July 5, 2021 This Day in History: July 5 Larry Doby debuts with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first Black player in the American League; Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos; the pilot to 'Seinfeld' airs on NBC.
July 2, 2021 This Day in History: July 2 Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean; Rioting erupts in East St. Louis, Ill.
July 1, 2021 This Day in History: July 1 The pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins in Pennsylvania. President George H.W. Bush nominates federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
June 30, 2021 This Day in History: June 30 The Civil War novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell is first published; The first Chevrolet Corvette is built.
June 29, 2021 This Day in History: June 29 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83-day filibuster in the Senate. Apple's iPhone goes on sale for the first time. Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for multibillion-dollar fraud.
June 28, 2021 This Day in History: June 28 The Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, ending World War I. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Alien Registration Act
June 25, 2021 This Day in History: June 25 "The Diary of a Young Girl," the personal journal of Anne Frank is first published. Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, the βKing of Pop,β die.
June 22, 2021 This Day in History: June 22 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signsΒ the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the GI Bill of Rights. Judy Garland dies.
June 17, 2021 This Day in History: June 17 Five burglars inside the Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex are arrested. After leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson isΒ arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
June 11, 2021 This Day in History: June 11 The Continental Congress forms a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain,Timothy McVeigh is executed for the Oklahoma City bombing.