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![]() A bit of June 18th history…1812 - War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain 1815 - Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher 1873 - Susan B Anthony fined $100 for voting for US President 1928 - American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across Atlantic Ocean, landing in Wales 1967 - Closing day of Monterey International Pop Festival in CA; 1st major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The WHO, and Otis Redding 1968 - Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale or rental of property 1983 - Challenger 2 launches 1st American woman, Sally Ride, into space 2003 - Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to their specific content 2018 - President Trump orders military to set up 6th branch - Space Force 2019 - China has been forcefully harvesting organs from marginalized groups in prison camps on a significant scale according to International Tribunal in London A bit of June 18th history… 1812 - War of 1812 begins as US... ![]() Today in History - June 17 On June 17, 1775, American troops displayed their mettle in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, inflicting casualties on nearly half of the British troops dispatched to secure Breed’s Hill (where most of the fighting occurred). Continue reading. Poet, diplomat, songwriter, and anthologist of black culture James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of June 17th history…1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack)forcing him to retreat from Wallachia (pictured) 1631- Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth; her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I then spends the next 20 years building her tomb - the Taj Mahal 1885 - Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard French ship 1901 - The College Board introduces it’s 1st standardized test, forerunner to SATs 1915 - The League to Enforce Peace is organized in Philadelphia with William Taft as president, its program anticipates the League of Nations 1963 - Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1991 - South Africa abolishes the last of it’s apartheid laws 1994 - OJ Simpson doesn’t turn himself in on murder charges and the LA police chase the Ford Bronco for 1 ½ hours before he eventually gives up (seen on national tv) A bit of June 17th history… 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts... ![]() Today in History - June 16 On June 16, 1775, George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress. Continue reading. On June 16, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Banking Act, the Farm Credit Act, the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, and the National Industrial Recovery Act (which created the Public Works Administration). Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of June 16th history…1880 - Salvation Army forms in London 1884 - 1st roller coaster used - Coney Island NY (pictured) 1903 - Pepsi-Cola company forms 1907 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia dissolves the Second Duma (parliament) and issues an edict that will increase representation of propertied classes while reducing that of peasants, workers, and national minorities 1935 - US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal” 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes 1st woman in space on Soviet Space Mission Vostok 6 2017 - Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion A bit of June 16th history… 1880 - Salvation Army forms in... ![]() Today in History - June 15 On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the twenty-fifth state. Continue reading. On June 15, 1939, in Oakland, California, folk music collector Sidney Robertson Cowell recorded Mary MacPhee performing Gaelic songs from the Hebrides, Scotland. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of June 15th history…763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history 1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta (pictured) 1851 - Jacob Fussel, a dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 1878 - World’s 1st moving pictures caught on camera(used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground 1907 - Researcher George Soper publishes results of investigation into recent typhoid outbreaks in NY, announces that Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) is likely source of outbreak 1911 - IBM is incorporated 1982 - US Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship are entitled to a public education 2002 - Near Earth asteroid, 2002MN, missed earth by 70,000 miles, about 1/3 of the distance between the Earth and the Moon A bit of June 15th history… 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar... ![]() Today in History - June 14 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of June 14th history…1642 - 1st compulsory education law in America passed in Massachusetts 1645 - “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell beat royalist forces of English King Charles I at battle of Naseby (pictured) 1775 - US army 1st forms as the Continental Army to fight the American Revolutionary War 1777- US Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes flag 1847 - Robert Bunsen invents bunsen burner 1954 - President Eisenhower signs order adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance 2013 - US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property A bit of June 14th history… 1642 - 1st compulsory education law... |
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