On This Day for 6/23 - The Antarctic Treaty is enacted, Battle of Bannockburn begins, and more

To view this email as a web page, click [here.]( On This Day June 23 Biography of the Day [Clarence Thomas.]( [Clarence Thomas]( Born on this day in 1948 was [Clarence Thomas]( associate justice of the [U.S. Supreme Court]( from 1991, whose appointment to replace [Thurgood Marshall]( (the court's first African American justice) gave the court a conservative cast. On This Day [Robert the Bruce, coloured engraving by an unknown artist, 1797.]( 1314: Battle of Bannockburn On this day in 1314, the [Battle of Bannockburn]( began, a decisive engagement in [Scottish history]( whereby the Scots defeated the English, regained their independence, and established Robert the Bruce as [Robert I](. 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. 2006: American television producer [Aaron Spelling]( 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. 1961: [Mount Shinn (right) and Mount Tyree (left), in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.]( [Antarctic Treaty]( was enacted, reserving the entire continent for free and nonpolitical scientific investigation. 1940: [Wilma Rudolph, 1961.]( [Wilma Rudolph]( the first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals in a single [Olympics]( was born. 1925: [Mt. Logan]( 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. 1865: [Stand Watie.]( [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. 1817: [John Philip Kemble as Timon in Timon of Athens.]( English actor [John Philip Kemble]( retired after his last performance, in which he played [Coriolanus](. 1298: [Adolf of Nassau (centre), ivory carving, 13th century; in the Germanic National Museum, Nurnberg.…]( King [Adolf of Nassau]( was deposed in favour of [Albert I](. [Home]( [Advocacy for Animals]( [Newsletters]( [Feedback]( [Help]( Please note that if you do not open or click on any On This Day email during any consecutive 30-day period, we reserve the right to remove your address from the active mailing list. This policy does not apply to RSS feeds. Follow: [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( This email was sent by: Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois, 60654, United States To Unsubscribe, [click here](. © 2018 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( — [Help](