
June 23 in Pop Culture History
1683 – William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1860 – The United States Congress established the Government Printing Office.
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received the patents (#79265 & #79868) for an invention he called the “Type-Writer.” He also invented the ‘QWERTY keyboard’ in 1873.
1894 – The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
1926 – The College Board …