Today In History

In 1788: The U.S. Constitution went into effect after the ninth state ratified it.

In 1964: Civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney disappeared in Philadelphia, Miss.; their bodies were found six weeks later.

In 1982: A jury in Washington, D.C., found John Hinckley Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Reagan and three other men.