On this day (June)...

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(June 1)
On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world's first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut.

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(June 2)

On this day in 1935, Babe Ruth ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs.

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(June 3)
in 1888 - "Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner).

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(June 4)
On this day in 1919, Congress passes the 19th Amendment.
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.

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(June 5)

On this day in 1956, Elvis rocks The Milton Berle Show.

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(June 6)

On this day in 1971, The Ed Sullivan Show airs for the very last time.

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(June 7)

On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet.

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(June 8)

On this day in 1948, a hand-built aluminum prototype labeled "No. 1" becomes the first vehicle to bear the name of one of the world's leading luxury car manufacturers: Porsche.

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(June 9)

On this day in 2006, the animated feature film "Cars," produced by Pixar Animation Studios, roars into theaters across the United States.

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(June 10)

On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning.

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(June 11)

On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.

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(June 12)

On this day in 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall.

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(June 13)

On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation.

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(June 14)

FLAG DAY

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(June 14)

Father's Day in the United States is on the third Sunday of June. It celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make for their children's lives. Its origins may lie in a memorial service held for a large group of men, many of them fathers, who were killed in a mining accident in Monongah, West Virginia in 1907. The first time Father's Day was held in June was in 1910. Father's Day was officially recognized as a holiday in 1972 by President Nixon.