June
June 1 – Stand for Children Day
- President James Buchanan died (1868) June 2 – Radio was patented (1896) - United States granted citizenship to all American Indians (1924) June 3 – First U.S. Spacewalk (1965) - Sally Jan Priesand became the 1st woman rabbi in the U.S. (1972) June 4 – Aesop’s Birthday - First Ford Car Made (1896) June 5 – Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot (1968) - The first reported outbreak of AIDS in San Francisco (1981) June 6 – D-Day - Susan B. Anthony was fined for voting in the Presidential election (1872) June 7 – The U.S. banned all imports from Cuba (1962) - Prince’s birthday (1958) June 8 – Frank Llyod Wright’s Birthday - World Ocean Day June 9 – Cole Porter’s Birthday (1893) - Race Unity Day June 10 – Hattie McDaniel’s Birthday (1889) - The first U.S. mint was established (1652) June 11 – Jacques Cousteau’s Birthday - Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked African American students from integrating the University of Alabama (1963) June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday - Baseball Invented (1839) June 13 – Thurgood Marshall became the 1st African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (1967) - Miranda v. Arizona case (1966) Creation of the Miranda rights June 14 – Flag Day - Caldecott Medal 1st awarded (1937) June 15 – Arkansas entered the Union (1836) - Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is electricity (1752) June 16 – Valentina Tereshkova became the 1st woman in space (1963) - U.S. bombing of Japan in WWII began (1944) June 17 – Amelia Earhart became the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (1928) - Watergate Break-In (1972) June 18 – War of 1812 began - Bernard Whitfield Robinson became the 1st African American Navy Officer (1942) June 19 – Juneteenth (The ending of slavery) - John Neumann became the 1st male U.S. saint (1977) June 20 – The U.S. Seal was adopted (1782) - West Virginia entered the Union (1863) June 21 – Pope Paul VI elected (1963) - New Hampshire entered the Union (1788) June 22 – U.S. Department of Justice Established (1870) - The voting age became 18 (1970) June 23 – Typewriter Patented (1868) - The last formal surrender of Confederate troops (1865) June 24 – The National Minimum Wage Law enacted (1938) - Soviet Union began a blockade in Berlin (1948) June 25 – Custer’s Last Stand (1876) - The Korean War began (1950) June 26 – Bicycle Patented (1819) - Toothbrush invented (1498) June 27 – Helen Keller’s Birthday (1880) - United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco by 50 nations (1945) June 28 – Labor Day became a national holiday (1894) - Treaty of Versailles ended WWI (1919) June 29 – William Mayo’s Birthday (1861) - The Interstate Highway System was established (1956) June 30 – Congress created the Indian territory (Oklahoma now) (1834) - End of the U.S. occupation in the Dominican Republic (1922) |