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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 24, 109 AD, Roman Emperor Trajan opened the aqueduct known as Aqua Traiana, bringing water to Rome from Lake Bracciano 25 miles away. On June 24, 1374, the German city of Aachen experienced a sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance, a bizarre condition where masses of people experience hallucinations, jump and twitch (dance) until they fell from exhaustion! On June 24,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 23rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 23, 1611, the ship appropriately named Discovery, captained by explorer Henry Hudson, was in what is now called Hudson Bay and was the scene of a mutiny. On June 23, 1917, Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth pitched to only one batter, walking him, before he was ejected from the game for punching the umpire. On June 23, 1926, the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 22nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 22, 1813, an intrepid Canadian woman, Laura Secord, made a harrowing 20 mile trek through American occupied territory in Ontario, Canada, to warn British troops of an impending American attack. On June 22, 1893, the British battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally collided with the British battleship HMS Victoria off the coast of Lebanon. On June 22, 1918, a passenger train carrying US military troops plowed into the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 21st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 21, 1734, a 29 year old African woman was executed for setting her slave master’s house on fire which spread through Montreal in New France, what is now Canada. On June 21, 1919, the reactionary establishment of the city of Winnipeg, the province of Manitoba, and the federal government of Canada overreacted to a peaceful labor strike and attacked striking workers (largely war…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 20th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 20, 1787, Connecticut attorney and a Founding Father of the United States, Oliver Ellsworth, made a motion at the Federal Convention to call the government of our new country, the United States of America. On June 20, 1890, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published complete in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. On June…