In 1967, the landscape of the U.S. Supreme Court was forever altered when Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, made a historic decision. Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to serve as an Associate Justice, which upon confirmation, made Marshall the first black justice in the history…

In June 2018, for the first time in history, the sitting leaders of the United States and North Korea met face-to-face in what came to be known as the Singapore Summit. This meeting marked a significant shift in the US-North Korea relations. The tensions between the US and North Korea…

One of the most notorious prison escapes in history unfolded on Alcatraz Island on the night of June 11, 1962. Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, allegedly became the only prisoners to escape from what was then considered the country’s most secure prison. Alcatraz, located in the chilly…

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a pivotal piece of legislation in the long fight for gender equality in the United States. Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, as part of his progressive New Frontier Program, the act sought to abolish wage disparity…

In the early summer of 1972, a devastating event struck the Black Hills region of South Dakota. On June 9, an unusually severe and sustained rainfall caused the Canyon Lake Dam to burst, leading to a flood that took 238 lives and inflicted approximately $160 million in damages – a…