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  1. June 28 Through the Years  

     

     1776- Thomas Hickey is hanged for mutiny

     

     1846- Saxophone is patented 

     

     1855- Sigma Chi Fraternity is founded

     

     1865- The Army of the Potomac is disbanded 

     

     1894- Labor Day becomes a US Holiday

     

     

     

     

     

     

  2. July 10 Through the Years  

     1553- Lady Jane Grey takes the throne

     

     1778- Louis XVI and France declares war on Great Britian

     

     1821- The Territory of Florida becomes part of the US

     

      1850- Millard Fillmore is sworn in

     

     1925- Scopes "Monkey" Trial begins

     

     

  3. July 9 Through the Years  

     1850- President Zachary Taylor dies

     

     1868- 14th Amendment is ratified 

     

     1877- The First Wimbledon begins

  4. July 8 Through the Years 

     1775- Olive Branch Petition signed

     

     1960- Francis Gary Powers charged with Espionage in the USSR

  5. July 6 Through the Years  

     1854- First Republican Party Convention held

     

     1933- First MLB All-Star Game held

     

     1957- Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon 

     

     

  6. July 5 Through the Years

     1775- Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition 

     

     1934- "Bloody Thursday" in San Francisco

     

     1935- The National .Labor Relations Act signed by FDR

     

     

     

     

  7. July 4 Through the Years  

     1634- Trois-Riviers(Quebec) is founded

     

      1802- West Point is founded

     

     1827- Slavery is abolished in New York State

     

     1831- Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country 'Tis of Thee"

     

  8. July 3 Through the Years  

     1608- Quebec City is founded

     

     1775- George Washington takes command of the Continental Army

     

     1778-,Wyoming Valley Massacre

     

     1839- The First Normal School in America opens

     

     1863- Picketts Charge ends the Battle of Gettysburg 

     

     

     

     

     

     

  9. July 2 Through the Years  

     

     1776- The Continental Congress breaks ties with the British Royalty

     

     1822- Denmark Vessey and others are executed in South Carolina for a slave revolt

     

    1881- Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounds President James A. Garfield

     

     1890- Sherman AntiTrust Act passed

     

  10. July 1 Through the Years  

     1863- The Battle of Gettysburg begins

     

     1870- The US DOJ is created 

     

     1898- Battle of San Juan Hill

     

     1931- United Airlines starts operation

     

     1963- Zip Codes are introduced  

  11. June 30 Through the Years  

     1794- Blue Jacket attacks Fort Recovery

     

     1805- Michigan Territory formed

     

     

  12. June 29 Through the Years

     1534- Jacques Cartier reaches Prince Edward Island

     

     1889- Chicago becomes the largest city by area after annexing surrounding communities 

     

     1956- Interstate Higheay system created

  13. Congrats Lilly King 

  14. June 15 Through the Years 

     1775- George Washington is named Commander-in-Chief

     

     1836- Arkansas joins the Union

     

     1844- Charles Goodyear receives his patent for Vulcanization

  15. June 27 Through The Years  

     1844- Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum are killed in Carthage, Illinois

     

     1895- The Royal Blue makes its first trip

     

     1905- Sailors begin to revolt on the Battleship Potemkin 

     

     1950- The United States sends troops to Korea

     

      1957- Hurricane Audrey makes landfall

     

      1974- Nixon visits the Soviet Union

     

     

     

  16. June 26 Through the Years  

     1483- Richard III becomes King of England 

     

     1870- Christmas becomes a National Holiday in the US

     

     1917- The AEF arrives in France

     

     1927- The Cyclone Roller Coaster opens in Coney Island

     

     1934- FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act

     

     1948- "The Lottery" is published

     

     1963- JFK gives them"Ich bin ein Berliner" speech

     

     1977- Elvis gives his final concert in Indianapolis 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  17. mistake not

     Henry Thaw killed Stanford White in NYC not Pittsburgh

  18. June 25 Through the Years  

     1788- Virginia ratifies the Constitution 

     

     1906- Harry Thaw murders Stanford White in Pittsburgh

     

     1940- France surrenders to Germany 

  19. June 24 Through the Years

     1374- An Outbreak of St. John's Dance breaks out in Aachen, Germany

     

     1779- Great Siege of Gibraltar 

     

     1813- Battle of Beaver Dams

     

     1880- First performance of "O Canada"

     

     1916- Mary Pickford signs a Millionaire Dollar Contract

     

     1939- Siam is renamed Thailand 

     

     1947- Kenneth Arnold makes first UFO sighting

     

     1950- Apartheid begins in South Africa

     

     2012- Lonesome George Dies 

  20. June 21 Through the Years  

     1734- The slave Marie-Joseph Angelique is put to death for burning much of Montreal

     

     1768- James Otis Jr. Offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Assembly 

     

     1898- US captures Guam

     

     

  21. June 20 Through the Years  

     1782- The Great Seal of the United States is adopted

     

     1787- Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Constitutional Convention to call the new government The United States

     

     1837- Queen Victoria takes the throne

     

     1840- Samuel receives a patent for the telegrapgh

     

     1863- West Virginia joins the Union

     

     1877- Alexander Graham Bell installs the 1st Commercial telephone

     

     1893- Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murder

     

     1945- Werhner von Braun joins Operation Paperclip

     

     1975- Jaws premieres 

     

     1979- ABC journalist Bill Stewart is killed in Nicaragua 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  22. June 19 Through The Years  

     1862- Congress nullifies Dred Scott 

     

     1910- First Father's Day

     

     1943- Eagles and Steelers merge

     

     1853- The Rosenbergs are executed

     

     1964- Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved

     

     1979- Garfield debuts

  23. June 18 Through the Years  

     1684- Massachusetts Bay Colony charter revoked

      

     1778- British troops abandon 

    Philadelphia 

     

     1812- US declares war on the United Kingdom

     

     1873- Susan B. Anthony is fined for trying to vote in the 1872 election 

     

     1923- Checker Taxi starts

  24. June 17 Through the Years  

     1579- Sir Francis Drake claims Nova Albion(California) for England

     

     185- The Statute of Liberty arrives in the New York Harbor

  25. Prayers to the people of West London

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