This Day in History – June 22, 2011

1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning) 1611 Henry Hudson & son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers 1772 Slavery outlawed in England 1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000) 1847 Doughnut created 1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for President 1868 Arkansas re-enters US 1870 Congress creates Department of Justice 1944 FDR signs “GI Bill of Rights” (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act) 1969 Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance 1970 Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18) 1978 James Christy’s discovery of Pluto’s moon Charon announced 1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1981 John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon 1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon 1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Phillipines]]]]> ]]>