1559 - Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey 1586 - Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1927 - Tennessee Supreme Court overturns (on a technicality) John T. Scopes' guilty verdict for teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”‚ but the law itself remains in force 1935 - Clifford Odets' first produced play "Waiting for Lefty" premieres in NYC 1936 - Nonprofit Ford Foundation incorporates 1943 - 1‚000 workers complete air conditioning system for Pentagon 1965 - Soviet underground nuclear test creates the atomic lake Chagan‚ Kazakhstan 1972 - TV drama "Emergency" with Randolph Mantooth and Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV 1986 - Living Seas opens (Disneyland) 2021 - Global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passes 2 million (true total likely much higher) More Historical Events »