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Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans from taking part in any military action against a country that was at peace with the United States.

Civil War hero General William T. Sherman refused the Republican Presidential Nomination with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”

The United States went off the gold standard.

Secretary of State George Marshall gave a speech at Harvard University outlining a program of aid for Europe that would become known as the Marshall Plan.

The movie It Came from Outer Space was released.

The Browder v. Gayle case was decided by the District Court that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors erupted into the Six-day War. (The fighting ended on June 10th with a United Nations negotiated cease-fire.)

At 12:16 a.m. local time, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles shortly after claiming victory in California’s Democratic Presidential Primary.