TODAY IN HISTORY

On May 19, 1780, a mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.

In 1920, 10 people were killed in a gun battle

between coal miners, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, West Virginia.

In 1962, Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser.

In 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain,

banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as the moon.

In 1993, the Clinton White House set off a political storm by firing the entire staff of its travel office.

In 2020, a Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the pandemic was indefinitely extended.