June 23rd
Today in America's Present Past
1683 | Indian Wars: William Penn signs land deeds and a friendship treaty with Lenape Indian leader Tamanend “Tammany” in Pennsylvania.
1784 | Edward Warren makes the 1st US balloon flight.
1810 | Entrepreneur John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Company in Astoria, Oregon.
1874 | POTUS: Republican President Grant signed the Poland Act.
1888 | Civil Rights: Frederick Douglass is the first African-American nominated for US Vice President.
1963 | Civil Rights: Detroit’s March to Freedom draws 125,000 and is the initial presentation of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”
1967 | Protests in Century City in Los Angeles, California.
1969 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice Warren E. Burger was sworn in.
1979 | The Levittown Gas Riot starts in Pennsylvania.
1986 | Congress: Speaker Tip O’Neil refuses to let Republican President Reagan address Congress.