Today in history: June 14
In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and more events that happened on this day in history.
1922: Warren G. Harding
In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first president heard on radio, as Baltimore station WEAR broadcast his speech dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry.
1940: Nazi Germany
In 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis began transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz (OWSH’-vitz) concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1982: The Falkland Islands
In 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands.
1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
2011: Barack Obama
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama made a four-hour visit to Puerto Rico, becoming the first president since John F. Kennedy to make an official visit to the U.S. territory.
2016: Barack Obama
Five years ago: President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security; Trump responded by suggesting that Obama seemed angrier at him than he was at the gunman.
2017: Shooting
In 2017, a rifle-wielding gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, wounding House Whip Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES’) and several others; the assailant died in a battle with police.
2017: West London
In 2017, fire ripped through the 24-story Grenfell Tower in West London, killing 71 people.
2018: AT&T & Time Warner
In 2018, AT&T and Time Warner completed their merger, one of the biggest media deals ever, two days after a federal judge approved the combination.
2022: Happy the Elephant
In 2022, New York’s top court rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo. The court decided she did not meet the definition of a “person” who was being illegally confined.
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