Today in History

On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Education Amendments of 1972, including Title IX, which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

On this date

1888: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican convention in Chicago, making him the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president.

1947: The Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry S. Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.

1969: Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by his predecessor, Earl Warren.

1992: Mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life after being found guilty of murder, racketeering and other charges. (Gotti would die in prison in 2002.)

2016: Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling Prime Minister David Cameron, who led the drive to remain in the bloc.

2022: In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

Today’s birthdays

Author Richard Bach is 89. Computer scientist Vint Cerf is 82. Musician Glenn Danzig is 70. Former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 69. Actor Frances McDormand is 68. Golf Hall of Famer Colin Montgomerie is 62. Actor Selma Blair is 53. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 48. Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson is 46. Actor Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 45.