Historical Events
1950 - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
1981 - Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1982 - South African President P.W. Botha issues a new Proclamation again placing Ingwavuma under government control
1988 - Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1989 - 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
1990 - 120°F in Phoenix Arizona
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)
1890 - Marchwitza, writer
1925 - Robert Venturi, Phila, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
1949 - Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
1967 - Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress
Famous Deaths
1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)
1838 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
1979 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)
1986 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63
1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
2010 - Richard B. Sellars, American business executive (b. 1915)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/LLkCUS
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