On June 22, 1868, Arkansas was readmitted to the Union.
In 1870 Congress established the Department of Justice.
In 1911 Britain’s King George V was crowned.
In 1937 Joe Louis became the world heavyweight boxing champ by knocking out James Braddock in Chicago.
In 1940 France signed an armistice with Germany eight days after Nazi forces overran Paris in World War II.
In 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
In 1945 the World War II battle for Okinawa officially ended after 83 days, during which 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese were killed.
In 1969 entertainer Judy Garland died in London; she was 47.
In 1970 President Richard Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
In 1987 dancer-actor Fred Astaire died in Los Angeles; he was 88.
In 1993 Patricia Nixon, wife of the former president, died in Park Ridge, N.J.; she was 81.
In 1999 the Supreme Court ruled the Americans with Disabilities Act does not extend to people with poor eyesight or other correctable conditions.
In 2002, Esther “Eppie” Lederer, known to millions of readers as advice columnist Ann Landers, died in Chicago; she was 83. Also in 2002 St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in the team’s Chicago hotel shortly before a
