On this day...
1914-U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1950-U.N. Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
1954-First atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1963-President Kennedy spent first full day in Ireland
1969-Police raid the Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, NY, about
400 to 1,000 patrons riot against the police, it lasts 3 days
1977-Djibouti gains independence from France (National Day)
1983-Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1986-U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
1990-Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help
their earthquake victims