain, unaware that America had declared war against it five days earlier, rescinded its policy on neutral shipping, a major issue of contention between the two countries.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
1892 - The Democratic convention in Chicago nominated former President Grover Cleveland on the first ballot.
1904 - President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for a second term in office at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1931 - Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine airplane.
1947 - The Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows the president to intervene in labor disputes and limit the power of organized labor.
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1960 - The Food and Drug Administration formally approved Enovid as the first oral contraceptive for sale in the United States.
1969 - Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
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 on board 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 - John Gotti, convicted of racketeering charges, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
1993 - Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William County, Virginia, sexually mutilated her husband, John, after he allegedly raped her.
1995 - Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died.
2003 - The Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's School of Law affirmative action policy.
2005 - Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers.
2015 - WikiLeaks published documents it said showed the U.S. National Security Agency had eavesdropped on the last three French presidents, releasing material which appeared to capture officials in Paris talking candidly about Greece's economy, relations with Germany and, ironically, American espionage.
Birthdays
21 - Danna Paola (singer)
24 - Louisa Connolly-Burnham (actress)
27 - Lauren Bennett (singer)
31 - Blake Harrison (actor)
32 - Crystal Leigh (model)
32 - Duffy (singer)
36 - Melissa Rauch (actress)
37 - LaDainian Tomlinson (football player)
39 - Jason Mraz (singer)
42 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
44 - Selma Blair (actress)
52 - Joss Whedon (director)
60 - Randy Jackson (TV host)
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Today in Sports History - June 23
1915 - New York Yankees get record 16 walks and three wild pitches, beating Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bruno Hass, 15-0.
1917 - Ernie Shore (Boston Red Sox) replaced Babe Ruth and retired all 26 batters he faced. Ruth had been ejected from the game.
1950 - The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers combine to hit a record 11 home runs in a 10-9 Tiger win.
1963 - Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets hits his 100th career home run and celebrates by running the bases backwards.
1967 - Jim Ryun sets a new world record in the mile with a time of 3:51.1 in Bakersfield, California.
1972 - President Nixon signed the Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this congressional act barred sex bias in athletics and other activities at colleges receiving federal assistance.
1988 - The NBA's two newest franchises, the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets, begin their expansion draft.
1996 - American sprinter Michael Johnson set a new world record in the 200 meters with a time of 19.66 seconds.
2003 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first player in major league history with 500 career home runs and 500 career stolen bases.
2005 - The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons in seven games to win the NBA championship. It the first NBA Finals series to go to seven games in 11 years.
2008 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez became the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam in 37 years.
2010 - The first-round tennis contest between American John Isner and Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon ends for the day tied at 59-59 (ten hours play), becoming the longest in tennis history. The match had already been suspended on June 22 after 3 hours of play.
