Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"

George Santayana

• 1994 Disney's "Lion King," opens in theaters with $42 million.
• 1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity.
• 1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion (RoevWade).
• 1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education.
• 1969 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV.
• 1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated.
• 1924 Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens.
• 1916 Boys Scouts of America forms.
• 1877 Henry O. Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point.
• 1871 Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a U.S. collegiate law school.
• 1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory.
• 1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state.
• 1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army.