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Post by LuLu on Jun 3, 2012 0:46:46 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 3, 1937,
Edward, The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
In 1621,
the Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.
In 1808,
Confederate President Jefferson Davis was born in Christian County, Ky.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 4, 2012 18:38:20 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 4, 1942,
the World War II Battle of Midway began, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
In 1783,
the Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon, which did not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.
In 1812,
the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a declaration of war against Britain.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 5, 2012 17:58:10 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 5, 1968,
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan...
In 1794,
Congress passed the Neutrality Act, which prohibited Americans from taking part in any military action against a country that was at peace with the United States.
In 1884,
Civil War hero General William T. Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
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Post by LuLu on Jun 6, 2012 21:42:36 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 6, 1944,
during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day," beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe.
In 1949,
LuLu was born at her home in Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
In 1799,
American politician and orator Patrick Henry died at Red Hill Plantation in Virginia.
In 1844,
the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 7, 2012 11:19:35 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 7, 1892,
Homer Plessy, a "Creole of color," was arrested and fined for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana Railroad; his case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme...
In 1654,
King Louis XIV, age 15, was crowned in Rheims, 11 years after the start of his reign.
In 1712,
Pennsylvania's colonial assembly voted to ban the further importation of slaves.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 8, 2012 16:08:50 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 8, 1972,
during the Vietnam War, a South Vietnamese Air Force jet dropped napalm onto the village of Trang Bang. Associated Press photographer Nick Ut (oot) captured the image of a...
In 1845,
Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.
In 1861,
voters in Tennessee approved an Ordinance of Secession passed the previous month by the state legislature.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 10, 2012 15:16:38 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 10, 1942,
during World War II, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice (LIH'-dyiht-zeh), Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
In 1967,
LuLu was married in Mt.Vernon, Indiana.
In 1692,
the first official execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged.
In 1861,
during the Civil War, Confederate troops routed Union soldiers in the Battle of Big Bethel in Virginia
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Post by LuLu on Jun 11, 2012 1:24:31 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 11, 1962,
three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft. Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin were never found...
In 1509,
England's King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
In 1770,
Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 12, 2012 18:59:29 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 12, 1942,
Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, received a diary for her 13th birthday; in it, she wrote, "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I...
In 1665,
England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
In 1776,
Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 13, 2012 10:41:03 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 13, 1942,
the first of two four-man Nazi sabotage teams arrived in the United States during World War II. The first group disembarked from a U-boat off Long Island, N.Y.; the second one...
In 1842,
Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.
In 1886,
King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 14, 2012 18:35:47 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 14, 1777,
the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
In 1775,
the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created.
In 1801,
former American Revolutionary War General and notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold died in London
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Post by LuLu on Jun 15, 2012 11:43:20 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 15, 1775,
the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
In 1215,
England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede.
In 1219,
forces led by King Valdemar II of Denmark defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lyndanisse.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 17, 2012 20:33:31 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 17, 1972,
President Richard M. Nixon's eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex.
In 1397,
the Treaty of Kalmar was signed, creating a union between the kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
In 1775,
the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 18, 2012 12:05:50 GMT -5
Today in History
On June 18, 1812
the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war against Britain.
In 1778,
American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War.
In 1815,
Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium.
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Post by LuLu on Jun 19, 2012 12:06:30 GMT -5
Today In History
On June 19, 1862,
Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.
In 1865,
Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free.
In 1910,
the first-ever Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Wash. (The idea for the observance is credited to Sonora Louise Smart Dodd.)
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