On June 26, 1894, the American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, went on strike in sympathy with striking Pullman workers.
In 1917 the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force reached France in World War I.
In 1925 Charlie Chaplin’s comedy “The Gold Rush” premiered.
In 1948 the Berlin airlift began in earnest as U.S., British and French planes brought food and supplies to West Berlin after the Soviets cut off land and water routes.
In 1963 President John Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he declared: ”Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).
In 1990 President George H.W. Bush, who had pledged “no new taxes,” conceded that tax increases were necessary in any deficit-reduction package.
In 1994 hundreds of thousands of gays and lesbians gathered in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riot.
In 1995 the Supreme Court ruled that public schools can require drug tests for athletes.
In 2000 rival scientific teams completed the first rough map of the human genetic code.
In 2003 the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws in 13 states. Also, Strom Thurmond, the longest-serving U.S. senator in history, died at 100 in Edgefield, S.C.
