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United States: Flag Day
(Observed annually on this date since 1917 to commemorate congressional approval of the design of the U.S. Flag 06/14/1777)
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1811
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (Connecticut-born Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin)
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1886
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Conger Neblett (The "Texas Bird Lady" Who Added over 20 New Species to the State's Bird List)
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1855
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Robert La Follette (Wisconsin-born U.S. Senator)
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1943
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Frank Sensenbrenner (Chicago-born U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
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1958
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Eric Heiden (Wisconsin-born Olympic Champion Speed Skater)
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1883
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Charles Jones Jenkins (South Carolina-born Governor of Georgia)
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1946
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William Allen (Delaware-born Member of the U.S. Congress)
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2007
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Kurt Waldheim (Austrian-born Secretary General of the United Nations, 1972-82)
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1671
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At Sault Ste. Marie, Simon Francois, Sieur de St. Lusson Declares the Interior of North America for France
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1736
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James Oglethorpe Directs Plans Be Drawn Up for a New Town at the Head of the Savannah River to Be Named Augusta
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1775
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The United States Army Is Founded by the Continental Congress
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1777
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The Continental Congress Approves the Design of a National Flag
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1819
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The First Court in Clark County, Arkansas Is Held at the Home of Jacob Barkman
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1846
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The First Mormons Arrive in Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa
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In California, Americans Seize the Sonoma Garrison and Raise the Bear Flag
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1860
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The First Issue of the New York World Is Published
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1863
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Confederate Troops Easily Overwhelm a Small Union Garrison in the Shenandoah Valley Town of Winchester, Virginia
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Union Troops Destroy a Salt Works Near Florida's Alligator Bay
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1868
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In Minnesota, the First Ojibwe Relocate to the White Earth Reservation
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1870
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A Loss to the Brooklyn Atlantics Snaps a 130-game Winning Streak for the Cincinnati Red Stockings Baseball Team
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1885
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Flag Day Is First Observed in Wisconsin
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"Knee Deep in June," a Poem by James Whitcomb Riley, Is First Published
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1902
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The West Virginia Osteopathic Society Is Formed in Parkersburg
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1917
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President Woodrow Wilson Addresses the Nation's Public on the Annual Celebration of Flag Day
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1920
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Sul Ross State Normal College Begins Operations in Alpine, Texas
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1934
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Ocmulgee National Monument Is Created Near the Eastern Banks of the Ocmulgee River in Macon, Georgia
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1940
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Nazis Occupy Paris, France
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The Nazis Open the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in German-Occupied Poland
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1943
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In Georgia, Martin Luther King, Sr. Chair a Meeting of the Atlanta Citizens' Committee on the Equalization of Teachers' Salaries
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1944
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In Alaska, Fire Destroys Much of the Town of Hoonah, Including Many Important Tlingit Cultural Objects
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1952
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The Boston Braves Sign 18-year-old Hank Aaron to a Contract for $350 a Month
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1954
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The United States Conducts Its First Nationwide Civil Defense Drill
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President Dwight Eisenhower Signs Order Adding ''under God'' to the Pledge of Allegiance
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1962
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The New Mexico Supreme Court Prohibits Denying Indians the Right to Vote Because They Live on a Reservation
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1968
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In Boston, Dr. Spock and Yale University Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Are Convicted for Aiding Draft Resisters
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1969
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U.S. Command Announces the Withdrawal of Two Brigades (13,000+ Troops) from Vietnam
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1981
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A Minnesota Tornado Causes $47M Damage in Edina, Minneapolis and Roseville, Killing One Person
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1985
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Shiite Hezbollah Terrorists Begin a 17-Day Siege, Hijacking TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome
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