Henry Louis Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941)
The MLB Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons with the NY Yankees before retiring (below) due to ALS complications.
He was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by
a team when his number 4 was retired by the Yankees.
June 18, 1812: The day after the Senate followed the House
of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great
Britain, President James Madison signed the declaration
into law—and the War of 1812 began.
With an American victory on Lake Champlain, on December
24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, formally ending
the War of 1812.
James Madison (1750 – 1836)
Madison served as the fourth president of the United
States from 1809 to 1817.
He had pivotal role in drafting and promoting the
Constitution of the United States and the Bill of
Rights.
O.J. Simpson was arrested on June 17, 1994, after leading police
on a slow-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco following his being charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson,
and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
The chase and subsequent arrest were highly publicized, with
millions watching on live television.
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill.
British General Thomas Gage landed his troops on the
Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts,
and lead them against Breed’s Hill, a fortified American
position just below Bunker Hill, on June 17, 1775.
As the British advanced in columns against the Americans,
American Colonel William Prescott reportedly told his men,
“Don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”
The British won the so-called Battle of Bunker Hill, and Breed’s
Hill and the Charlestown Peninsula fell firmly under British
control.
Despite losing their strategic positions, the battle was a morale-
builder for the Americans, convincing them that patriotic
dedication could overcome superior British military might.
Colonel William Prescott
On June 16, 1965, on their second day of recording at Columbia
Records’ Studio A in Manhattan, folk rock singer Bob Dylan,
along with a band featuring electric guitars and an organ, laid
down the master take of “Like A Rolling Stone.”
It would prove to be Dylan’s magnum opus and, arguably, one
of the greatest rock and roll records of all time.
Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) turned 84 on May 24.
