Today in history

In 1914,

during World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.

In 1953,

Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (in Newport, Rhode Island.

In 1958,

the U.S. Supreme Court, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously ruled that Arkansas officials who were resisting public school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court's rulings.

In 1959,

the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 space probe, which made a crash landing on the moon. The TV Western series “Bonanza” premiered on NBC.

In 1977,

South African black student leader and antiapartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.

In 1992,

the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off, carrying with it Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a U.S. spaceship.

In 1994,

a stolen, single-engine Cessna crashed into the South Lawn of the White House, coming to rest against the executive mansion; the pilot, Frank Corder, was killed.