Today In History

Tue., June 29, 1999

In 1767: The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts, which imposed import duties on such things as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America. Colonists bitterly protested the Acts, which were repealed in 1770.

In 1776: The Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry made governor.

In 1954: The Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s access to classified information.

In 1966: The United States bombed fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.

In 1972: The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty, as it was being meted out, could constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” (The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.)

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