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On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes,” as the national flag. In a resolution stating that the “flag...

On June 14, 1775, the U.S. Army was founded. The Continental Congress authorized the enlistment of expert riflemen to serve the United...

On June 13, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court established the “Miranda Rights.” In the case of Miranda v. Arizona, the court established the...

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” in one of his most famous...

On June 11, 1982, the movie, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” was released. Directed by Steven Spielberg, then 34, the science fiction...

June 10th, 1775... A Continental Army is born... At a meeting in Philadelphia on June 10th, 1775, John Adams proposed to Congress that...

On June 10, 1692, Bridget Bishop was the first colonist to be tried, found guilty and hanged in the Salem Witch Trials for practicing...

On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord was given the go-ahead by Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower to invade Normandy’s...

On June 6, 1933, the first drive in movie theater opened in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Richard Hollingshead inspired the idea and received a...

June 5th, 1870... On June 5th, 1870, a huge section of the city of Constantinople, Turkey went up in flames. The blaze started when a...

June 5th, 1968... Just after midnight on June 5th, 1968 Senator Robert Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles, California at the Ambassador...

June 1st 1990... At a Washington D.C. superpowers summit meeting, United States President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail...

On May 31, 1859, the iconic clock know as Big Ben, rang out over Westminster, London for the first time. The clock tower stands at 315...

On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy in Rouen, France. She was only 19 years old. She was accused of...

On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Mount Everest sits on...

On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin enters the Union as the 30th state. Wisconsin was for the longest time against statehood, voting against it...

On May 25th, 1935, Babe Ruth hit the last home run of his career at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He would hit 3 home runs...

On May 24, 1935, the MLB held its first night game. Crosley Field in Cincinnati had lights installed and the Cincinnati Reds beat the...

On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, spanning over the East River connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, opens. Construction took 14 years...

On May 22, 1843, the pioneers head west on the Oregon Trail. Thousands of pioneers departed from Elm Grove, Missouri forming a “wagon...