TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT June 14, 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.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1775

The Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created.

1801

Former American Revolutionary War general and notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold, 60, died in London.

1928

The Republican National Convention, meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, nominated Herbert Hoover for president on the first ballot.

1934

Max Baer defeated Primo Carnera with an 11th round TKO to win the world heavyweight boxing championship in Long Island City, New York.

1940

German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis began transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.

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.