TODAY IN HISTORY

On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic.

In 1942, Doris “Dorie” Miller became the first African American to

receive the Navy Cross for displaying “extraordinary courage” during Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1957, the single “That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly’s group The Crickets was released by Brunswick Records.

the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O’Brien, upheld the conviction of David

In 1968,

O’Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse, ruling that the act was not protected by freedom of speech.

In 2020, protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody rocked Minneapolis for a second night. Also, the U.S. surged past a milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, with the confirmed death toll topping 100,000.