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Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy
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The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally.
Some delegates left.
Then, on...
Helen Keller born JUNE 27, 1880
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Helen Keller was born JUNE 27, 1880.
At the age of two she suffered an illness that left her blind and...
Jedediah Smith born JUNE 24, 1798
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His travels were exceeded only by Lewis and Clark.
He led expeditions up the Missouri River with such characters as keelboatman...
Moravian missionaries, Indians and William Penn
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In the summer of 1683, Ottoman General Mustafa Pasha was laying siege to Vienna, Austria, with 200,000 Muslim jihad warriors.
Sultan...
‘Democracy is Christ’s government …’
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At a time when most of the world was ruled by kings, Americans held its first popularly elected legislative assembly.
Jamestown...
New Hampshire ratified Constitution JUNE 21, 1788
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George Washington dictated a "talk" to the Cherokee Nation, August 29, 1796:
“Beloved Cherokees, The wise men of the United States...
Secular Humanism and the 1st Amendment
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JUNE 20, 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his CATHOLIC...
War of 1812
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The French Revolution had left that country in chaos.
26-year-old Napoleon fired cannons down the streets of Paris, mowing down French...
Father’s Day
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The first formal "Father's Day" was celebrated JUNE 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington.
Sonora Louise Smart Dodd heard a church sermon...
Battle of Bunker Hill, JUNE 17, 1775
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"Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!" commanded Colonel William Prescott, repeating the order of General Israel...
Astronomy is the oldest science
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The "Father of Modern Space Flight" was Wernher von Braun.
He acknowledged his debt to the "Father of Modern Rocketry," American...
Magna Carta signed JUNE 15, 1215
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England was invaded by 'Dane' Vikings from Scandinavia who destroyed churches, libraries and defeated all opposition except for 23-year-old King...
Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes
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On JUNE 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress selected the FLAG of the United States.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson designated...
One nation under God
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On JUNE 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress selected the FLAG of the United States.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson designated...
“The goal of socialism is communism”
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"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" announced President Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall, JUNE 12, 1987.
Begun after Lenin's Bolshevik...
Dr. Joseph Warren born JUNE 11, 1741
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Dr. Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere and William Dawes on their midnight ride to warn Lexington and Concord that the...
The United States Naval Academy
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The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, graduated its first class on JUNE 10, 1854.
The Academy was established under...
“Old Hickory” died JUNE 8, 1845
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His Scots-Irish parents emigrated from Ireland two years before his birth, which was March 15, 1767.
His father died before he...
Port Royal sank JUNE 7, 1692
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Spain laid claim to the Island of Jamaica from the time Columbus landed there in 1494.
In 1503, Columbus was shipwrecked...
The Six Day War
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JUNE 5, 1967, the Six-Day War began.
Egypt sent 80,000 troops and 900 tanks to attack Israel.
Jordan and Syria, with Soviet...