June 11th:
2001 – Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 people
1990 – Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional
1984 – Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally
1982 – Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1963 – John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”
1962 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale
1941 – Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews
1941 – 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
1939 – King and Queen of England taste 1st “hot dogs” at FDR’s party
1878 – DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974)
1876 – Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidential candidate
1690 – English king Willem III departs to Ireland