Today In History

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

In 1937: The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France.

In 1963: Pope John XXIII died at the age of 81. He was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.

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 shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as “The Factory,” by Valerie Solanas.

In 1989: Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.