On June 6th in US Political History
Part IV
Part IV
On June 6th in 1967 Israeli troops occupied Gaza on the 2nd day of the 6-day war.
On June 6th in 1968 Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
On June 6th in 1972 The U.S. aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) launched three Marine A-6 Intruders and six Navy A-7 Corsair attack planes toward the coast of North Vietnam. Shortly afterward, the naval aircraft laid strings of thirty-six 1,000-pound Mark 52 mines in the water approaches to Haiphong, through which most of North Vietnam's imported war material and all of its fuel supply passed.
On June 6th in 1977 The Washington Post reported that the U.S. had developed a neutron bomb.
On June 6th in 1977 The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws.
On June 6th in 1990 A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, declared the 2 Live Crew album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” to be obscene. The decision was later overturned on appeal.
No comments:
Post a Comment