| On this date in: |
| 1776 | Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights. |
| 1898 | Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain. |
| 1937 | The Soviet Union under Josef Stalin executed eight army leaders during a purge. |
| 1939 | The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y.
 | Babe Ruth speaks at the dedication |
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| 1963 | Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Miss. |
| 1971 | President Richard M. Nixon's daughter Tricia and Edward F. Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden. |
| 1978 | David Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each of the six "Son of Sam" .44-caliber killings in New York City. |
| 1994 | Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home; her former husband, football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson, was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but held liable in a civil action. |
| 2002 | The Los Angeles Lakers won a third straight NBA title and Shaquille O'Neal was named MVP of the finals for the third straight year. |
| 2008 | A deeply divided Supreme Court ruled that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba had the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges. |
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