Today in History: June 22, Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling
At present is Sunday June the rd day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On June in a rematch that bore the weight of both geopolitical symbolism and African American representation American Joe Louis knocked out German Max Schmeling in just two minutes and four seconds to retain his heavyweight boxing title in front of spectators at New York s Yankee Stadium Also on this date In Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French Related Articles 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 New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water Nowadays in History June US Constitution becomes law Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa a massive and ultimately ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union that would prove pivotal to the Allied win over the Axis Powers In President Franklin D Roosevelt signed the Servicemen s Readjustment Act of more popularly known as the GI Bill of Rights which provided tuition coverage unemployment help and low-interest home and business loans to returning veterans In the World War II Battle of Okinawa ended with an Allied domination In President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of that lowered the minimum voting age to In John N Mitchell became the first former U S Attorney General to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate cover-up In Mark David Chapman pleaded guilty to killing rock star and former Beatle John Lennon In Argentine soccer contestant Diego Maradona scored the infamous Hand of God goal in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup against England giving Argentina a - lead Maradona would follow minutes later with a remarkable individual effort that become known as the Goal of the Century and Argentina won - In the U S Supreme Court in R A V v City of St Paul unanimously ruled that hate crime laws that banned cross burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights In after evading arrest for years mob boss James Whitey Bulger was captured in Santa Monica California In former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a jury in Bellefonte Pennsylvania on counts of sexually assaulting boys over years Sandusky would later be sentenced to to years in prison In contemporary times s Birthdays Actor Prunella Scales is Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is Fox News analyst Brit Hume is Musician-producer Peter Asher Peter and Gordon is Musician-producer Todd Rundgren is Actor Meryl Streep is Actor Lindsay Wagner is Sen Elizabeth Warren D-Mass is Actor Graham Greene is Singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper is Actor Bruce Campbell is Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is Sen Adam Schiff D-Calif is Basketball Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is Actor Amy Brenneman is Author Dan Brown is Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub is Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner is TV personality Carson Daly is Actor Donald Faison is Football Hall of Famer Champ Bailey is Golfer Dustin Johnson is
