On this day in history
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1799: Napoleon Bonaparte incorporates Italy into his empire.
1812: The War of 1812 begins when the United States declares war against Great Britain.
1815: At the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington.
1856: The Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1873: Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote for president.
1918: Allied forces on the Western Front begin their largest counterattack yet against the German army.
1928: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane.
1931: British authorities in China arrest Indochinese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
1959: A Federal Court annuls the Arkansas law allowing school closings to prevent integration.
1963: The U.S. Supreme Court bans the required reading of the Lord's prayer and Bible in public schools.
1979: President Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the Salt II pact to limit nuclear arms.
1983: Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
1994: Millions of Americans watch former football player O.J. Simpson--facing murder charges--drive his Ford Bronco through Los Angeles, followed by police.
Source: HistoryNet.com
