History for June 23 - On-This-Day.com
Irvin Cobb 1876, Alfred Kinsey 1894, Alan Turing 1912
June Carter Cash 1929, Clarence Thomas 1948 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Frances McDormand 1957 - Actress
1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the Deposit Act, which contained a provision for turning over surplus federal revenue to the states.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention that he called a "Type-Writer."
1926 - The first lip reading tournament in America was held in Philadelphia, PA.
1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.
1960 1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S.
2016 United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in their "Brexit" referundum
2004 - The U.S. proposed that North Korea agree to a series of nuclear disarmament measures over a three-month period in exchange for economic benefits.
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