{"id":33042,"date":"2017-06-23T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmn.fhsu.edu\/?p=33042"},"modified":"2017-06-23T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T13:00:12","slug":"this-day-in-history-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-nixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=33042","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History — The Beginning of the End for Nixon"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 23<\/h3>\n

1868
\nChristopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called a ”Type-Writer.”<\/p>\n

1947
\nThe Senate overrode President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.<\/p>\n

1969
\nWarren Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

1972
\nRichard Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discussed ways to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. A revelation of this conversation spurred on Nixon’s 1974 resignation.<\/p>\n

1992
\nMobster John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n

1995
\nDr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first polio vaccine, died.<\/p>\n

2003
\nThe U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan’s School of Law affirmative action policy.<\/p>\n

Birthdays<\/h3>\n

Jean Anouilh<\/p>\n

1910\u201387, French dramatist.<\/p>\n

Edward VIII<\/p>\n

king of Great Britain and Ireland (1894)<\/p>\n

Alan Turing<\/p>\n

computer scientist (1912)<\/p>\n

Wilma Rudolph<\/p>\n

Track & Field (1940)<\/p>\n

James Levine<\/p>\n

music director (1943)<\/p>\n

Clarence Thomas<\/p>\n

associate justice (1948)<\/p>\n

Frances McDormand<\/p>\n

actress (1957)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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