Today is Thursday, June 26, the 177th day of 2014. There are 188 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On June 26, 1974, the supermarket price scanner made its debut in Troy,
Ohio, as a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum costing 67 cents and bearing a Uniform Product
Code (UPC) was scanned by a Marsh Supermarket cashier.
On this date:
In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, New Jersey’s Boardwalk was opened to the public.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office at the Democratic
national convention in Philadelphia.
In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean War.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressing
solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an
"enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House.
Five years ago: Los Angeles County medical examiners performed an autopsy on the remains of pop star
Michael Jackson a day following his death at age 50.
One year ago: In deciding its first cases on the issue, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the nation’s legally
married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans and also cleared the way for
same-sex marriages to resume in California.