Today In History

In 1954: The Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education ruling, which held that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.

In 1973: The Senate opened its hearings into the Watergate scandal.

In 1987: 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)