Month: June 2026

JUNE 10 — 1752 Ben Franklin flies a kite; 1692 Bridgette Bishop, Salem Witch hunt, is hanged; 1963 JFK has a busy day; National Iced Tea Day JUNE 10 1752 – Ben Franklin flies a kite. …So this actually either

JUNE 9 — 1863 Battle of Brandy Station; 1993 Heidi Fleiss arrested; 1901 MLB NY Giants get record 31 hits;  1856 Mormons leave Iowa for Salt Lake City;  2010 NHL: Kane becomes youngest to score in overtimne in championship game;

JUNE 8 — ELECTIONS: National Union Party nominates Lincoln and Johnson for 1864;  1776 Battle of Trois-Riveres; 1867 Happy birthday Frank Lloyd Wright, architecture; 2015 Brookfield Flotating Bridge reopens in Vermont JUNE 8 1864 — National Union party nominates Abraham

JUNE 7 — 1769 Daniel Boone explores Kentucky; 1866 Chief Seattle dies; 1936 Lucky Luciano convicted; 1976 Saturday Night Fever gets its inspiration; 1989 time: 1:23:45, 6-7-89; Happy Birthday Prince JUNE 7 1769 – Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State

D-DAY — Mid 1944; Early June 1944; D-Day D-DAY June 1944 led to the beginning of the end …of Nazi power in Europe and WWII as it were. Operation Overlord, otherwise known as D-Day found nearly 160,000 American, British and

JUNE 5 — 1968 Bobby Kennedy’s assassination reaches headlines; 1864 Battle of Piedmont;  2016 Greg Vlasek from Sacramento, CA starts rowing to Hawaii; 1944 Pre D-Day JUNE 5 1968 here are the headlines: Nashville Tennessean: Sen. Kennedy Shot!  Dallas Times

JUNE 4 — 1997 Terry Nichols gets life improsonment for role in Oklahoma Bombing; 1963 JFK signs act allowing Treasury to issue silver certificates;  2004 Sea of Alaska records highest acidity levels; 2014 Gerdy Scheuers of Rion, WI records world’s

JUNE 3 — 1781 – Jouett warns Jefferson of British attack; 1861 JE Hangar, prosthetic pioneer, loses limb in combat 1916 Wilson signs National Defense Act;1937 Reptile Gardens opens in South Dakota JUNE 3 1781 – Jack Jouett rides to

JUNE 2 — ELECTIONS: Garfield enters the 1880 presidential race; 1886 Happy Anniversary Grover Cleveland/Frances Folsom; 2016 Steven Jobe makes world’s largest Hurdy Gurdy JUNE 2 1880 Garfield enters the presidential race. The election of 1880 was wide open for