The jury deliberated for a total of 24 hours over the course of four
days. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity to all his
13 charges.

Four decades after shooting Reagan, John
Hinckley seeks redemption through music.

Hinckley turned 69 on  M ay 29th.

June 21, 1788: New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary
state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making
the document the law of the land.

The Signing of the Constitution. September 17, 1787.

On June 20, 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that
made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opened in
theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New
England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the
highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by
1977’s Star Wars.

Steven Spielberg (77)

In what is now known as Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865, Union
soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil
War is over and slavery in the United States is abolished.

A mix of June and 19th, Juneteenth has become a day to
commemorate the end of slavery in America.

Despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued more than two years earlier on January
1, 1863, a lack of Union troops in the rebel state of Texas made
the order difficult to enforce.

Some historians blame the lapse in time on poor communication
in that era, while others believe Texan slave-owners purposely
withheld the information.

Abraham Lincoln 
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)