June 28

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, sparking World War I (1914); Treaty of Versailles is signed (1919); Stonewall riots begin (1969); HBD Elon Musk (1971); RIP basketball coach Pat Summitt (2016).

June 27

Battle of Little Bighorn (1876); Korean War begins (1950); Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain born (1956); RIP Farrah Fawcett (2009); RIP Michael Jackson (2009).

June 22

US Constitution is ratified (1788); Benazir Bhutto, first female Prime Minister of Pakistan, born (1953); HBD actor Chris Pratt (1979); HBD Prince William (1982); Frida Kahlo is 1st Hispanic woman honored on US postage stamp (2001).

June 20

Samuel Morse patents the telegraph (1840); HBD Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson (1942); Mobster Bugsy Siegel is killed (1947); HBD actress Nicole Kidman (1967); Manjil–Rudbar earthquake kills 35-50K (1990). 

June 19

First recorded game of baseball (1846); Baseball great Lou Gehrig born (1903); HBD author Salman Rushdie (1947); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage (1953); HBD actress Zoe Saldana (1978); RIP Koko the gorilla (2018)

June 18

US declares war against Britain as War of 1812 begins (1812); HBD Paul McCartney (1942); HBD Blake Shelton (1976); Sally Ride is first American woman in space (1983); Rapper XXXTentacion murdered (2018).

June 17

Battle of Bunker Hill fought (1775); Statue of Liberty arrives in New York as gift from France (1885); HBD tennis star Venus Williams (1980); HBD rapper Kendrick Lamar (1987); OJ Simpson arrested for murder following police chase (1994).

June 14

Stars and Stripes officially adopted as flag of US (1777); Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe born (1811); Che Guevara born (1928); HBD President Donald Trump (1946); High-rise fire in London kills 72 (2017).

June 13

Miranda rights are created (1966); Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American nominated to Supreme Court (1967); Pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to exit our solar system (1983); HBD actresses Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen (1986).

June 12

41st President George HW Bush born (1924); Anne Frank born (1929); Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison in South Africa (1964); Ronald Reagan makes famous ‘tear down this (Berlin) wall’ speech (1987); 49 killed in mass shooting at nightclub in Orlando, Fl (2016).

June 11

HBD politician and suffragist Jeannette Rankin (1880); JFK sends in National Guard to integrate University of Alabama (1963); Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington are first two women to become Generals in US Army (1970); RIP film star John Wayne (1979); RIP actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee (2014).

William Arthur Ward

(1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room…

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 the UK (1940); RIP musician Ray Charles (2004).

June 7

RIP Jean Harlow (1937); SCOTUS legalizes contraception use by married couples (1965); Musician Prince born (1958); HBD Vice President Mike Pence (1959); Grease opens on Broadway (1972).

June 6

RIP American founding father Patrick Henry (1799); Securities and Exchange Commission established (1933); D-Day: Allies begin Normandy invasions (1944); RIP Bobby Kennedy (1968); RIP actress Anne Bancroft (2005).

June 5

US moves off of gold standard (1933); Bobby Kennedy is shot at campaign rally, dies next day (1968); RIP Ronald Reagan (2004); RIP science fiction writer Ray Bradbury (2012); RIP fashion designer Kate Spade (2018).

June 4

US Congress passes 19th amendment, granting suffrage to women (1919); Battle of Midway starts (1942); HBD Angelina Jolie (1975); 241 killed at Tiananmen Square protests (1989); RIP basketball coaching legend John Wooden (2010).

June 3

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain (1539); Singer and actress Josephine Baker born (1906); Ed White becomes first American to walk in space (1965); HBD Rafael Nadal (1986); RIP Muhammad Ali (2016).