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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 8, 1959, the US Navy teamed up with the United States Post Office Department to attempt to resurrect the concept of sending mail via rocket or missile. On June 8, 1966, while test flying the monstrously expensive XB-70 Valkyrie, the U.S. Air Force managed to knock the Mach 3 bomber from the sky when an F-104 “chase” plane got a…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 7, 1769, frontiersman and American legend Daniel Boone first laid eyes on the forests, hills and valleys of Kentucky, and this epic moment in US History is commemorated by the Kentucky Historical Society as National Daniel Boone Day each year on June 7th. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, an African-American, was arrested for refusing to vacate his seat in…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 6, 1822, a Canadian fur trapper “voyageur” was accidentally shot in the stomach with a musket, leaving him with a hole that healed open, leading to extensive study of the human digestive tract. On June 6, 1944, American, British, and Canadian forces stormed the heavily defended beaches of Normandy, France, signaling the doom of the Third Reich. On June 6, 1944,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 5th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 5, 1829, the British ship, HMS Pickle, a 5 gun schooner, captured an armed slave ship, the Voladora, off the coast of Cuba. On June 5, 1893, the murder trial of Lizzie Borden began, Borden was accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe. On June 5, 1916, Louis Brandeis was sworn in as the first Jewish Justice…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 4, 1411, King Charles VI of France granted a monopoly to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon for the ripening of Roquefort cheese. On June 4, 1784, Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, soaring for a 4 kilometer trip that took 45 minutes and reached perhaps 5000 feet above the ground, making her the…