1829— Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, James Smithson dies in Italy. In 1904 his remains were moved to Washington, DC.
1922— The children's book, The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon receives the first Newbery Medal.
1930— Texas businessman, billionaire and former presidential candidate H. Ross Perot is born in Texarkana, Texas.
1939— Clark Gable films the famous "Frankly, My Dear..." scene in Gone With the Wind. For including the curse word, censors fined the film's producer, David O. Selznick, $5,000.
1991— Thurgood Marshall resigns from the Supreme Court after 24 years. Clarence Thomas is chosen by President George H. W. Bush on July 1 to replace him.
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