Today in History: June 20, Muhammad Ali convicted of draft evasion
In the present day is Friday June the st day of There are days left in the year Summer begins in current times In the modern day in history On June boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Operation laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison Ali s conviction would ultimately be overturned by the U S Supreme Court Also on this date In the Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States featuring the emblem of the bald eagle Related Articles Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time without clear legal basis Highly sophisticated confines tunnel discovered under California-Mexico port of entry Nuclear waste Texas loss could be California s gain NFL widows struggled to care for ex-players with CTE They say a new examination minimizes their pain of the world s best salads In Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle King William IV In a jury in New Bedford Massachusetts determined Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother In race-related rioting erupted in Detroit federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D Roosevelt to quell the violence that resulted in more than deaths In gangster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills California home of his girlfriend Virginia Hill likely at the order of mob associates In three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff H R Haldeman the secretly made tape recording of this meeting ended up with a notorious -minute gap In in the incident Atkins v Virginia the Supreme Court ruled in a - decision that executing people with intellectual disabilities qualified as cruel and remarkable punishment and was therefore in violation of the Eight Amendment This day s Birthdays Filmmaker Stephen Frears is Musician-songwriter Brian Wilson is Singer Anne Murray is TV personality Bob Vila is Musician Lionel Richie is Actor John Goodman is Rock bassist Michael Anthony Van Halen is Rock bassist John Taylor Duran Duran is Actor Nicole Kidman is Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is Actor Josh Lucas is Sen Eric Schmitt R-Mo is Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse is
