Have you ever wondered what happened in history on a certain day, such as your birthday, anniversary or another special day in June? Here you will find just some of the more important and interesting historical events.

June 1

• •Kentucky & Tennessee entered the Union, 1792 & 1796

• •First Lady Emily Donelson was born, 1807

• •President James Buchanan died, 1868

• •The Beatles UK album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," was released, 1967

June 2

• •United States citizenship granted to all American Indians, 1924

• •Baseball great Babe Ruth's last game, 1935

• •Baseball great Lou Gehrig died in New York, 1941

• •The Beatles US album, Sgt.. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," was released, 1967

June 3

• •Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, 1808

• •"Casey at the Bat " by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published in the San FranciscoDaily Examiner, 1888

• •Astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk in space, 1965

June 4

• •United States Secret Service organized, 1778

• •Henry Ford made successful test run with his horseless carriage in Detroit, 1896

• •Battle of Midway began during WWII, 1942

June 5

• •Know-Nothing Party was created; now called American Party, 1855

• •Marshall Plan was authorized, 1947

• •Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in Los Angeles, 1968

June 6

• •First drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey, 1933

• •D-Day (invasion of Europe occurred), 1944

• •Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, 1968

June 7

• •Daniel Boone first began to explore Kentucky, 1769

• •French post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin was born in Paris, 1848

• •Japanese invaded Western Aleutians during WWII, 1942

June 8

• •President Andrew Jackson died, 1845

• •First Lady Ida McKinley was born, 1847

• •First Lady Barbara Bush was born, 1925

June 9

• •Nero, Emperor of Rome, died, A.D. 68

• •Author Charles Dickens died in Godshill, England, 1870

• •The first U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine launched, 1959

June 10

• •The first United States Mint was established in Boston, 1652

• •Italy declared war on France and England (WWII), 1940

• •Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted of the attempted murder of his wife, 1985

June 11

• •The first U.S. patent for gas-driven auto issued, 1895

• •United States Sugar rationing ended, 1947

• •Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked black students from entering the University of Alabama, 1963

• •Actor John Wayne died at age 72, 1979

June 12

• •Virginia's colonial legislature became first to adopt a Bill of Rights, 1776

• •Iowa territory was organized, 1838

• •The invention of Baseball was first presented, 1839

• •President George Bush was born, 1924

June 13

• •Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, 30th Virginia Infantry was formed, 1861

• •Landmark Supreme Court Case, Miranda vs. Arizona was established, 1966

• •Thurgood Marshall became the first black justice on the United States Supreme Court, 1967

June 14

• •The United States Army was founded, 1775

• •The Stars & Stripes was adopted as the American Flag, 1777

• •William Harding became the first United States president heard on radio, on Baltimore station WEAR, 1922

• •The Beatles US album, Beatles VI, was released, 1965

June 15

• •Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity, 1752

• •Arkansas entered the Union, 1836 (25^th)

• •President James K. Polk died, 1849

• •Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton established a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery, 1864

June 16

• •Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Scotland,1567

• •Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" published, 1876

• •The United States bombing of Japan began during WWII, 1944

June 17

• •The Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston, 1775

• •Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Wales, 1928

• •Watergate break-in occurred, 1972

June 18

• •The War of 1812 began

• •Marshall law was declared in Cambridge, Maryland, 1963

• •Astronaut Sally K. Ride, became America's first woman in space, 1983

June 19

• •Slavery was outlawed in United States Territories, 1862

• •The first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, 1910

• •Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were executed, 1953

• •Pope Paul VI proclaimed a 19th century bishop & John Neumann became the first male United States Saint, 1977

June 20

• •The Great Seal of the United States was adopted, 1782

• •West Virginia entered the Union, 1863 (35^th)

• •Lizzie Borden was found innocent by jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, of the ax murders of her father and stepmother, 1893

• •The Beatles US album, Yesterday and Today, was released, 1966

June 21

• •First Lady Martha Washington was born, 1731

• •New Hampshire entered the Union, 1788 (9^th)

• •Pope Paul VI elected, 1963

• •Menachem Begin became Israel's sixth prime minister, 1977

June 22

• •Arkansas was readmitted to Union, 1868

• •Congress created the Department of Justice, 1870

• •President Nixon signed a measure lowering the voting age to eighteen, 1970

• •First Lady Patricia Nixon died, 1993

June 23

• •A patent was received for the typewriter, 1868

• •Germany invaded the U.S.S.R. (WWII), 1941

• •Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" opened in Los Angeles, California, 1955

June 24

• •Margaret Brent, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body, 1647

• •President Grover Cleveland died, 1908

• •The National Minimum Wage law was enacted, 1938

• •The last day that silver certificate currency was redeemed for silver, 1968

June 25

• •Virginia entered the Union, 1788 (10^th)

• •Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry were massacred by Sioux & Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876

• •First Lady Lucy Hayes died, 1889

June 26

• •The first section of the Atlantic City, New Jersey, boardwalk was opened to the public, 1870

• •Jefferson Memorial was created, Washington, D.C., 1934

• •Franklin D. Roosevelt established credit unions, 1934

• •The Korean War ended, 1953

• •The Beatles US album, A Hard Day's Night, was released, 1964

June 27

• •Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, 1844

• •Helen Keller, was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1880

• •Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall retired, 1991

June 28

• •Henry the VIII was born, 1491

• •Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays) carried water to American Soldiers at the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, 1778

• •President James Madison died, 1836

• •Labor Day was established as a federal holiday, 1894

June 29

• •British approved the Townshend Revenue Acts, which imposed import duties on tea, glass, lead, paint & paper, 1767

• •Patrick Henry was made the governor of Virginia, 1776

• •The Interstate Highway System was established, 1956

June 30

• •First Lady Elizabeth Monroe was born, 1768

• •Napoleon Bonaparte died, 1821

• •Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone With The Wind" was published, 1936

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