Today in 1972,Ā George CarlinĀ was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for using profanity onstageĀ during a show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Today in 1980,Ā draft registration began in the United StatesĀ for 19 and 20-year-old men.
Today in 1992,Ā murderĀ charges against Dr. Jack Kevorkian were dropped in Pontiac, Michigan. He was accused of helping four chronically ill women commit suicide with a machine he built that dispensed lethal gas and drugs.
Today in 1996,Ā at the Atlanta Olympics, swimmerĀ Tom Dolan gave the United States its first Gold Medal in the 400-meter individual medley. The men's 800-meter freestyle relay team also won.
Today in 1998,Ā 17-year-old Chinese gymnastĀ Sang Lan was paralyzed after a fallĀ while practicing for the women's vault competition at the Goodwill Games in New York. While spinal surgery four days later failed to restore sensation below her upper chest, her story has not ended in tragedy. A vocal advocate for the disabled, she gotĀ married in 2013 and the couple welcomed a baby boy a year later.
Today in 1999,Ā Navy diversĀ found the bodiesĀ of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, in the wreckage of Kennedy's plane in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard.
Today in 1999,Ā after spending 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom's "Liberty Bell Seven" capsuleĀ was lifted to the surface.
Today in 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle program ended with the landing ofĀ Space Shuttle AtlantisĀ on mission STS-135.
Today inĀ 2017,Ā Justin BieberĀ was barred from performing in ChinaĀ by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture citing his "bad behavior."
Today in 2017,Ā White House Press Secretary Sean SpicerĀ resigned after opposing appointment of Anthony ScaramucciĀ as White House Director of Communications.
Today in 2020,Ā itĀ was revealed that in 2020, life expectancy in the US fell by 1.5 years (3 years for Hispanic Americans and 2.9 for Black Americans) in the largest decline since WWII.