Historical Events In June - 14
1623 The first breach-of-promise lawsuit Rev Gerville Pooley, Va files against Cicely Jordan. He loses
1642 The first compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
1775 The U.S. Army is founded.
1775 US Army founded
1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
1777 The Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
1841 The first Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma
1846 U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaim the Republic of California.
1847 Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide
1850 Fire destroys part of SF
1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
1864 Battle of Pine Mt, Gen Leonidas Polk killed in action
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr, Cambridge, Mass
1900 Hawaiian Republic becomes the US Territory of Hawaii
1906 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #600 Musa
1917 Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
1919 The first nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld
1923 Pres Harding is first US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1928 Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover
1931 French "St Philbert" overturned off St Nazaire France, drowns 450
1934 Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City
1935 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1490 Limpopo
1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins the first Caldecott Medal (kid books author)
1940 German forces occupied Paris during WW II
1940 The Nazis open the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Also German troops enter Paris during World War II.
1941 Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS
1942 The first bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct
1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released
1943 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that schoolchildren cannot be required to salute the U.S. flag if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs.
1944 The first B-29 raid against mainland Japan
1945 Rod Argent, rocker (The Zombies-Never Even Thought)
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