TODAY IN HISTORY

On May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation

should commit itself to achieving the goal... of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

In 1977, the first “Star Wars” film was released by 20th Century Fox.

In 2008, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water.

In 2016, actor Johnny Depp’s wife, Amber Heard, filed for divorce.

In 2020 George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 ½ minutes while Floyd was handcuffed; Floyd’s death would lead to worldwide protests and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.