Infoplease - This Day in History
Jun 19, 1934: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created.
Jun 19, 1862: Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories.
Jun 19, 1964 : The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved.
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Jun 18, 1812: The War of 1812 began.
Jun 18, 1815: Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.
Jun 18, 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.
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Jun 17, 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.
Jun 17, 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
Jun 17, 1885 : The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
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Jun 16, 1487: The Battle of Stoke ended the Wars of the Roses.
Jun 16, 1904: Events in James Joyce's novel Ulysses took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.
Jun 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space.
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Jun 15, 1215: King John sealed the Magna Carta.
Jun 15, 1836: Arkansas became the 25th state in the United States.
Jun 15, 1844: Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization.
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Jun 14, 1777: The Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the U.S.
Jun 14, 1922: Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio.
Jun 14, 1951: The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled.
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Jun 13, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion began in China.
Jun 13, 1966: The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.
Jun 13, 1967: Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jun 12, 1880: John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.
Jun 12, 1939: The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.
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