Today:
1. 1790: The U.S. Supreme Court held its first session in New York City.
2. 1884: The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
3. 1964: The Beatles arrived in the United States for their first visit, starting the “British Invasion” of American pop music.
4. 2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, tragically killing all seven crew members.
5. 2004: Facebook, then known as “The Facebook,” was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University.
6. 2020: The United Kingdom officially left the European Union, completing the Brexit process.