Today In History

In 1621: The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, now known as New York.

In 1888: The poem “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published.

In 1965: Astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space, during the flight of Gemini IV.

In 1968: Pop artist Andy Warhol was critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as The Factory. Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled feminist, shot him.

In 1989: Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died.