1850

President Zachary Taylor died of gastrointestinal illness after consuming a large amount of cherries and iced milk on a hot day five days earlier; Vice President Millard Fillmore was sworn in as president the following day.

1868

The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and “equal protection under the laws” to anyone “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people.

1918

101 people were killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tennessee in the deadliest US rail disaster in history.

1944

During World War II, American forces secured Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fell.

2018

President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Birthdays

Artist David Hockney is 88. Author Dean Koontz is 80. Actor Chris Cooper is 74. Musician John Tesh is 73. Country singer David Ball is 72. Business executive Kevin O’Leary is 71. Singer Debbie Sledge is 71. Actor Jimmy Smits is 70. Actor Tom Hanks is 69. Singer Marc Almond is 68. Actor Kelly McGillis is 68. Actor-rock singer Courtney Love is 61. Actor Scott Grimes is 54. Musician Jack White is 50. Actor-director Fred Savage is 49.