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1665

Politics

The English installed their own form of municipal government in what used to be the settlement of New Amsterdam – which the English renamed to New York.

1776

Civil Rights

The state of Virginia adopted a Bill of Rights – the first colonial legislature to do so.

1840

Civil Rights

In London, England, World Anti-Slavery Convention refused to recognize United States women as delegates. In protest, some American gentlemen delegates refused to participate, and joined the women in the balcony, including William Lloyd Garrison (abolitionist and journalist) and Charles Lenox Remond (African-American orator, activist and abolitionist).

1880

Sports

John Lee Richmond for the Worcester Brown Stockings pitched the first perfect game against the Cleveland Blues.

1898

Politics

Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain.

1939

Sports

The National Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

1963

Other

One of Hollywood’s costliest failures, “Cleopatra,” starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison, premiered in New York.

1963

Civil Rights

Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers was shot to death in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was 36 years old.

1965

Other

The British government announced that each of the Beatles would be made an MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace later in the year.

1967

Civil Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

1968

Other

The movie Rosemary’s Baby was released.

1981

Other

The movie The Raiders of the Lost Ark was released.

1982

War

One million people demonstrated in New York City’s Central Park against nuclear weapons and for an end to the cold war arms race.

2007

Other

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist and historian, was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his humanitarian work by President Putin.

2023

Sports

In game 5 of the NBA Finals, the Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat, 94-89, to clinch the NBA Championship. The game was played at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

1915

Birthday

David Rockefeller (Banker/Philanthropist)

1924

Birthday

George H.W. Bush (Former U.S. President)

1928

Birthday

Vic Damone (Singer)

1929

Birthday

Anne Frank (Kept a diary while hiding from the Nazis)

1930

Birthday

Jim Nabors (Actor, Singer)