MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

Today is Monday, June 20, the 173rd day of 2016. There are 193 days left in the year.

1782 — Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. & the eagle as it’s symbol

1789 — Oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken

1791 — King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution

1819 — Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)

1863 — West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state

1867 — Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska

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

1939 — Test flight of first rocket plane using liquid propellants

1943 — National Congress of Racial Equality organizes