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This day in History June
1 1862 General Robert E. Lee assumes command
of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured
at Seven Pines. June
2
1911 Gold is
discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek. 1930 Frozen foods
are sold commercially for the first time. 1862 The city of
Memphis surrenders to the Union navy after an intense naval engagement on the
Mississippi River. 1654 Louis XIV is
crowned king of France 1968 James Earl
Ray, the alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., is captured at the London
Airport 1945 Japanese
Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan will fight to the last rather than
accept unconditional surrender 1864 At the
Battle of Brice's Crossroads in Mississippi, Confederate General Nathan Bedford
Forrest defeats the numerically superior Union troops 1927 Charles
Lindbergh, a captain in the US Army Air Corps Reserve, receives the
first Distinguished Flying Cross ever awarded, for his solo trans-Atlantic
Flight 1931 Gangster Al
Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating Prohibition laws June
13 1940 Paris is
evacuated as the Germans advance on the city June
14 1922 President
Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to speak on the radio June
15 1932 Gaston Means
is sentenced to 15 years for fraud in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. June
16 1955 The U.S.
House of Representatives votes to extend Selective Service until 1959. June
17 June
18 1928 Amelia
Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane June
19 1867 Mexican
Emperor Maximillian is executed. 1941 The U.S.
Army Air Force is established, replacing the Army Air Corps 1834 C. H.
McCormick patents the first practical reaper June
22 1930 A son is
born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh June
23 1944 In one of
the largest air strikes of the war, the U.S. Fifteenth Air Force sends 761
bombers against the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania 1861 Federal
gunboats attack Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, Virginia. June
25 1950 North Korea
invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War. June
26 1918 The Germans
begin firing their huge 420 mm howitzer, "Big Bertha," at Paris June
27 1864 General
Sherman is repulsed by Confederates at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain June
28 1942 German
troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the
city of Stalingrad 1950 President
Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea June
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