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On this date in history:<\/p>\n

In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during the Salem witch trials.<\/p>\n

In 1898, U.S. Marines invaded Cuba in the Spanish-American War.<\/p>\n

In 1916, whatever momentum former President Theodore Roosevelt had built up as he campaigned for the Republican nomination for president was extinguished when the progressive convention voted for reconciliation with the GOP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Singer<\/p>\n

Singer Ray Charles performs a tribute to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nat King Cole during ceremonies in New York on May 6, 2000. Charles died on this day in 2004. File Photo by Ezio Petersen\/UPI<\/p>\n

In 1940, Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain<\/a>. National Unity Party leader Vidkun Quisling led Norwegian fascist forces to assist the Germans, seizing strategic locations.<\/p>\n

In 1942, the German Gestapo burned the tiny Czech village of Lidice<\/a> after shooting 173 men and shipping the women and children to concentration camps.<\/p>\n

\"Col.<\/p>\n

Col. Theodore Roosevelt aboard the S.S. Aiden upon his return from South America ca. 1914. File Photo courtesy of Library of Congress<\/p>\n

In 1943, Hungarian Laszlo Biro secured a patent for his invention — the first successful and widely used ballpoint pen.<\/p>\n

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law authorizing employers to withhold income tax<\/a> payments from salary checks.<\/p>\n

\"Outgoing<\/p>\n

Outgoing House Republican leader Eric Cantor of Virginia arrives for House Republican leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 19, 2014. Cantor lost his district’s primary election to Tea Party challenger David Brat on this day in 2014. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/UPI<\/p>\n

In 2000, Syrian President Hafez Assad died from a heart attack at age 69<\/a>. He had ruled the country since 1970.<\/p>\n

\"UPI<\/p>\n

UPI File Photo<\/p>\n

In 2003, a three-member Ontario Court of Appeal in Canada ordered that full marriage rights be extended<\/a> to same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

In 2006, three detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, hanged themselves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"File<\/p>\n

File Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/UPI<\/p>\n

In 2009, Chrysler, one of America’s “Big 3” automakers, climbed out of bankruptcy with a reconstruction plan that included a partnership deal with Italian carmaker Fiat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the U.S. House Republican leader, was defeated by Tea Party challenger<\/a> David Brat, a college economics professor, in one of the most stunning primary election upsets in congressional history.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed<\/a> Zahid Quraishi to the U.S. District Court in New Jersey, making him the first Muslim federal judge in the United States.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Apple introduced its new generative artificial intelligence<\/a> technology, called Apple Intelligence, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, Calif.<\/p>\n

\"File<\/p>\n

File Photo by Keizo Mori\/UPI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this date in history: In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[71607,71610,71614,2000,299,1824,71605,71611,43084,71612,1115,71615,71606,71608,71609,71616,71613],"class_list":{"0":"post-172336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-alcoholics-anonymous","9":"tag-bridget-bishop","10":"tag-eric-cantor","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-king-haakon","15":"tag-massachusetts-bay-colony","16":"tag-nat-king-cole","17":"tag-national-theater","18":"tag-norway","19":"tag-president-franklin-d-roosevelt","20":"tag-president-theodore-roosevelt","21":"tag-ray-charles","22":"tag-republican-nomination","23":"tag-u-s-marines","24":"tag-vidkun-quisling"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114657818863078608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}