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18th June 1812 - The War of 1812 began
A young United States declared war on Great Britain.
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19th June 1953 - Rosenbergs Executed
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.
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21st June 1956 - Arthur Miller refuses to name communists
Playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspected communists.
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22nd June 1898 - Erich Maria Remarque born
The author of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' was born on this day.
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23rd June 1992 - Teflon Don sentenced to life
Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the “Teflon Don” after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s, is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering.
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24th June 1948 - Soviets blockade West Berlin
This leads to the Berlin Airlift to provision the city's inhabitants.
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25th June 1876 - Battle of Little Bighorn
Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
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26th June 1963 - Kennedy claims solidarity with the people of Berlin
President John F. Kennedy expresses solidarity with democratic German citizens in a speech on this day in 1963. In front of the Berlin Wall that separated the city into democratic and communist sectors, he declared to the crowd, “Ich bin ein Berliner” or “I am also a citizen of Berlin.”
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27th June 1950 - Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.
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28th June 1953 - Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan
On this day in 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
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29th June 1995 - U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station
On this day in 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
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30th June 1934 - Night of the Long Knives
In Germany, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future.
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1st July 1979 - The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
A device as astonishing on first encounter as the cellular phone or digital camera would later be, the Sony Walkman went on sale for the very first time on July 1, 1979.
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2nd July 1937 - Amelia Earhart disappears
The Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific.
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100 Years Ago a Harvard Professor Bombed the Capitol and Shot J.P. Morgan Jr.
On July 2, 1915, a German sympathizer sought to make America pay for supporting the allies against the Kaiser with a spree of terror.
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3rd July 1985 - “Back to the Future” released, features 1981 DeLorean DMC-12
The blockbuster action-comedy “Back to the Future”–in which John DeLorean’s iconic concept car is memorably transformed into a time-travel device–is released in theaters across the United States.
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Victor Chang : Pioneer of cardiac transplants gunned down
On this day in 1991 victor Chang was gunned down-ending the life of one of Australia's most gifted and inspirational doctors. A pioneer of heart transplants Dr Chang leaves an amazing legacy.
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4th July 1826 - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die
Former Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who were once fellow Patriots and then adversaries, die on the same day within five hours of each other.
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5th July 1865 - Conspirators court-martialed for plotting to kill Lincoln, Grant and Andrew Johnson
Confederate sympathizers David E. Herold, G. A. Atzerodt, Lewis Payne, Mary E. Surratt, Michael O’Laughlin, Edward Spangler, Samuel Arnold and Samuel A. Mudd were arraigned on May 9 and convicted on July 5.
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6th July 1935 - Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet and bestselling author, is born
An infant named Tenzin Gyatso, future leader of Tibet and bestselling author, is born to a peasant family in Takster, Tibet. At age two, he will be declared the Dalai Lama.
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