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This Week in History This Week in HistoryJune 21793 Maximillian Robespierre, a member of France’s Committee on Public Safety, initiates the "Reign of Terror." 1886 Grover Cleveland becomes the first American president to wed while in office. 1910 Charles Stewart Rolls, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce, becomes the first man to fly an airplane nonstop across the English Channel both ways. Tragically, he becomes Britain’s first aircraft fatality the following month when his biplane breaks up in midair. 1928 Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captures Peking, China, in a bloodless takeover. 1953 Elizabeth II is crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey. 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants. June 31098 Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seize Antioch, Turkey. 1539 Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain. 1888 The classic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat," written by Ernest L. Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1940 The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs. 1965 Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space when he exits the Gemini 4 space capsule. 1989 The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested. June 41070 Roqueford cheese is accidentally discovered in a cave near Roqueford, France, when a sheperd finds a lunch he had forgotten several days before. 1717 The Freemasons are founded in London. 1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain. 1919 The U.S. Senate passes the Women’s Suffrage bill. 1944 Allied troops liberate Rome. 1946 Juan Peron is installed as Argentina’s president. 1972 Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy. June 51783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration. 1884 Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." 1933 The United States went off the gold standard. 1947 Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II. 1967 The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began. 1968 Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day. 1981 The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS. 2004 Former president Ronald Reagan died. June 61813 The United States invasion of Canada is halted at Stony Creek, Ontario. 1930 Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time. 1934 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1944 D-Day: Operation Overlord lands 400,000 Allied American, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied France. 1961 Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, one of the founders of modern psychiatry, dies. 1966 African American James Meridith is shot and wounded while on a solo march in Mississippi to promote voter registration among blacks. 1985 The body of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele is located and exhumed near Sao Paolo, Brazil. 2002 President Bush proposed a new Cabinet department: The Department of Homeland Security. June 71498 Christopher Columbus leaves on his third voyage of exploration.1654 Louis XIV is crowned king of France. 1767 Daniel Boone sights present-day Kentucky. 1775 The United Colonies change their name to the United States. 1914 The first vessel passes through the Panama Canal. 1932 Over 7,000 war veterans march on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus pay for service in World War I. 1981 Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy Iraq’s only nuclear reactor. 1994 The Organization of African Unity formally admits South Africa as its fifty-third member. 2003 Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians. June 8452 Attila the Hun invades Italy. 632 Mohammed, the founder of Islam and unifier of Arabia, dies. 1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State under President Wilson. 1953 The Supreme Court forbids segregated lunch counters in Washington, D.C. 1965 President Johnson authorizes commanders in Vietnam to commit U.S. ground forces to combat. 1967 Israel airplanes attack the USS Liberty, a surveillance ship, in the Mediterranean, killing 34 Navy crewmen. 1968 James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., is captured at the London Airport. 1982 President Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain’s Parliament. 1983 Negro Baseball League great Satchel Paige died. 2001 Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls. Famous BirthdaysJune 21491 Henry VIII, King of England (1509 - 1547). 1731 Martha Dandridge, the first First Lady of the United States. Widow of Daniel Park Custis, she married George Washington in 1759. 1740 Donatien Alphonse Francois, the Marquis de Sade. 1840 Thomas Hardy, English poet and novelist (Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of D’Ubervilles). 1903 Robert Morris Page, physicist, inventor of pulse radar. 1904 Johnny Weissmuller, American gold-winning Olympic swimmer who portrayed Tarzan in films. 1948 Jerry Mathers (actor, The Beaver) 1972 Wayne Brady (comedian) June 31808 Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States of America. 1904 Charles R. Drew, American physician, researcher of blood plasma. 1906 Josephine Baker, dancer and singer. 1926 Allen Ginsberg, American poet (Howl). 1942 Curtis Mayfield (singer, songwriter) June 41843 Charles C. Abbott, American naturalist (Days Out of Doors). 1928 Dr. Ruth Westheimer (sex therapist) 1937 Robert Fulghum, American author (All I Really need to Know I learned in Kindergarten).1937 Freddy Fender (Baldemar Huerta) (singer) 1945 Anthony Braxton, jazz composer and saxaphonist. 1975 Angelina Jolie June 51878 Pancho Villa (Mexican Revolutionary) 1882 Igor Stravinsky (composer) 1934 Bill Moyers, American broadcast journalist, press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson. 1956 Kenny G (saxophonist) 1969 Brian McKnight (singer/songwriter) 1971 Marky Mark (Mark Wahlberg) (musician) June 61755 Nathan Hale, American revolutionary. 1872 Alexandra, the last Russian Czarina. 1939 Marian Wright Edelman, first African-American woman to be admitted to the Mississippi Bar, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund. 1956 Bjorn Borg (tennis)1975 Staci Keanan (actress) June 71502 Gregory XIII, Roman Catholic pope. 1848 Paul Gaugin, French post-impressionist painter. 1909 Virginia Apgar, American physician and medical researcher. 1909 Peter Rodino, U.S. congressman, chairman of the Watergate hearings. 1917 Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American poet. 1917 Dean Martin (actor, crooner) 1958 Prince, rock star, singer 1981 Anna Kournikova (tennis player) June 81625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, astronomer. 1810 Robert Schumann, German composer. 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, influential American architect. 1916 Francis Crick, British scientist who co-discoverered of the structure of DNA. 1918 Robert Preston, actor (The Music Man). 1925 Barbara Pierce Bush, First Lady to 41st President, George Bush.1937 Joan Rivers (comedienne) 1944 Boz Scaggs (blues singer) 1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
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