On June 23, 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.

In 1947, the Senate joined the House to override President Harry Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor.

In 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.”

In 1992, mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life after being found guilty of murder, racketeering and other charges.

In 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union after a divisive referendum campaign.