Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1870

The first section of the famous boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., was opened to the public.

1894

The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers.

1917

The first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.

1919

The New York Daily News was first published.

1925

Charlie Chaplin's classic comedy, ''The Gold Rush,'' premiered in Hollywood.

1945

The charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

1948

the Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the United States, Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin, after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes.

1963

President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).

1968

Chief Justice Earl Warren announced his intention to resign from the U.S. Supreme Court.

1977

Legendary singer Elvis Presley performed his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, less than 2 months before his death.

1990

President Bush, who had campaigned for office on a pledge of ''no new taxes,'' conceded that tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package.

1992

Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett III resigned, accepting responsibility for a ''leadership failure'' that resulted in the Tailhook sex-abuse scandal.

1996

The Supreme Court ordered the Virginia Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.

1998

The Supreme Court issued a landmark sexual harassment ruling, putting employers on notice that they can be held responsible for supervisors' misconduct even if they knew nothing about it.

2000

Rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genetic code.

2015

The Supreme Court ruled in the case Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to marry under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.