THURSDAY, June 20, 2024

1867-President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska

1871-Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss

1895-First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)

1895-Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation

1943-National Congress of Racial Equality organizes

1944-Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency

1947-President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act

1963-U.S. & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"

1967-Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services

1977-Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez

1982-Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington

1990-40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran