Today in History: June 26, US Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage

At present is Thursday June the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On June in its - Obergefell v Hodges decision the U S Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country ruling that state-level bans on same-sex marriage violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment Also on this date In U S troops entered World War I as the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force landed in Saint-Nazaire France Related Articles A judge resisted Trump s order on gender identity The EEOC just fired her Trump administration puts California on the clock over its stand on transgender athletes in sports FDA requires updated warning about rare heart exposure with COVID shots Assessment reveals how much resource AI uses to answer your questions Kroger plans to close US stores in months to improve profits In the charter of the United Nations was signed by countries in San Francisco In the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin In President John F Kennedy visited West Berlin where he delivered his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city s residents declaring Ich bin ein Berliner I am a Berliner In President Bill Clinton broadcasted the U S had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of compelling evidence Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President George H W Bush In in the scenario of United States v Virginia the U S Supreme Court exposed that the Virginia Military Institute s male-only admission plan violated the Fourteenth Amendment s Equal Protection Clause VMI enrolled its first female cadets the following year In the first Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone by J K Rowling was published in the United Kingdom It was later published in the United States under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone In in District of Columbia v Heller the U S Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia as it affirmed - that an individual s right to gun ownership is protected by the Second Amendment In in the development of United States v Windsor the U S Supreme Court gave the nation s legally married same-sex couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans and cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California in a separate decision This day s Birthdays Jazz musician-composer Dave Grusin is Singer Billy Davis Jr is Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician Gilberto Gil is Basketball Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer is Musician Mick Jones The Clash Big Audio Dynamite is Musician Chris Isaak is Cyclist Greg LeMond is Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe is Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is Actor Sean Hayes is Actor Chris O Donnell is Actor Nick Offerman is Country musician Gretchen Wilson is Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter is Actor Jason Schwartzman is Actor Aubrey Plaza is Actor-author Jennette McCurdy is Singer-actor Ariana Grande is Actor Jacob Elordi is