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  • #16
    (June 15)

    On this day in 1924 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
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    • #17
      (June 16)

      On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York.
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      • #18
        (June 17)

        On this day in 1885, the dismantled State of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor.
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        • #19
          (June 18)

          On this day in 1815, Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
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          • #20
            (June 19)

            On this day in 1905, some 450 people attend the opening day of the world’s first nickelodeon, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and developed by the showman Harry Davis. The storefront theater boasted 96 seats and charged each patron five cents.
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            • #21
              (June 20)

              On this day in 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in theaters.
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              • #22
                (June 21)

                On this day in 1788, New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land.
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                • #23
                  (June 22)

                  On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill.
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                  • #24
                    (June 23)

                    On this day in 1902, German automaker DMG first registers "Mercedes" as a brand name.
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                    • #25
                      (June 24)

                      On this day in 1901, the first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso's artwork opens at a gallery on Paris' rue Lafitte.
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                      • #26
                        (June 25)

                        On this day in 1876, forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Custer in a bloody battle near the Little Bighorn River.
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                        • #27
                          (June 26)

                          On this day in 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade.
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                          • #28
                            I saw an article about the "Candy Bomber" not long ago. He first started adding some candy and gum for the children, along with the food.

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                            • #29
                              Oh, yeah. I'd nearly forgotten that part. The people still remember that fondly!
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                              • #30
                                (June 27)

                                On this day in 1950, President Harry S.Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea.
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