June 11

Politician and suffragist Jeannette Rankin born (1880); President John F. Kennedy uses the Alabama National Guard to integrate University of Alabama (1963); Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington are first two women to become generals in the US Armed Forces (1970); Actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee dies (2014).

June 10

Benjamin Franklin conducts famous kite experiment (1752); Hattie McDaniel, first African American to win an Oscar, born (1893); Hollywood legend Judy Garland born (1922); Italy invades France, declares war on France and Great Britain (1940); Musician Ray Charles dies (2004).

June 7

Actress Jean Harlow dies (1937); Mathematician Alan Turing dies (1954); Musician Prince born (1958); US Supreme Court legalizes contraception use by married couples (1965); Writer Dorothy Parker dies (1967).

June 9

Roman emperor Nero dies by suicide (68); Author Charles Dickens dies (1870); Michael J. Fox born (1961); Secretariat wins horse racing’s Triple Crown; watch here (1973); Natalie Portman born (1981).

June 8

Iceland's Laki volcano begins 8-month eruption, killing nearly 10,000 (1783); US architect Frank Lloyd Wright born (1867); US comedian Joan Rivers born (1933); George Orwell publishes dystopian novel "1984" (1949); TV chef and author Anthony Bourdain dies (2018)

NATIONAL BOONE DAY

"National Boone Day is observed each year on June 7 to commemorate the day frontiersman Daniel Boone first began exploring the valleys and forests of the present-day Bluegrass State of Kentucky on June 7, 1769."https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-boone-day-june-7

June 6

American founding father Patrick Henry dies (1799); Securities and Exchange Commission established (1934); D-Day: Allies begin Normandy invasion (1944); Bobby Kennedy dies after being shot at campaign rally (1968); Actress Anne Bancroft dies (2005).