On this day, June 30th, 1775, the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War. In the Articles of War, written one year before the adoption […]
On June 29, 1613, staged cannon fire during a performance of “Henry VIII” ignited a fire that burned the Globe Theatre to the ground. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, an acting troupe featuring playwright William Shakespeare, […]
World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Negotiated among the Allied powers with little participation by Germany, its 15 parts and 440 articles reassigned German […]
On This Day, June 27th, 1950, just two days after communist North Korean forces invaded South Korea, the United Nations Security Council approves a resolution put forward by the United States calling for armed force […]
On this day June 26th, in 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin the Berlin Airlift, delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade. When World […]
On this day in 1876, Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana’s Little […]
On This Day, June 24th, 1853, President Franklin Pierce Ratifies the Gadsden Purchase, finalizing the border between Mexico and the United States. It was the Gadsden Purchase that settled the main boundaries of the United […]
On this day June 23rd, in 1776, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, British Commodore Parker (Sir Peter) notifies General Henry Clinton that he will land on the South Carolina mainland the next day […]
On this day June 22nd, in 1775, Congress issues $2 million in bills of credit, as Continental Currency. By the spring of 1775, colonial leaders, concerned by British martial law in Boston and increasing constraints […]
Karen Handel ’s win in Georgia sent shock waves through the left. This was a hard fought election for the house seat vacated by Republican Tom Price, who accepted the cabinet position as Secretary of […]
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