TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON: JUNE 23
930 World’s oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established
1683 William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1836 The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1848 A bloody insurrection of workers erupts in Paris.
1894 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is founded
1934 Italy gains the right to colonize Albania after defeating the country.
1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium
1940 After the German occupation of Paris Adolf Hitler takes a tour of the major notable sites in the French capital.
1944 In one of the largest air strikes of the war, the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force sends 761 bombers against the oil refineries at Ploiesti, Romania.
1960 1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S.
1961 The Antarctic Treaty comes into force. The treaty was the first arms control agreement signed during the Cold War. It sets Antarctica aside as a scientific preserve and prohibits military activities on the continent.
1969 Warren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1972 Richard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. Revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon’s 1974 resignation.
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1986 Tip O’Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
2003 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan’s School of Law affirmative action policy.
2004 The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.
2016 Brexit referendum: United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
