In 1972, three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff, H.R. Today in History: June 23, Nasser elected Egypt's president Gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, California, home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates. Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act, which was designed to restrict the power of labor unions, but had his veto overriden by Congress. In 1944, during World War II, Japanese naval forces retreated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea after suffering heavy losses to the victorious American fleet. In 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.
In 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother. In 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state. In 1782, Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States, featuring the emblem of the bald eagle. On June 20, 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV. Today is Monday, June 20, the 171st day of 2022.
