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On June 1, 1926, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) was born...
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Why did I know Phil was going to post that this morning?
Also on June 1st, 1813- The Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate. So the motto of "don't give up the ship" began when we lost a ship? My Navy experience makes a lot more sense now. |
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Om June 2nd, 1897- Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration."
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Also on June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to ``walk'' in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.
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On June 4, 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement; hundreds - possibly thousands - of people died
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Also on June 4, 1975, Angelina Jolie Voight was born...
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On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded just after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.
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On June 6, 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France
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On June 7th, 1776- Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
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Also on June 7, 1981, Anna Kournikova was born... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova |
On June 8th, 1948- The "Texaco Star Theater" made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle as guest host
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On June 8, 1966, Julianna Margulies was born...
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On June 9, 1954, Army counsel Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy during the Senate-Army Hearings over McCarthy's attack on a member of Welch's law firm, Frederick G. Fisher. Said Welch: ``Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?''
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Also on June 9, 1981, Natalie Portman was born...
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On June 10, 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
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On June 11th, 1979- Actor John Wayne died at age 72.
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On June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to ''tear down this wall.''
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On June 13th, 2008- Tin Russert of NBC News and life long Buffalo Bills fan passed way.
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Also on June 15th, 1969- The variety show "Hee Haw" premiered on CBS.
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On June 16th, 1967- The three-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival - which catapulted Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Janis Joplin to stardom - opened in northern California.
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On June 17, 1928, Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman. She flew from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
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Also on this day in 1775, the battle of Bunker Hill began.
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Also on June 18th, 1983- Astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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On June 19th, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
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