On this day in history, significant events such as the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and the breaking of military terms by Adolf Hitler were remembered. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on this day in 1802. In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. President Richard Nixon called for a moratorium on court-ordered school busing in 1972, and in 1984, CIA station chief William Buckley was kidnapped by Hezbollah militants. Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was also kidnapped in Beirut by Hezbollah militants in 1985.
In 1994, figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia. Global stocks plunged in 2020 due to coronavirus concerns.
Today’s birthdays include business executive Sanford Weill, actor Erik Estrada, and musician Nancy Wilson. Other notable celebrities celebrating birthdays today include R&B singer Jhené Aiko and MLB player Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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