July 2 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly 2 ObservancesJuly 2 is World UFO Day, International Joke Day, Made in the USA Day, National Financial Freedom Day, Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day, National Television Heritage Day, World Sports Journalists Day, Zip Code Day, and I Forgot Day — which exists so that people […]
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June 30 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 30 History Highlights1864 – President Abraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation”.1908 – The Tunguska Event happened near Lake Baikal, Russia.1934 – The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler’s violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, took place.1936
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July Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJuly HighlightsBirthstone: Ruby*Flower: Water Lily or LarkspurCancer (June 21 – July 20)Leo (July 21 – August 20)Parents’ Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July. President Bill Clinton established Parent’s Day in 1994.The Tour de Donut is a 30 mile bike race in Illinois where riders take
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June 29 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 29 History Highlights1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of the Apple I computer.2007 – The Apple iPhone (1st generation) was released.If you were born on June 29th,You were likely conceived the week of… October 6th (prior year)Jayne Mansfield Aftermath – The ICC BarOn June
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June 28 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 28 History Highlights1838 – The Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.1855 – Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.1894 – Labor Day became an official US holiday.Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhoneIf you were born on June 28th,You were likely
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June 27 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 27 History Highlights2007 – Tony Blair resigned as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeded him.June 27 (fiction) A small town in America held a lottery, The Lottery, Shirley Jackson, Short StoryJune 27, **** Birthday (fictional) Dobbie, Harry
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June 26 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 26 History Highlights1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opened on Coney Island.On June 26, 1988, Astro Ricky Gutierrez set the Major League Baseball record for seeing the most pitches in a single at-bat (20) against Cleveland pitcher Bartolo Colon.2013 – The US Supreme Court ruled, 5–4,
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June 25 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 25 History Highlights1788 – Virginia became the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.1950 -The Korean War began with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.1978 – The rainbow
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June 24 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 24 History Highlights1950 – In South Africa, the Group Areas Act was passed, formally segregating races (Apartheid).1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.If you were born on June 24th,You were likely conceived
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Summer SongsEach Year, One Song Becomes The Song Of The SummerThe Top 100 Summer Songs 1920- 2019:2025: Golden – KPop Demon Hunters2024: A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey2023: Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift2022: As It Was – Harry Styles2021: Good 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo2020: Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles2019: Old Town Road by Lil
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June 22 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 22 History Highlights1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice.1942 – Pledge of Allegiance was formally adopted by Congress.1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin, a sign of the ending of The Cold War.If you were born on June 22nd,You were likely
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June 20 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 20 History Highlights1782 – Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States.1837- Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.1863 – West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state.If you were born on June 20th,You were likely conceived the week of… September 27th (prior year)Ice
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June 19 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 19 History Highlights1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.1941 – Cheerie Oats, later renamed Cheerios, was invented.1960 – The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving
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June 18 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 18 History Highlights1812 – The United States declaration of war upon the United Kingdom was signed by President James Madison, starting The War of 1812.1873 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.1979 – SALT II was signed
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June 17 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 17 History Highlights1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor.1901 – The College Board introduced its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.1967 – China announced a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.1971 – President Richard Nixon declared the US War
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June 16 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 16 History Highlights1858 – Abraham Lincoln gave his “a house divided against itself cannot stand” speech.June 16, 1938 – The planet Krypton blew up, DC Comics2010 – Bhutan became the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney
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????❤️???? What Is Juneteenth? The History, Meaning, and Celebration of FreedomJuneteenth, observed every year on June 19, marks one of the most profound turning points in American history—the day in 1865 when over 250,000 enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally told they were free.This wasn’t the day slavery ended in the U.S.—it was
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About 2000s Music: Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B, Emo, Indie Rock, Dance Hits, Digital Downloads, and Songs That Ruled the iPod EraMusic of the 2000s lived between two worlds. The decade opened with CDs, TRL, radio countdowns, boy bands, teen pop, nu metal, pop-punk, and big-budget music videos. By the end of the decade, iPods, downloads, YouTube,
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June 15 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 15 History Highlights1520 – Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.1667 – The first human blood transfusion was administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.1936 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th US state.1934 – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was founded.If you
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Father’s Day & The Big List of Dad JokesAbout Father’s DayFather’s Day was started in 1909 by Sonora Louise Smart Dodd from Spokane, WA to honor her dad, William Smart. Dodd’s mother died during childbirth with her sixth baby, leaving Smart, a Civil War veteran, to raise the kids himself. When Dodd was grown up
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June 14 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 14 History Highlights1775 -The Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.1900 – Hawaii became a United States territory.1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 83 miles (134 km), thereby
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June 11 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 11 History Highlights1895 – Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, the “first motor race”, took place.June 11, 1934 – Mandrake the Magician, Comic Strip debuted1935 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opened.June 11, 2001 – Game Boy Advance released, Video Game Console2018 – 3 World Trade Center officially opened.If you were
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June 10 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 10 History Highlights1692 – Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill during the Salen Witch Trials.1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by DR. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson.1963 – The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex,
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June 8 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 8 History Highlights1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments (Bill of Rights) to the United States Constitution in Congress.1912 – Universal Pictures was founded by Carl Laemmle.1949 – George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia
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June 7 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 7 History Highlights1776 – Richard Henry Lee presented the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress.1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agreed in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.1914 – The Alliance was the first vessel to pass through the Panama
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June 6 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 6 History Highlights1933 – 1933 – America’s first drive-in opened near Camden, New Jersey, opened.1942 – The United States Navy’s victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway.1944 – D-Day: The Normandy Landings1983 – Reading Rainbow premiered on PBSIf you were born on
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June 5 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 5 History Highlights1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin began publication.1967 – The Six-Day War, between Isreal and its Neighboring countries June 5-111981 – The AIDS virus was first noted.If you were born on June 5th,You were likely conceived the week of… September 12th (prior
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June 4 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 4 History Highlights1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrated their montgolfière (hot air balloon).1896 – Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile.1939 – The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in the United States.1942 –
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About 80s Music: Pop Superstars, MTV, New Wave, Hip-Hop, Hair Metal, Synth-Pop, Movie Soundtracks, and Songs That Defined a DecadeMusic of the 1980s was colorful, electronic, loud, glossy, rebellious, commercial, and wonderfully strange. The decade gave us MTV, global pop superstars, hip-hop breakthroughs, new wave, synth-pop, hair metal, college rock, dance-pop, blockbuster soundtrack hits, power
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June 3 Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJune 3 History Highlights1937 – The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson.1940 – The Battle of Dunkirk ended with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.1989 – The government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after almost 2 months
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