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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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