JUNE 13
1935:Two years after financial problems forced him to retire from boxing, "Cinderella Man" Jim Braddock bests Max Baer in a 15-round unanimous decision at the Madison Square Garden Bowl in New York, becoming heavyweight champion of the world in what is arguably one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh is given a hero's welcome upon returning to the United States after his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Four million people attend a ticker tape parade in his honor in New York. Two days earlier, Lindbergh had received the first Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge.
1967: Former NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall is nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court; when he is confirmed on Aug. 30, Marshall will become the court's first African American justice.
1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh is given a hero's welcome upon returning to the United States after his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Four million people attend a ticker tape parade in his honor in New York. Two days earlier, Lindbergh had received the first Distinguished Flying Cross from President Calvin Coolidge.
1967: Former NAACP chief counsel Thurgood Marshall is nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court; when he is confirmed on Aug. 30, Marshall will become the court's first African American justice.
No comments:
Post a Comment