Today In History

In 1834: The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.

In 1898: The Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen, and therefore could not be deported.

In 1939: The Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to the forces of Francisco Franco.

In 1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.