Wednesday, June 28, 2000
History today -- 8:23 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1778: "Molly Pitcher" (Mary Ludwig Hays) carried water to American soldiers at the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, N.J.
- 1838: Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1862: The siege of the Confederate city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, began when Union naval forces took up position off of the city.
- 1863: U.S. Major General George Meade replaces Joseph Hooker as head of the Army of the Potomac.
- 1902: the United States bought the concession to build the Panama Canal from a French company for $40 million.
- 1914: Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist - the event which triggered World War I.
- 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
- 1939: Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service.
- 1950: North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.
- 1951: A TV version of the radio program "Amos 'N' Andy" premiered on CBS. (Although criticized for racial stereotyping, it was the first network TV series to feature an all-black cast.)
- 1996: The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.
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