On This Day for June 23 - Battle of Bannockburn, Clarence Thomas is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. June 23 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Clarence Thomas READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1314 Battle of Bannockburn READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2016: The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to withdraw from the European Union , with 51.9 percent supporting Britain's exit ("Brexit") and 48.1 percent opposing the move; it marked the first time a country had decided to leave the organization. [Test your knowledge of British culture and politics.] 2006: American television producer Aaron Spelling—whose credits included a number of hugely successful shows, including The Mod Squad, Family, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Beverly Hills 90210—died in Los Angeles. [Take our pop culture quiz.] 1961: The Antarctic Treaty was enacted, reserving the entire continent for free and nonpolitical scientific investigation. [Sort fact from fiction in our Antarctica quiz.] 1940: Sprinter Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single Olympics, was born. [Take our quiz about the Olympics.] 1925: An expedition under A.H. MacCarthy and H.F. Lambert became the first to reach the summit of Mount Logan, the second highest mountain in North America. [Sort fact from fiction in our mountains quiz.] 1865: The Cherokee chief and Confederate general Stand Watie surrendered at the close of the American Civil War —one of the last Confederate commanders to do so. SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1912 Alan Turing British mathematician and logician 1972 Zinedine Zidane French football player 1894 Edward VIII king of United Kingdom 1964 Joss Whedon American screenwriter, producer, and director 1948 Clarence Thomas United States jurist 1929 June Carter Cash American singer and actress SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help