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JUNE 2
1862 Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi dies aged 74.
— Jun 04, 2026 06:15AM
1862 Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi dies aged 74.
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JUNE 13
1774 Rhode Island has become the first American colony to ban the importation of slaves, and to assure their freedom. The new act, passed today by the General Assembly in Newport, states, "No Negro nor mulatto slave shall be brought in to this colony, and in case any slave shall be brought in, he or she shall be ...rendered immediately free..."
— Jun 13, 2026 04:30AM
1774 Rhode Island has become the first American colony to ban the importation of slaves, and to assure their freedom. The new act, passed today by the General Assembly in Newport, states, "No Negro nor mulatto slave shall be brought in to this colony, and in case any slave shall be brought in, he or she shall be ...rendered immediately free..."
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JUNE 12
1667 Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to Louis XIV, successfully transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy.
— Jun 12, 2026 06:53AM
1667 Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to Louis XIV, successfully transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy.
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JUNE 11
Exit "The Duke"
1979 John Wayne, veteran Hollywood star, died earlier today. Born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa in 1907, after a slow start he made his name as a genial tough guy and all-American hero in a series of westerns and war films, and became one of the best known and most successful actors in Hollywood. His first major screen appearance was as the Ringo Kid in director John Ford's ...
— Jun 11, 2026 02:14PM
Exit "The Duke"
1979 John Wayne, veteran Hollywood star, died earlier today. Born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa in 1907, after a slow start he made his name as a genial tough guy and all-American hero in a series of westerns and war films, and became one of the best known and most successful actors in Hollywood. His first major screen appearance was as the Ringo Kid in director John Ford's ...
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JUNE 10
1924 Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is assassinated by Mussolini's Fascists.
— Jun 11, 2026 10:42AM
1924 Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is assassinated by Mussolini's Fascists.
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JUNE 8
1876 Death of George Sand, French novelist and sometime mistress of Chopin.
— Jun 09, 2026 08:48AM
1876 Death of George Sand, French novelist and sometime mistress of Chopin.
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JUNE 7
Spain and Portugal divide up world
1494 The ongoing dispute between Spain and Portugal over territorial rights was finally resolved today as ambassadors from both countries signed a treaty at Tordesillas in northern Spain. The dispute goes back to last year when Pope Alexander VI set a line of demarcation running from pole to pole 100 leagues west of Cape Verde islands off the African coast, giving Spain ...
— Jun 08, 2026 12:35PM
Spain and Portugal divide up world
1494 The ongoing dispute between Spain and Portugal over territorial rights was finally resolved today as ambassadors from both countries signed a treaty at Tordesillas in northern Spain. The dispute goes back to last year when Pope Alexander VI set a line of demarcation running from pole to pole 100 leagues west of Cape Verde islands off the African coast, giving Spain ...
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JUNE 6
1933 The first drive-in move opens at Camden, New Jersey.
— Jun 07, 2026 05:53AM
1933 The first drive-in move opens at Camden, New Jersey.
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JUNE 5
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes..
Stanley Kubrick, American film director, on this day, 1963.
— Jun 06, 2026 04:31PM
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes..
Stanley Kubrick, American film director, on this day, 1963.
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JUNE 4
1831 Prince Leopold of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, becomes the first king of Belgium.
— Jun 05, 2026 07:31PM
1831 Prince Leopold of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, becomes the first king of Belgium.
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JUNE 3
1965 Joined to his Gemini 4 spacecraft by a Space Age "umbilical cord:, astronaut Edward H. White today became the first American to take a walk in space. The walk lasted 20 minutes, and is part of a programme investigating the effect of prolonged space flight on man.
— Jun 04, 2026 05:21PM
1965 Joined to his Gemini 4 spacecraft by a Space Age "umbilical cord:, astronaut Edward H. White today became the first American to take a walk in space. The walk lasted 20 minutes, and is part of a programme investigating the effect of prolonged space flight on man.
