#notable-birthdays

#notable-birthdays

Also on this date: In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. In 1862, more than 3,600 men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam (an-TEE'-tum) in Maryland. In 1944, during World War II, Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands.

On June 3, 1943, clashes known as the Zoot Suit Riots erupted between U.S. Navy sailors and young Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, injuring over 150.