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- James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop
1959 - Constitution Day / Victory Day in Tunisia
Madaraka Day in Kenya
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June
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1943
- 99th Pursuit Squadron's 1st combat mission |
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June
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1884
- Granville T. Woods patented steam boiler furnace
Irma P. Hall's birthday |
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June
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1665
- 1st Baptistt Church in US founded
Revolution Day in Ghana
Last Quarter |
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June
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- Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history |
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June
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1968 -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated |
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June
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- G.T. Sampson patented clothes dryer |
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June
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1953
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that restaurants
in the District of Columbia could not refuse to
serve blacks
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June
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1911-
Carnegie Corp. was chartered to aid black libraries
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June
10 |
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1794
- Richard Allen started Ind. Methodist Movement
Congo: Day of National Reconciliation |
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June
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1911
- Marcus Garvey founded Universal Negro Improvement
Assoc. |
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June
12 |
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1963
- Medger Evers was killed in MS
New Moon |
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June
13 |
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1868
- Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, installed as Lt. Governor
of LA
1967 - President Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood
Marshall to the Supreme Court |
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June
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1952
- Dr. Harold D. West named Pres. Of Meharry Medical
College
2004 - Unveiling of the first official presidential
portrait (of Bill Clinton) painted by a black
person (Simmie Knox, a self-taught artist born
in 1935 in Aliceville, AL).
Malawi: Freedom Day |
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June
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- Henry O. Flipper graduated from West Point
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June
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1804
- Dessalines declared emperor of Haiti
1976 - The Soweto riots that sparked turbulence
across South Africa.
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June
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1972
- Frank Willis discovered Watergate break-in
1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks' Birthday
1871 - James Weldon Johnson's Birthday |
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June
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1862
- William H. Carney earned highes army medal
"T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Salutes Gospel’s
Original Diva!" (Chicago) |
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June
19 |
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1864
- Sailor Joachim Pease earned Congressional Medal
First Quarter |
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June
20 |
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1963
- White and Black physicians protest hospital
discrimination |
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June
21 |
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1821 - A.M.E. Zion Church organized, NYC |
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June
22 |
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1938
- Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling |
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June
23 |
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1863
- 80 black recruits reported to PA army camp |
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June
24 |
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1877
- Clinton Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor |
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June
25 |
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1876
- Sioux Indians defeated Lieutenant Colonel George
A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry in the Battle
of the Little Bighorn in Montana
Mozambique: Independence Day. (1975- Mozambique
achieved independence from Portugal) |
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June
26 |
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1959
- Prince Edward County, VA abandoned public school
system
Full Moon |
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June
27 |
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1935
- A. Phillip Randolph named pres. Of 1st black
labor union
Djibouti: Independence Day. |
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June
28 |
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1770
- PA school for blacks opened by Quakers
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June
29 |
1870
- J.W. Smith wrote "The Colored Cadet: Hardships
at West Point" |
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June
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1917
- Lena Horne, birthday
Congo: Independence Day
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