Thursday, June 23, 2016

History for June 23


History for June 23 - On-This-Day.com
Irvin Cobb 1876, Alfred Kinsey 1894, Alan Turing 1912
 

Wilma Rudolph 1940, Clarence Thomas 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Frances McDormand 1957 - Actress


1757 - Robert Clive defeated the Indians at Plassey and won control of Bengal.


1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.


1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."


1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.


1947 - The U.S. Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.


1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.


2004 - The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.


2015 - Verizon announced it had completed its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL, Inc.

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