Today In History
Today is Tuesday, June 14, the 165th day of 2022. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
› 1777: The Second Continental Congress approved the design of the original American flag.
ON THIS DATE:
› 1846: A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.
› 1919: John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarked on the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. (Flying a Vickers Vimy biplane bomber, they took off from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada and arrived 16 1/2 hours later in Clifden, Ireland.)
› 1943: The U.S. Supreme Court, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, ruled 6-3 that public school students could not be forced to salute the flag of the United States.
› 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
› 1972: The Environmental Protection Agency ordered a ban on domestic use of the pesticide DDT, to take effect at year’s end.
› 1993: President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
› 2005: Michelle Wie, 15, became the first female player to qualify for an adult male U.S. Golf Association championship.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Actor Marla Gibbs is
91. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is
83. Country-rock musician Spooner Oldham is 79. Rock singer Rod Argent (The Zombies; Argent) is 77. Former President Donald Trump is 76. Singer Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is
76. Rock musician Barry Melton is 75. Actor Will Patton is 68. Olympic gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden is 64. Jazz musician Marcus Miller is 63. Singer Boy George is 61. Rock musician Chris DeGarmo is 59. Actor Traylor Howard is 56. Actor Yasmine Bleeth is
54. Actor Faizon Love is
54. Actor Stephen Wallem is 54. International Tennis Hall of Famer Steffi Graf is 53. Screenwriter Diablo Cody is 44. Classical pianist Lang Lang is 40. Actor Torrance Coombs is 39. Actor J.R. Martinez is 39. Actor-singer Kevin McHale is 34. Actor Lucy Hale is 33. Pop singer Jesy Nelson (Little Mix) is 31.