June 15, , Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer threw his second consecutive no-hitter, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-0 in the first-ever night game at Ebbets Field. No pitcher has matched the feat in the 88 years since.
1775, Continental Congress authorized the formation of the Continental Army, enlisting skilled riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year. This decision established what would become the U.S. Army, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to โtear downโ the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.
June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress selected Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, known as the Committee of Five, to draft the Declaration of Independence.
June 10, 1944, 15-yr old Joe Nuxhall becomes youngest ever to play Major League Baseball when he pitches in a game for Cincinnati Reds. Nuxhall threw 2/3 of 9th inning in an 18-0 loss to the Cardinals; he was pulled only after 1 wild pitch allowing 5 runs on 5 walks and two hits.
June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous founded in Akron, OH, after a New York stockbroker fighting to stay sober realized best way to resist a drink was to help another alcoholic. He found a local surgeon, and the 2 built a fellowship that now counts some 2 million members worldwide
June 9, 1956, one of the worldโs top-selling crime novelists, Patricia Cornwell, best known for her forensic pathologist character Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is born in Miami, Florida.๐๐ฅ๐
June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the amendments that would become the Bill of Rights on the floor of the First Congress in New York, laying the foundation for the freedoms Americans have defended for more than two centuries.