Today in History: June 23, Title IX signed into law
In the modern day is Monday June the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On June President Richard Nixon signed into law the Mentoring Amendments of including Title IX which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for any teaching initiative or activity receiving Federal financial assistance Also on this date In abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican convention in Chicago making him the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U S president Related Articles Here s how Iran could retaliate for US strikes on its nuclear initiative Currently in History June Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling Bay Area Democrats lambaste Trump s Iran attack What is the bunker-buster bomb that the US just dropped on Iran Trump says US has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran In aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in New York on an around-the-world flight that lasted eight days and hours In the Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry S Truman s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act designed to limit the power of organized labor In Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt In Warren E Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by his predecessor Earl Warren In all people on an Air India Boeing were killed when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland after a bomb planted by Sikh separatists exploded onboard In mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life after being exposed guilty of murder racketeering and other charges Gotti would die in prison in In Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign toppling Prime Minister David Cameron who led the drive to remain in the bloc In the Louisville police department fired an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor more than three months earlier saying Brett Hankison demonstrated extreme indifference to the value of human life when he fired rounds into her apartment In in a major expansion of gun rights the Supreme Court reported Americans have a right to carry firearms in populace for self-defense In contemporary times s Birthdays Author Richard Bach is Computer scientist Vint Cerf is Actor Bryan Brown is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is Musician Glenn Danzig is Former American Idol judge Randy Jackson is Actor Frances McDormand is Golf Hall of Famer Colin Montgomerie is Actor Selma Blair is French soccer manager and former player Zinedine Zidane is Actor Joel Edgerton is Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is Rapper Memphis Bleek is Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson is Actor Melissa Rauch The Big Bang Theory is
