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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 14, 1789, the Rev. Elijah Craig first distilled whiskey from maize (corn). On June 14, 1900, the United States expanded by officially adding the territory of Hawaii to its growing empire. On June 14, 1954, Flag Day that year, President Eisenhower signed a joint resolution of Congress amending the 1942 Flag Code, adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. On June…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 13, 1525, former Roman Catholic friar Martin Luther broke church rules and married Katharina von Bora, a nun. On June 13, 1893, President Grover Cleveland was only a few months into his second term when he went to his doctor to complain of soreness and a rough patch in his mouth. On June 13, 1944, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 12, 1775, British General Thomas Gage declared martial law in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. On June 12, 1817, Karl Drais of Germany invented a contraption he called the “Laufmaschine,” German for “running machine” as the two wheeled single rider vehicle was powered by the rider scooting his feet along the ground. On June 12, 1939, for the first time production…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 11, 323 BC, one of History’s greatest conquerors and generals died at the age of 32, not on the battlefield where he had spent so much time putting his life in danger, but in bed in the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon. On June 11, 173, during the Marcomannic Wars (166–180), the Roman army in Moravia was encircled by…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 10, 1190, during the Third Crusade, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155-1190) drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. On June 10, 1942, and again on June 10, 1944, the German army committed atrocities in Czechoslovakia (Lidice), France (Oradour-sur-Glane), and Greece (Distomo, Boeotia) in separate incidents. On June 10, 1943, Hungarian-Jewish inventors Laszlo and Gyrogie…