Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2015. There are 188 days left in the year.
1483 — Richard III usurps English throne
1797 — Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. He can’t sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!
1919 — First issue of N.Y. Daily News published
1924 — After eight years of occupation, U.S. troops leave the Dominican Republic
1945 — U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco
1948 — U.S. denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin
1960 — Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
1960 — British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
1963 — Kennedy visits West Berlin; “Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)”
1974 — Liz Taylor’s fifth divorce (Richard Burton)
1975 — Indian P.M. Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency