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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
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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
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July 9 Through the Years
1850- President Zachary Taylor dies
1868- 14th Amendment is ratified
1877- The First Wimbledon begins
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July 8 Through the Years
1775- Olive Branch Petition signed
1960- Francis Gary Powers charged with Espionage in the USSR
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July 6 Through the Years
1854- First Republican Party Convention held
1933- First MLB All-Star Game held
1957- Althea Gibson wins Wimbledon
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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June 30 Through the Years
1794- Blue Jacket attacks Fort Recovery
1805- Michigan Territory formed
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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
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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
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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
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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
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June 25 Through the Years
1788- Virginia ratifies the Constitution
1906- Harry Thaw murders Stanford White in Pittsburgh
1940- France surrenders to Germany
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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