Hello.
Welcome to your Saturday. We are glad you are here.
As our Summer slides on the week can sometimes feel long, overwhelming, or just plain exhausting. For that reason we like to take it a little slower on Saturday mornings and simply take a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out into a new day and make history again.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, June 24th, the 175th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1908, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, died at the age of 71.
In 1922, the American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League.
In 1947, Kenneth Arnold reported seeing flying saucers over Washington’s Mount Rainier. It was the first time such occurrences were noted.
In 1964, the Federal Trade Commission announced mandatory warning labels on cigarette packages starting in 1965.
In 1982, the Supreme Court ruled that a president can’t be sued for actions while in office.
In 1987, show business legend Jackie Gleason died at the age of 71. His long career in television and movies included the “The Honeymooners,” “Gigot,” “The Hustler” and “Smokey and the Bandit.”
In 1997, actor Brian Keith of TV’s “Family Affair,” and “Hardcastle & McCormick” died at the age of 75.
In 2005, in a heated on-air exchange with NBC “Today” show host Matt Lauer, actor Tom Cruise criticized Lauer of being “glib” and not understanding the concepts of Scientology. He also criticized the practice of psychiatry, and attacked actress Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants for postpartum depression. Cruise said vitamins and exercise are better for people than anti-depressants.
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to send a key affirmative action case back to a lower federal court. The case involved the admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin where a white woman challenged the constitutionality of the university’s policy to consider race a factor in the admissions of freshmen.
In 2016, nearly two dozen people were killed in the worst flooding West Virginia had seen in a century.
In 2016, former president Barack Obama designated the Stonewall Inn in New York City, the birthplace of the gay rights movement in the United States a national monument.
In 2018, women were allowed to drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia after a ban was lifted.
In 2020, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo announced travelers from nine states would have to quarantine for two weeks before being allowed throughout the state.
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating women’s constitutional right to choose abortion.
And that brings us here to this day. Whatever your own plans are for this 6.24.2023, we hope there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history book.
Thanks for stopping by!
