In A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed died. Mohammed's teachings, recorded in the Koran, forged a new religion, Islam.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union.
In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over the United States' handling of the sinking of the "Lusitania."
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.
In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the "Liberty," a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. Israel called the attack a tragic mistake.
In 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled that the so- called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1982, President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
In 1986, former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, accused of hiding a Nazi past, won election to a six-year term as president of Austria. The Boston Celtics won their 16th NBA championship as they defeated the Houston Rockets.
In 1991, a victory parade was held in Washington to honor the veterans of the Persian Gulf War. Preakness winner "Hansel" won the Belmont Stakes.
In 1995, U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2. Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant at a Dallas hospital; however, the baseball great died two months later.
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