Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.
On this date:
In 1621, the Dutch West India Company received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.
In 1808, Jefferson Davis — the first and only president of the Confederacy — was born in Christian County, Ky.
In 1888, the poem “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.
In 1935, the French liner Normandie set a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days, 11 hours and 42 minutes.
In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France.
In 1948, the 200-inch reflecting Hale Telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California was dedicated.
In 1963, Pope John XXIII died at age 81. He was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.
In 1968, pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as “The Factory,” by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled militant feminist.
In 1982, Israel’s ambassador to Britain, Shlomo Argov, was shot and critically wounded outside a London hotel. The assassination attempt was followed by Israel’s invasion of Lebanon.
