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| | | | 1890: Wyoming is admitted to the Union as the 44th state.
Learn more about Wyoming.
1892: A violent strike of steelworkers at Carnegie Steel's Homestead Works ends when the state militia disperses the strikers. Four days earlier, company guards had shot into picketers, starting a riot.
Learn more about the Homestead strike.
1913: The National Weather Service records a temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit in California's Death Valley, the highest temperature ever measured in the United States.
Learn more about Death Valley.
1925: The so-called Monkey Trial of teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution begins in Dayton, Tenn. The trial matches nationally famous lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan.
Learn more about the Scopes Trial.
1953: Four months after the death of Joseph Stalin, Soviet leaders arrest Lavrenty Beria, his longtime head of security. Beria is executed later that year for treason.
Learn more about Lavrenty Beria.
1999: After playing to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime, the U.S. women's soccer team defeats China in a shoot-out, 5 goals to 4, to win their second World Cup.
Learn more about soccer.
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| Mystery Person of the Day |
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| | | | Who am I? I was born on this day in 1871. My seven-part novel is considered a masterpiece of modern literature.
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| Your Astrological Sign |
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| | | | Cancerians are nurturing, emotional, sensitive, conservative, and home-loving, much more aware of how they feel than what they think. They are artistic, have vivid imaginations, and have highly developed memories. Learn more about Cancer.
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