It is the 176th day of the year, with only 189 days remaining until the end of the year.
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn, occurs.
1910 - Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes," the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
1947 - The diary of Anne Frank is first published.
1948 - The Berlin airlift begins, by flying in and dropping much needed supplies to the residents of East Germany.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs bunny, is released in theaters.
1960 - Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency, left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
1981 - Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
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