Browsing: June

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 On June 14, 1962, the European Space Research Organisation was founded in Paris, later to become the European Space Agency, now with 22 member countries.  While most focus is on the US and the Soviet/Russian space programs vis a vis the “Space Race,” other nations have joined in the endeavor to explore and exploit space. Digging Deeper As of April of 2023, only Russia, the US, and China have launched humans into space via their own vehicles, while the American private firm, SpaceX has joined the human space travel club. Along with Russia, the US, and China,…

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 On June 13, 1996, after a tense 81 day standoff with the FBI, a group of Americans in the area of Jordan, Montana that had declared themselves “sovereign citizens” not subject to the laws of the United States, finally surrendered. Digging Deeper The Montana Freemen, as they called themselves, had the idea that they could legally declare their lands “Justus Township,” an independent entity outside the jurisdiction of the US government.  Various disregard of laws and debts soon got this group in legal and financial trouble, and some were convicted of crimes.  By 1996, the FBI had…

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…