Today is Monday, June 17, the 168th day of 2013. There are 197 days left in the year.
1837 ― Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent
1885 ― Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship “Isere”
1947 ― First round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
1950 ― First kidney transplant (Chicago)
1953 ― Riots in East Germany for reunification
1963 ― Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
1967 ― China becomes world’s fourth thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
1972 ― Five arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate
1982 ― U.S. President Reagan first U.N. Gen Assembly address (“evil empire” speech)
1982 ― President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat in Falkland War