1944

During World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy.

1947

America’s first commercially licensed television station west of the Mississippi, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, made its official debut.

1973

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at his Texas ranch at age 64.

1973

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The court would overrule Roe v. Wade in 2022, in the decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.)

1998

Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento to being the Unabomber responsible for three deaths and 23 injuries in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.

2006

Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second-highest single-game point total in NBA history, in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Birthdays

Singer Steve Perry is 76. Film director Jim Jarmusch is 72. Actor Linda Blair is 66. Actor Diane Lane is 60. DJ Jazzy Jeff is 60. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is 57. Actor Olivia d’Abo is 56. Actor Balthazar Getty is 50. Rapper Logic is 35. WNBA point guard Caitlin Clark is 23