June 29th
Today in America's Present Past
1767 | England enacts the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America.
1776 | Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry elected governor.
1784 | Founder Caesar Rodney died.
1852 | Politician Henry Clay died.
1858 | General George Washington Goethals was born.
1861 | Surgeon William James Mayo was born.
1863 | Civil War: Battle at Westminster, Maryland.
1863 | George Armstrong Custer, age 23, was made a Union General.
1891 | The U.S. National Forest Service is formed.
1912 | Author John Toland was born.
1930 | Director Robert Evans was born.
1936 | George M. Cohen is the first artist to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.
1940 | Congress enacts the Alien Registration Act.
1943 | Singer Little Eva was born
1944 | WWII: U.S. forces liberate Cherbourg, France.
1944 | Actor Gary Busey was born.
1947 | Comedian Richard Lewis was born.
1948 | Entertainer and politician Fred Grandy was born.
1949 | Civil Rights: Washington, D.C., Pool race riot starts.
1954 | Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance is revoked by the Atomic Energy Commission.
1956 | POTUS: Republican President Eisenhower signs the Interstate Highway Act.
1963 | Congress: After an 83-day filibuster, the U.S. Senate passes the Civil Rights Act.
1966 | Vietnam War: U.S. forces bomb North Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, for the first time.
1967 | Entertainer Jane Mansfield died.
1969 | Entertainer Brian d'Arcy James was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1969 | Actor Ilan Mitchell-Smith was born.
1990 | Writer Irving Wallace died.
1992 | SCOTUS: Court decided Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
1994 | The US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base for refugees.
1995 | Actress Lana Turner died.
2003 | Actress Katharine Hepburn died.
2007 | Critic Joel Siegel died.
2020 | Actor Carl Reiner died.