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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 19, 1269, the King of France, Louis IX, ordered that any Jew found in any public place not wearing the obligatory yellow badge would be fined 10 livres of silver. On June 19, 1910, the United States celebrated its first Father’s Day in Spokane, Washington (the city where Major Dan’s sister was born). On June 19, 1960, the first auto…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 18th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 18, 1529, both Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon were summoned to appear before an ecclesiastical, legatine court, presided over by a representative of the Pope. On June 18, 1815, the combined forces of the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard von Blucher defeated the French army at the battle of Waterloo. On June 18, 1815, the combined…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 17th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 17, 1462, Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad III The Impaler, or simply Dracula, conducted a night raid against his Turkish enemy, Mehmed II who had invaded Vlad’s land of Wallachia (Romania). On June 17, 1932, 17,000 United States military veterans of World War I and 25,000 of their friends and family gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand early payment of their…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 16, 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots, named her heir and successor, Phillip II of Spain. On June 16, 1811, the remaining crew of an American armed fur trading ship purposely blew the ship up after it had been overrun by Native Americans near Vancouver Island. On June 16, 1944, 14 year old George Stinney was executed in the electric chair…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 15, 1667, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to King Louis XIV, performed the first human blood transfusion. On June 15, 1785, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (say that 10 times fast!) and his companion, Pierre Romain became the first people to die in an aircraft accident when the  hot air balloon they were flying crashed in an attempt to cross the…