Historical Events for 23rd June 2019

1760 – Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia
1906 – 20th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Helen Homans beats Maud Barger-Wallach (6-4, 6-3)
1933 – Don McNeill’s Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
1958 – Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers
1963 – US Open Golf, The Country Club: Julius Boros wins his second Open title in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer and Jacky Cupit
1972 – US President Nixon and his Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1979 – Charlie Daniels Band releases “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
1980 – South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
1980 – West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1990 – Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry’s home

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