On this day in 1836 James Madison, fourth President of the nation he helped to found, vital contributor to the American Constitution, co-writer with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton of The Federalist Papers, and husband of famed cakemaker Dolly (zinger!
) died at his Virginia plantation. In 1914 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, which led to a bit of strife. Sadly, this strife did not, as promised, end all strife.
In 1953, in Flint MI, the first Corvette was built, and became an American icon almost immediately. In 1997. Mike Tyson bit an ear, though Tyson never said it tasted like chicken. And in a bit of serendipity, in light of the recent Supreme Court decision, today marks the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riot which began outside a Christopher Street club in Lower Manhattan.