Today in History: June 20, Muhammad Ali convicted of draft evasion

Nowadays is Friday June the st day of There are days left in the year Summer begins this day The present day in history On June boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Facility laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison Ali s conviction would ultimately be overturned by the U S Supreme Court Also on this date In the Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States featuring the emblem of the bald eagle Related Articles ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses Watch SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes no injuries stated The present day in History June Union troops arrive in Galveston on Juneteenth New York Daily News and other outlets ask judge to reject OpenAI effort to keep deleting facts The world s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission if people can get it In Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne following the death of her uncle King William IV In a jury in New Bedford Massachusetts determined Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother In race-related rioting erupted in Detroit federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D Roosevelt to quell the violence that resulted in more than deaths In gangster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills California home of his girlfriend Virginia Hill likely at the order of mob associates In three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff H R Haldeman the secretly made tape recording of this meeting ended up with a notorious -minute gap In in the matter Atkins v Virginia the Supreme Court ruled in a - decision that executing people with intellectual disabilities qualified as cruel and uncommon punishment and was therefore in violation of the Eight Amendment Currently s Birthdays Filmmaker Stephen Frears is Musician-songwriter Brian Wilson is Singer Anne Murray is TV personality Bob Vila is Musician Lionel Richie is Actor John Goodman is Rock bassist Michael Anthony Van Halen is Rock bassist John Taylor Duran Duran is Actor Nicole Kidman is Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is Actor Josh Lucas is Sen Eric Schmitt R-Mo is Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse is