Tuesday, June 21, 2016

History for June 21


History for June 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Martha Washington 1731, Jean-Paul Sartre 1905, Jane Russell 1921


O.C. Smith 1932, Berke Brethed 1957, Juliette Lewis 1973


1788 - The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.


1834 - Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size.


1893 - The Ferris Wheel was introduced at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.


1940 - Richard M. Nixon and Thelma Catherine ‘Pat’ Ryan were married.


1954 - The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers.


1985 - Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.


1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.


2004 - SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Mike Melvill, reached 328,491 feet above Earth in a 90 minute flight. The height is about 400 feet above the distance scientists consider to be the boundary of space.

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