June 30 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 – Margaret… Read More
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June 29 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 29, 1967,… Read More
June 28 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 conceived the… Read More
June 27 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 PotterIf you… Read More
June 26 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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, that Section… Read More
June 25 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 flag representing… Read More
June 24 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 the week… Read More
June 23 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 23 History Highlights1926 – The College Board administered the first SAT exam.1960 – “The Pill” was approved in the US.2016 – The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.June 23, 19** Birthday (fictional) Jean Grey, X-Men, Marvel Comics.If you were… Read More
June 22 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 conceived the… Read More
June 21 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 21 History HighlightsJune 21 is the first day of Summer1893 – The first Ferris wheel premiered at Chicago’s Columbian ExpositionJune 21 Birthday (fictional) Princess Anna of Arendella, FrozenIf you were born on June 21st,You were likely conceived the week of… September 28th (prior year)The Summer SolsticeWhen the Sun… Read More
June 20 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 Cream Soda… Read More
June 19 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 an 83-day… Read More
June 18 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 by the… Read More
June 17 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 on Drugs.1994… Read More
June 16 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 Park in… Read More
June 15 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 were born… Read More
June 14 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 becoming the… Read More
June 13 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 13 History Highlights1774 – Rhode Island became the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.1966 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.1967 – President Lyndon B. Johnson… Read More
June 12 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 12 History Highlights1817 – The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, was driven by Karl von Drais.1939 – The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York.June 12, 1968 Birthday (fictional) Marty McFly, Back to the Future 1987 – At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald… Read More
June 11 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 born on… Read More
June 10 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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, was signed… Read More
June 9 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 9 History Highlights1934 – Donald Duck debuted in The Wise Little Hen.1959 – The first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the USS George Washington was launched.1973 – Secretariat won the US Triple Crown (The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes).If you were born on June 9th,You were likely… Read More
June 8 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 v. John… Read More
June 7 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 Canal.If you… Read More
June 6 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 June 6th,You… Read More
June 5 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 year)World Environment… Read More
June 4 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 – The Battle… Read More
June 3 Fun Facts, Trivia and 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 of occupation.If… Read More
June 2 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 2 History Highlights1692 – Prosecutions in the Salem Witch Trials began1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus began touring the United States.1953 – The coronation of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II.1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed.If you were born on June 2nd,You were… Read More
June 1 Fun Facts, Trivia and HistoryJune 1 History Highlights1792 – Kentucky became the 15th US state.1796 – Tennessee became the 16th US state.1812 – US President James Madison asked Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom, starting the War of 1812..1938 – Superman debuted in Action Comics #12009 – General Motors filed for… Read More