TODAY IN HISTORY

1806

The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest.

1846

Neptune was identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

1949

President Harry S. Truman announced there was evidence the Soviet Union had recently conducted a nuclear test explosion.

1952

Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the “Checkers” speech.

1955

A jury in Sumner, Miss., acquitted two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, of murdering Black teenager Emmett Till.

1957

Nine Black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.