TODAY IN HISTORY

1895

Playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to two years in prison.

1959

U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law banning interracial boxing matches.

1961

President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”

1964

U.S. Supreme Court ordered Virginia’s School Board of Prince Edward County to reopen its public schools, which had been closed to circumvent the court’s 1954 desegregation ruling.