June 26
Today’s highlights
2013
In deciding the first proceeding on this issue, the United States vs. Windsor’s groundbreaking proceedings led the United States Supreme Court to break the Defense of Marriage Act to give a legally married gay couple everything else. Gave a federal position on par with married Americans. Give federal benefits to same-sex couples in states that have already legalized same-sex marriage. This paved the way for resuming same-sex marriage in California.
Also on this date
1483
Richard III began to reign as King of England (crowned at Westminster Abbey the following month).
1917
The first army of the American Expeditionary Forces deployed in France during World War I landed in Saint-Nazaire.
1919
New York Daily News was first published.
[1945[1945年
The Charter of the United Nations has been signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
1948
Berlin airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union blocked land and waterways to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
1963
President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin and made a famous speech showing solidarity with the city’s inhabitants, proclaiming “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson has announced that he has chosen Abe Fortas to take over the retired Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States (but Fortas later withdrew in the face of severe opposition from the Senate. did).
1977
A fire broke out in Maury County Prison, Colombia, Tennessee, blowing toxic smoke and killing 42 people. Elvis Presley gave his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
1993
President Bill Clinton announces that the United States has launched missiles at Iraqi targets for “convincing evidence” that Iraq attempted to assassinate former President George HW Bush did.
1996
The Supreme Court has ordered the Virginia Military Institute to recognize women or give up state support.
1997
JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in the United Kingdom (later released in the United States under the title “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”).
2008
The US Supreme Court withdrew the ban on pistols in the District of Columbia after confirming in 5-4 that there was an individual right to ownership of the gun.
10 years ago: The Gay Pride Parade in New York City has turned into a carnival-like celebration of same-sex marriage. Hundreds of thousands of delights were delighted by the new state law that gives gay couples the same rights to marriage as others.
5 years ago: 14 people were stabbed when a battle broke out between more than 300 opposition protesters and about 30 members of the white supremacist group Traditionalist Workers’ Party outside Sacramento’s California State Capitol. I suffered a cut and a bruise. Fireworks exploded when a huge Chinese-owned container ship first passed through the newly expanded Panama Canal.
1 year ago: After Washington, DC protesters attempted to defeat the statue of Andrew Jackson, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect the monument, monument, and statue. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan met with demonstrators who thwarted the city’s efforts to dismantle the “occupied” protest zone. (The zone will be dismantled after five days.) Texas and Florida reversed the course and fixed the bar as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States surged to a record high of 40,000 per day. Clemson said 37 soccer players have tested positive for the coronavirus since the school reopened its training facility at the beginning of the month. A federal judge ordered the release of children detained with their parents in a US immigration prison.
Today’s birthday
Jazz musician-Film music composer Dave Grusin is 87 years old. Actor Josef Sommer is 87 years old. Singer Billy Davis Jr. is 83 years old. Rock singer Georgie Fame is 78 years old. Actor Clive Francis is 75 years old. R & B singer Brenda Holloway is 75 years old. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 71 years old. .. Actor Robert Davi is 70 years old. Singer and musician Mick Jones is 66 years old. Actor Gede Watanabe is 66 years old. Rock singer Chris Isak is 65 years old. Rock singer Patti Smith is 64 years old. Singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 62 years old. LeMond is 60 years old. Rock singer Harriet Wheeler (Sunday) is 58 years old. Country musician Eddie Perez (The Mavericks) is 53 years old. Rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 52 years old. Writer director Paul Thomas Anderson is 51 years old. Actor Sean Hayes is 51 years old. .. Actor Matt Letscher is 51 years old. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 51 years old. Actor Nick Offerman is 51 years old. Actor Rebecca Budig is 48 years old. The retired MLB All-Star Dereketter is 47 years old. Contemporary Christian musician Jeff Frankenstein (Newsboys) is 47 years old. Country singer. Gretchen Wilson is 47 years old. Rock musician Nathan Followil (Kings of Leon) is 42 years old. Pop-rock singer-Musician Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) is 42 years old. Actor musician Jason Schwartzman is 41 years old. Actor Aubrey Plaza is 37 years old. Actor and singer Jennette McCurdy is 29 years old. Actor and singer Ariana Grande is 28 years old.
