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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 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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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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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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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 14 Through the Years
1777- The Stars and Stripes is adopted
1900- Hawaii becomes a US Territory
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June 13 Through the Years
1805- Meriwether Lewis and 4 Companions see the Great Falls of the Missouri
1777- Lafayette lands in America
1893- Grover Clevelandhas successful cancer surgery
1966- Miranda Rights begin
1967- Thurgood Marshall nominated to Supreme Court
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June 10 Through the Years
1692- Bridget Bishop is first person executed in the Salem Witch Trials
1944- Fifteen Year Old Joe Nuxhall becomes youngest player to debut in the MLB
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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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May 31
1775- Mecilenberg Resolves adopted
1862- Battle of Fair Oaks
2005- Mark Felt revealed as "Deep Throat"