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June 4 Through the Years
1783- The Montgolfier Brothers demonstrate the Hot Air Balloon
1792- George Vancouver claims the Puget Sound for Great Britian
1855- Henry C. Wayne goes to in search of camels to establish the U. S. Camel Corps
1912- Massachusetts establishes Minimum Wage
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Prayers to the citizens of London and Manchester
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June 3 Through the Years
1539- Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain
1621- The Dutch West India receives a charter to start New Netherlands
1864- Battle of Cold Harbor
1937- The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson
2013- The Trail of Chelsea Manning begins
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June 2 Through the Years
455- Vandals sack Rome
1835- P. T. Barnum starts his circus
1967- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the U. S.
1997- Timothy McVeigh was convicted
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June 1 Through the Years
1660- Mary Dyer is executed for defying a law prohibiting Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1779- Benedict Arnold court-martialed for malfeasance
1792- Kentucky admitted as a State
1796- Tennessee admitted as a State
1812- James Madison and Congress declare war on the United Kingdom
1890- U.S. Census Bureau begins
1980- Cable News Network(CNN) starts broadcasting
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May 31
1775- Mecilenberg Resolves adopted
1862- Battle of Fair Oaks
2005- Mark Felt revealed as "Deep Throat"
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May 30 Through the Years
1539- Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay
1854- Kansas-Nebraska Act takes effect
1911- Ray Harroun wins the 1st Indianapolis 500
1922- Lincoln Memorial dedicated
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May 29 Through the Years
1727- Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia
1848-Wisconson becomes a state
1953- Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mount Everest
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May 28 Through the Years
1830- Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
1892- John Muir organizes The Sierra Club
1937- Volkswagen founded
1964- The PLO is formed
2017- Takuma Sato wins the 101st Indianapolis 500
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May 27 Through the Years
1703- Saint Petersburg Russia is founded
1927- Ford cease production of the Model T
1933- Walt Disney release the cartoon Three Little Pigs
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May 26 Through the Years
1830- Indian Removal Act passed
1857- Dred Scott is emancipated by his original owners
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May 25 Through the Years
1787- The United States Constitutional Convention opens
1935- Ohio State's Jesse Owens breaks 3 WR in The Big Ten Championship
1968- Gateway Arch is dedicated
1977- Star Wars opens
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May 24 Through the Years
1830- "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is published
1883- The Brooklyn Bridge opens to traffic
1958- UPI is created
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May 23 Through the Years
1701- William Kidd is hanged
1788- South Carolina ratifies the Constitution
1948- Thomas Watson is assassinated in Jerusalem
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May 22 Correction
2002- Bobby Frank Cherry was convicted of the 1963,Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
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May 22 Through the Years
1455- The 1st Battle of St. Albans starts the War of the Roses
1752- The Trevi Fountain opens
1804- The Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves St. Charles, Missouri
1856- Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina attacks and injures Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the floor of the Senate over Sumner's speech against slavery
1900- The AP is formed
1964- LBJ launches his GreatvSociety
2002- Bobby Frank Cherry is convicted of the 1963 2nd Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama
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May 21 Through the Years
1881- Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross
1917- Great Atlanta Fire
1924-Loeb and Leopold Murders
1927- Lindbergh creates his historic Trans Atlantic flight
1980- The Empire Strikes Back is released
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"Luke, I'm your father."
Oh sure you are Vader, first you cut off my hand & then you drop this bombshell in my lap?
Dead beat dad is more like it. You missed quite a few child support payments & instead of a hug; you chop of my hand? What did mom see in you other then thin skin, a huge ego, & court sanctioned anger management classes the rest of your life? LOL!
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May 20 Through the Years
1497- John Cabot sets sail looking for a western passage
1498- Vasco Da Gama finds the sea route to Indiana
1861- Kentucky declares neutrality
1861- North Carolina secedes
1862- Lincoln signs the Homestead Act
1873- Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receives a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets
1940-Prisoners arrive at Auschwitz
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May 19 Through the Years
1536- Anne Boleyn is beheaded
1962- Marilyn Monroe sings happy birthday to JFK
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May 18 Through the Years
1652- Rhode Island passes a law prohibiting slavery
1756- The Seven Years War begins
1804- Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of France
1860- Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican nomination
1896- Plessy vs Ferguson ruling
1917- The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed
1933- FDR creates the TVA
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May 17 Through the Years
1673-Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin the exploration of the Mississippi River
1792- The New York Stock Exchange is formed
1939- The Columbia Lions and Princeton Tigers play in the 1st Televised Sporting Event
1954- The Supreme Court rules in the landmark Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
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May 16 Through the Years
1770- 14 YO Marie Antoinette marries 15 YO Louis-Auguste
1843- The First major wagon train starts on the Oregon Trail
1868- Andrew Johnson is acquitted
1929-The 1st Academy Awards are held
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May 15 Through the Years
1536- Anne Boleyn stands trial
1776- The 5th Virginia Convention gives its Congressional Delegation the right for o vote for Independence
1869- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Women's Suffrage Association
1905- Las Vegas is founded
1911- The US Supreme Court rules that Standard Oil violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Law and orders it to be broken up
1928- Mickey Mouse appears in "Plane Crazy"
1940- The 1st McDonalds opens in San Bernandino
1941- Joe DiMaggio starts his 56 Game Hitting Streak
1974- Arthur Bremer paralyzes George Wallace
