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June 01, 2009 09:03 AM EDT --
In 1812, U.S. President James Madison warned Congress that war with Britain was imminent. The War of 1812 started 17 days later.
In 1880, the first public pay telephone began operation in New Haven, . . .
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June 02, 2009 04:15 PM EDT --
On June 2nd, 1835, P.T. Barnum and his circus began their first tour of the United States.
In 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate armies of eastern Virginia and North Carolina . . .
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June 04, 2009 11:14 AM EDT --
In 1784, France's Marie Thible of Lyons became the first woman to fly in a hot-air balloon.
In 1896, Henry Ford wheeled his first car from a brick shed in Detroit and drove it around darkened streets . . .
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June 05, 2009 09:41 AM EDT --
1865 - "Onward Christian Soldiers" was presented for the first time.
1941 - Gene Krupa and his band recorded "After You've Gone" with Roy Eldridge on trumpet.
1942 - Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded . . .
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May 31, 2009 11:21 AM EDT --
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Men relate to him, women's hearts skip a beat. He's the strong, silent type. He's Clint Eastwood (Jr.), born, probably complete with leathered face, . . .
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June 03, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
There was no joy in Mudville this day in 1888 , as Casey at the Bat was first published in The San Francisco Examiner . The author was not given a byline in the paper, but he . . .
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June 05, 2009 10:01 AM EDT --
On June 5th, 1305, Clement V was elected Pope
In 1783, the first public demonstration of a hot-air balloon occurred at Annonay, France.
In 1933, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill . . .
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June 17, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
On June 17th, 1885, the Statute of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor.
In 1967, China announced it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
In 1972, the Watergate scandal began with the arrest . . .
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May 30, 2009 11:41 AM EDT --
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Daniel Chester French created the famous sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, titled Seated Lincoln . Lincoln is in meditation, seated in a large . . .
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June 02, 2009 04:26 PM EDT --
He was born on this day in 1904 in Freidorf, near Timisoara, Romania. From the age of three, he was raised in the asphalt jungle of Chicago, but reached the pinnacle of his fame . . .
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June 06, 2009 08:33 AM EDT --
On June 6th, 1684, the Ashmoleon Museum opened as the first university museum.
In 1872, feminist Susan B. Anthony was fined for voting in an election in Rochester, N.Y. She refused to pay . . .
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June 07, 2009 09:59 AM EDT --
For interesting events in the music wrold go to this page.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jun07.htm
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June 08, 2009 09:42 AM EDT --
In 1789, James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights, which led to the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy.
In 1869, Ives . . .
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June 09, 2009 10:40 AM EDT --
In 1534, French navigator Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada.
In 1898, Britain leased Hong Kong from China for 99 years. . . .
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June 09, 2009 11:01 AM EDT --
Walt Disney's famous ducky made his first appearance (as a bit player) on film this day in 1934 in The Wise Little Hen . Donald Duck went on to quack his way into mischief and stardom . . .
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June 11, 2009 10:51 AM EDT --
On June 11th, 1184 B.C., it is believed that Troy was sacked and burned.
In 1920, U.S. Sen. Warren G. Harding, R-Ohio, was chosen as the "dark horse" Republican candidate for president. That November, . . .
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June 06, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --
The first U.S. drive-in to show movies was opened in Camden, New Jersey, on Crescent Boulevard, this night in 1933 . Those first drive-in moviegoers got to see Wife Beware , a . . .
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June 07, 2009 09:49 AM EDT --
The $64,000 Question , a 1955 summer replacement show, with host Hal March, premiered on this day. The first show became the most watched and talked about program on TV. Contestants . . .
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June 10, 2009 09:03 AM EDT --
The sport of harness racing was first covered in a newspaper in the U.S. in the June 10, 1806 edition of New York's Commercial Advertiser . A pacer named Yankee won the mile at Harlem . . .
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June 12, 2009 09:57 AM EDT --
Baseball 's first El Perfecto, a perfect game , was recorded on this day in 1880 ... a perfect game being when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine . . .
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