1943 Detroit race riot begins – Chicago Tribune
Today is Friday June 20, the 171st day of 2025. It remains 194 days a year. Summer begins today.
Today in history:
On June 20, 1943, riots linked to the breed broke out in Detroit; Federal troops were sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to suppress violence that has left more than 30 deaths.
Also on this date:
In 1782, the continental congress approved the big seal of the United States, featuring the emblem of the white-headed pygargue.
In 1837, Queen Victoria reached the British throne after the death of her uncle, King William IV.
In 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, said Lizzie Borden not guilty of the murders of the ax of his father and his mother-in-law.
In 1947, the Gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot in the hills of Beverly, California, the house of her girlfriend, Virginia Hill, probably to the order of the associates of Mob.
In 1967, the Muhammad Boxer Ali was sentenced to Houston for violating the laws on selective services by refusing to be written and was sentenced to five years in prison. (Ali’s conviction would finally be canceled by the United States Supreme Court).
In 1972, three days after the arrest of the burglars of Watergate, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff, HR Haldeman; The secretly made strip recording of this meeting was found with a notorious difference of 18 1/2 minutes.
In 2002, in the Atkins c. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision according to which the execution of persons with intellectual disability is qualified as cruel and unusual sanction and was therefore in violation of the eight amendments.
The birthdays of today: filmmaker Stephen Frears is 84 years old. The singer-songwriter Brian Wilson is 83 years old. The singer Anne Murray is 80 years old. The personality of television Bob Vila is 79 years old. The musician Lionel Richie is 76 years old. Actor John Goodman is 73 years old. Rock bass player Michael Anthony (Van Halen) is 71. Rock Bassist is John Taylor (Duran Duran) is 65. 58. The filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is 57 years old. Actor Josh Lucas is 54 years old. Senator Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., A 50. Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse is 36 years old.
