This Day in History: June 23, 2024
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1868
Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a ''Type-Writer.''
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1947
The Senate overrode President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
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1969
Warren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1972
Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon's 1974 resignation.
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1992
Mobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.
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1995
Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died.
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2003
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's School of Law affirmative action policy.
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