June 15, 1607 – Jamestown: Colonists finished building James's Fort, to defend against Spanish and Powhatan attacks... https://t.co/rxAl4WFUgl #todayinhistory#ushistory#history
June 15, 1215 - King John puts his seal on the Articles of the Barons, which after minor revision was formally issued as Magna Carta (England)... https://t.co/j4EGtIonq6 #todayinhistory#magnacarta
June 13, 1942 - WWII: Germany lands 4 saboteurs on Long Island. Led by George John Dasch, landed on a beach near Amagansett, Long Island, New York, about 12:10 a.m., Accompanying Dasch were Ernest Peter Burger, Heinrich Harm Heinck and Richard Quirin... https://t.co/Rp7bape4wT
June 13, 1920 - The U.S. Post Office officially banned the mailing of children. First Assistant Postmaster General John C. Koons ruled that children could not be classified as "harmless live animals"...
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June 12, 1972 - Some Time in New York City, a studio album by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Elephant's Memory, and paired with the live album Live Jam featuring Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, is released as a double album in the U.S... https://t.co/9pukPezYTY #todayinhistory
June 12, 1665 - New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is renamed New York after English Duke of York. Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City... https://t.co/b6Smj4NzEV #todayinhistory
June 2, 1863 - US Civil War: Combahee Ferry Raid: Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into South Carolina, she guided Union gunboats and 150 Black soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry through the Combahee River... https://t.co/ScCh4AE79p #todayinhistory
June 2, 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of baaga'adowe (a precursor to modern lacrosse), then chasing a ball into the fort... https://t.co/7kcceUT36u #otd
June 1, 1947 – The Doomsday Clock first appears on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was initially set at 7 minutes until midnight. In 2025, the Doomsday Clock was set to 89 seconds to midnight... https://t.co/PZla1H5OFW #todayinhistory#ushistory#history
June 1, 1861 – US Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought. The first land engagement of the US Civil War resulting in fatal casualties (Virginia)... https://t.co/DWYGhCr3U6 #uscivilwar#americancivilwar#todayinhistory
June 1, 1813 - War of 1812: The HMS Shannon captures the USS Chesapeake; Captain John Lawrence utters what will become the Navy motto: "Don't give up the ship!"... https://t.co/QsdOvcfZAz #warof1812#todayinhistory
June 1, 1779 – The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins... https://t.co/S1nX0Wnixb #todayinhistory
June 1, 1774 - Boston Port Act: Following the passage of the act, the British government orders Port of Boston closed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party... https://t.co/wXURo3ZoBh #todayinhistory
June 1, 1495 – First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland; Friar John Cor is the distiller... https://t.co/N22QSpg4Re #scotchwhısky#todayinhistory
May 31, 1960 - Ken McIntyre records his debut album, Stone Blues, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey... https://t.co/ifgA0OALDJ #kenmcintyre#todayinhistory#musichistory
May 31, 1958 - At the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, California, Dick Dale introduced his new tune, Let's Go Trippin', which many music historians consider the birth of 'surf music'... https://t.co/rfnx4Fmxtf #dickdale#todayinhistory#musichistory