WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021

1858-Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"

1903-Ford Motors incorporates

1909-1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000

1917-1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia

1933-U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created

1940-Communist govt installed in Lithuania

1941-1st U.S. federally owned airport opened in Washington DC

1947-Pravda denounces Marshall Plan

1961-Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris

1963-Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6

1984-Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race

1991-Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR