1910, Undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau is born. He dies in 1997.
1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first Triple Crown winner.
1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of his two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1959, the U.S. Postmaster General banned the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the mail. His edict was overruled by the Court of Appeals in 1960.
1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc set himself on fire on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966, “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stones hits Number One on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1966, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” by the Lovin’ Spoonful peaks at Number Two on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks. That same day, Daydream peaks at Number 10 on the album chart.
1966, “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Three on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1972, the controversial X-rated film Deep Throat opened.
1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.
1977, The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by the Beatles peaks at Number Two on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1978, the John Travolta – Olivia Newton-John film Grease opened in movie theaters.
1979, Actor John Wayne (The Quiet Man, How The West Was Won, The Sons Of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, True Grit) dies at age 72.
1982, Steven Spielberg’s ET – The Extraterrestrial opened.
1986, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania law restricting abortion and reaffirmed its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
1990, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
1999, Actor DeForest Kelley (Star Trek‘s Dr. McCoy) dies at age 79.
2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed.
2002, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are married at Ireland’s Castle Leslie in Glaslough, County Monaghan. They later divorce.
2002, American Idol premieres.
1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first Triple Crown winner.
1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of his two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1959, the U.S. Postmaster General banned the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the mail. His edict was overruled by the Court of Appeals in 1960.
1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc set himself on fire on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966, “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stones hits Number One on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1966, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” by the Lovin’ Spoonful peaks at Number Two on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks. That same day, Daydream peaks at Number 10 on the album chart.
1966, “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Three on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1972, the controversial X-rated film Deep Throat opened.
1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.
1977, The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by the Beatles peaks at Number Two on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1978, the John Travolta – Olivia Newton-John film Grease opened in movie theaters.
1979, Actor John Wayne (The Quiet Man, How The West Was Won, The Sons Of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, True Grit) dies at age 72.
1982, Steven Spielberg’s ET – The Extraterrestrial opened.
1986, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania law restricting abortion and reaffirmed its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
1990, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
1999, Actor DeForest Kelley (Star Trek‘s Dr. McCoy) dies at age 79.
2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed.
2002, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are married at Ireland’s Castle Leslie in Glaslough, County Monaghan. They later divorce.
2002, American Idol premieres.