1775

The Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.

1930

President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which boosted U.S. tariffs historically high, prompting foreign retaliation.

1994

After leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.