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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 9, 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier became the first European (White) man to discover the mighty St. Lawrence River, the gateway into North America for European explorers. On June 9, 1667, the Dutch Navy handed the British Royal Navy its worst defeat in its history in what is known as the Raid on the Medway. On June 9, 1856, 500 Mormons…

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, 1949, the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by English writer Eric Blair, writing as George Orwell, was published, telling a story of a dystopian future where an intrusive government controls all, sees all, and wages never ending war. 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…

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…