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					1 1978—The National Gallery of Art's East building is accepted for the nation 1938—Superman, comic book character, first appears 1938—National Doughnut Day	2 1924—Indian Citizenship Act is enacted by Congress 1954—Senator Joseph McCarthy charges Communists in CIA 1840—Thomas Hardy, English poet and author, is born
3 1861—Senator Stephen A. Douglas dies 1926—Allen Ginsberg, American “Beat” poet, born	4 1919— Congress adopts the 19th Amendment 1942—Battle of Midway begins 1917—1st Pulitzer Prize is awarded	5 1851—Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, appears in serial form 1869—Spanish poet, Frederico Garcia Lorca, is born 1900—Stephen Crane dies more	6 1944—Anniversary of "D-Day," invasion of Normandy	7 1917—Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is born	8 1867—Frank Lloyd Wright, American modernist architect, is born 1862—Emily Dickinson’s letter asking, “Will you be my preceptor?” is received by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1789—James Madison proposes the Bill of Rights	9 1954—Joseph Welch confronts Sen. Joe McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” 1790—The first book copyrighted under American law, “The Philadelphia Speller,” is published
10 1752—Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm 1928—Maurice Sendak, children’s author/illustrator, born	11 1776—Congress appoints Committee of Five to draft Declaration of Independence 1572—Ben Jonson, English poet and dramatist, is born 1572	12 1929—Anne Frank born 1967—In Loving v. Virginia, Supreme Court strikes down laws against interracial marriages 1987—Ronald Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech	13 1967— Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court 1900—China's Boxer Rebellion 1865—W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, is born	14 1811—Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe is born 1777—Flag Day: Second Continental Congress adopts U.S. flag	15 1215—King John puts his seal to Magna Carta 1763—Kobayashi Issa, Japanese haiku master, is born	16 1858—Abraham Lincoln delivers "House Divided" speech 1904—Bloomsday: James Joyce’s novel, “Ulysses,” takes place in and around Dublin, Ireland
17 1885—Statue of Liberty arrives in New York City harbor	18 1812—War of 1812 begins 1940—Winston Churchill delivers “Their Finest Hour” speech	19 1952—Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage —The world’s first nickelodeon opens in Pittsburgh showing the silent film, “The Great Train Robbery” 1865—Juneteenth -- Texas learns slavery has been abolished	20 1863—State of West Virginia enters the Union 1963—“Hot line” established between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to reduce tensions after the Cuban Missle Crisis 1872—Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States	21 1956—Arthur Miller appears before the House Un-American Activities Committee 1788—U.S. Constitution ratified	22 1945—Battle of Okinawa ends 1940—France falls to Hitler’s armies	23 1929—Michael Shaara, author of “Killer Angels,” born 1944—FDR delivers last fireside chat
24 1842—Ambrose Bierce born 1675—King Philip's War begins	25 1950—Korean War begins 1876—Battle of Little Big Horn 1857—Charles Baudelaire’s “Fleurs du Mal” (“Flowers of Evil”) is published more	26 1948—U.S. begins Berlin airlift 1892—Pearl S. Buck, American author, is born 1945—United Nations charter is signed	27 1864—Battle of Kennesaw Mountain begins 1950—President Truman orders military into Korean War 1928—James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald attend dinner party at bookstore Shakespeare & Company, in Paris more	28 1914—Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo; WWI begins	29 1805—Hiram Powers, American sculptor, is born 1854—Charlotte Brontë is given away in marriage by her former teacher 1900—Antoine de Saint Exupery, French writer and aviator, is born	30 1936—Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” published 1864—Yosemite Valley Act signed by President Lincoln

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