Mike Ditka was the coach of the Chicago Bears for 11 seasons.
He took over as coach in 1982 and was relieved of his position in January 1993, at the close of the 1992 season.
He led the Bears to victory in the 1986 Super Bowl.
Wisconsin’s Victor Berger, elected in 1911, was the first Socialist elected to the U.S. Senate.
Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps during John F. Kennedy’s term (1961-63), was Kennedy’s brother-in-law.
The division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that maintains the world’s largest fingerprint files was founded in 1924. The FBI itself was founded in 1908.
Louisiana named after King Louis XIV of France, who reigned from 1643 to 1715. The entire Mississippi River Valley was named Louisiana and claimed for France by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, in 1682.
The government lowered the draft age of U.S. military recruits from 20 to 18 on November 12, 1942, to expand American forces during World War II.
Instituted in 1897 and celebrated on June 14, Flag Day marks the day in 1777 that the Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the American flag.