Death of Michael Jackson June 25, 2009 Singer Michael Jackson dies of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication at his home in Los Angeles. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, found Jackson in his room, not breathing and with a weak pulse. He administered CPR, but to no avail. Jackson was later pronounced dead ...

Selective Service Act June 24, 1948 U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the act providing for the registration of men between the ages 18 and 25. The previous act had expired in March of 1947, and Truman felt that the peacetime army could not attract the numbers that it needed to uphold its global commitments.

Civil War - Last Surrender of Land Troops June 23, 1865 Last formal surrender of Confederate land troop occurs when Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie gave up his command at Doaksville, Choctaw Nation. The last Confederate ship to surrender was the CSS Shenandoah, which did not surrender until November 6. It had ...

Judy Garland Dies of Overdose June 22, 1969 Famed actress and singer Judy Garland dies due to "an incautious self-overdosage of barbiturates." Her blood contained the equivalent of ten Seconal capsules, however, her autopsy showed no inflammation of the stomach lining and no drug residue in the stomach, which...

Civil War - Juneteenth - Slaves in Texas are Freed June 19, 1865 News of the end of the Civil War reaches Galveston, Texas with Union army general Gordon Granger's reading of federal orders. Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered two months earlier. Along with the Emancipation Proclamation, this freed the sl...