This Day in History...

• 2006 - Bill Alexander's going-away party is held at Marshall's in Grandview, Ohio.


• 1978 - The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 438 US 265 1978, barred quota systems in college admissions but affirmed the constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.


• 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending World War I.


• 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was killed by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in the "Assassination in Sarajevo," catalysing the outbreak of World War I.