On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states are constitutionally compelled to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
On this date in history:
In 1900, Dr. Walter Reed and his medical team began a successful campaign to eradicate yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone.
In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force reached France in World War I.
In 1939, film censors approved Gone With The Wind but fined Producer David O. Selznick $5,000 for objectionable language in Rhett Butler’s famous closing line to Scarlett O’Hara: «Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.»
In 1945, the United Nations Charter drawn up at a conference in San Francisco, was signed by representatives of 50 nations — the original U.N. members. The organization officially began operations Oct. 24, 1945. U.N. Day is Oct. 24 each year.
In 1948, two days after the start of the blockade of Berlin, the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to ferry supplies to the people of West Berlin.
