THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 11



2001
Oklahoma City bomber executed
Timothy McVeigh—convicted of the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people in what was then the worst terrorist attack in the U.S.—was executed this day in 2001.

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1927
American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 12



1987
Speaking about the Berlin Wall as he stood at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan famously entreated the Soviet leader, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

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Anne Frank was born on this day in 1929.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 13



1913
Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens led a mountaineering party to the south peak, the true summit of Mount McKinley, becoming the first people to ascend North America's highest peak (6,194 metres [20,320 feet]).

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 14



1777
The Continental Congress approved the Stars and Stripes as the first national flag of the United States.

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2009
American basketball coach Phil Jackson won a record-setting 10th NBA championship, as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 15



2007
After more than 30 years, American game show host Bob Barker stepped down as host of The Price Is Right.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 16



1963
First woman in space
On this day in 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space, having been launched into orbit aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 17



1994
Arrest of O.J. Simpson
On this day in 1994, American gridiron football hero O.J. Simpson was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, though after a sensational trial he was acquitted the following year.

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1972
The Watergate, an office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., that was the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, was broken into by five men who were later arrested, prompting the Watergate scandal that upended the administration of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 16

Shit we missed:

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 18



1815
Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, ending 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 15



2007
After more than 30 years, American game show host Bob Barker stepped down as host of The Price Is Right.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 19



1846
Alexander Joy Cartwright arranged a baseball game between the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine at Hoboken, New Jersey—the first baseball game to use the set of rules on which today's game is based.

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June 19th

1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip

1991 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 21



1945
Japanese defenses destroyed on Okinawa
Japanese resistance on Okinawa was finally crushed this day in 1945, less than three months after U.S. troops had landed there—their last stepping-stone before the assault on Japan's main islands in World War II.

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yesterday in history.



1975
Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws was released in theatres, and it was a huge success, essentially creating the genre of summer blockbusters.

Spoiler:

i saw this in the theatre that summer. the big screen brought that shark to life. i still remember a couple of those scary parts.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 22



1611
Mutiny against Henry Hudson
On this day in 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson—who earlier had tried to discover a short route from Europe to Asia through the Arctic Ocean—was set adrift with his son and seven others in Hudson Bay by mutineers.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 23



1298
German King Adolf of Nassau was deposed in favour of Albert I.

Spoiler:

i did not know that.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 24



1812
Russia invaded by Napoleon and his Grand Army
On this day in 1812, French Emperor Napoleon—who had massed his troops in Poland in the spring to intimidate Russian Tsar Alexander I—and 600,000 troops of his Grand Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Russia.

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1895
Jack Dempsey, also called the Manassa Mauler, the American world heavyweight boxing champion and regarded by many as the apotheosis of the professional fighter was born on this day in Manassa, Colorado.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 25



1950
On this day in 1950, North Korea unleashed an attack southward across the 38th parallel, after which the UN Security Council (minus the Soviet delegate) passed a resolution calling on UN members to assist South Korea.

Spoiler:

june is a month for invasions. hitler invaded russia in june too.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 26



1904
American motion-picture actor Peter Lorre, who first achieved international fame as the psychotic child murderer in the German classic film M (1931; directed by Fritz Lang), was born in Rózsahegy, Hungary.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 28



1914
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia, precipitating the outbreak of World War I.

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1919
The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles in France, signifying the end of World War I.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 29



2007
Apple Inc.'s first mobile “smartphone,” the iPhone, went on sale, and it revolutionized the industry.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 30



1934
Night of the Long Knives
On this date in 1934, in the “Night of the Long Knives,” Adolf Hitler had summarily executed many leading officials of the SA, a Nazi paramilitary group that marched in rallies and carried out violence against opponents.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JULY 1



1863
The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, began.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JULY 2



1964
Civil Rights Act signed
On this day in 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, perhaps the most important U.S. law on civil rights since Reconstruction (1865–77) and a hallmark of the American civil rights movement.