21 June


1788 U.S. Constitution ratified
1813 French defeated in Spain
1916 Pershing attacked by Mexican troops
1982 Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity


AUTOMOTIVE

1947 Mille Miglia


CIVIL WAR

1864 Grant extends the Petersburg line


COLD WAR

1963 French withdraw navy from NATO


CRIME

1964 The KKK kills three civil rights activists


ENTERTAINMENT

1920 Pickford and Fairbanks mobbed by fans


LITERARY

1956 Arthur Miller refuses to name communists


OLD WEST

1892 Lot Smith, Mormon soldier, is killed by Indians


VIETNAM WAR

1966 Rolling Thunder raids continue


WALL STREET

1877 Murder and the Molly Maguires


WORLD WAR II

1942 Allies surrender at Tobruk, Libya