Today in History 06/24 (Marriage Equality Act)


White House in rainbow lights, the first time a government building did such, to celebrate June 26, 2015 ruling by US Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage nationally.
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(2011) New York legalizes same-sex marriage.
Also on this day,
1374 | Dancing in the streets causes alarm in Germany
Also on this day,
1374 | Dancing in the streets causes alarm in Germany
In the German town of Aix-la-Chapelle, people begin jumping, twirling, twitching, and hallucinating, all of it seemingly out of their control to stop, and some “dance” until they drop. The so-called “dancing plague” will spread to other cities and later be blamed on mass hysteria or bacterial infections.1947 | Idaho pilot sees supersonic UFOs zoom past Mt. Rainier
Pilot Kenneth Arnold sees what he says are nine shiny objects flying in a 5-mile formation in the clear afternoon sky above Washington State. He later calculates their speed at 1,200 miles-per-hour, describing them as “saucer-shaped” to journalists reporting on the first major UFO sighting of modern times.2010 | Three-day match wraps up at Wimbledon
After 11 hours and 5 minutes played over three days, American John Isner defeats Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in a first-round singles match at Wimbledon. The contest sets records for longest match in professional tennis history for both time and number of games (183).