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June 10, 2021

This Day in History: June 10

The first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts takes place. Alcoholics Anonymous is founded. Gawker files for bankruptcy after losing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit brought by Hulk Hogan.

June 9, 2021

This Day in History: June 9

During the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army Special Counsel Joseph N. Welch famously berates Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" The Senate confirms Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren. Secretariat becomes the first horse since 1948 to win the Triple Crown.

June 8, 2021

This Day in History: June 8

Authorities announce the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrity chef, author and CNN host Anthony Bourdain is found dead in what authorities would determine was a suicide.

June 7, 2021

This Day in History: June 7

In a hate crime that stuns the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old Black man, is hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas by White men. A Norwalk, Conn., Superior Court jury convicts Michael Skakel, nephew of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, Skakel鈥檚 15-year-old neighbor

June 6, 2021

This Day in History: June 6

During World War II, Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they begin the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.

June 4, 2021

This Day in History: June 4

Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote regardless of their gender. The Battle of Midway in World War II begins.

June 3, 2021

This Day in History: June 3

Edward H. White becomes the first American to "walk" in space Andy Warhol is shot and critically wounded at his New York film studio.Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, dies. Muhammad Ali dies.

June 2, 2021

This Day in History: June 2

Baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, dies. Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country; Timothy McVeigh is convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

June 1, 2021

This Day in History: June 1

The mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gives the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812. The Beatles鈥� album 鈥淪gt. Pepper鈥檚 Lonely Hearts Club Band鈥� is released, as is David Bowie's debut album, titled "David Bowie." President Trump announces that the U.S. will leave the Paris climate agreement.

May 28, 2021

This Day in History: May 28

The Sierra Club is organized in San Francisco; National League owners give permission for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco. White House "plumbers" first break into the Democratic National Headquarters at Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.