The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain stands as a stark reminder of the brutal and unyielding nature of the American Civil War. Fought from June 27 to July 2, 1864, it was a significant clash between the Union Army commanded by Major General William T.…
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Hungry sailors are not to be trifled with. That’s what happened aboard the Russian battleship the Potemkin on June 27, 1905. Spoiled meat sparked a storm of rebellion that echoed across revolutionary-minded Russia. The US Naval Institute helps contextualize things: “For a century before 1905, Imperial Russia was…
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It was a moment suspended between science and scripture: on June 26, 2000, mankind read the first legible draft of its own instruction manual. In simultaneous announcements from Washington, D.C. and London, leaders of the public Human Genome Project and its private-sector competitor, Celera…
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“The Lottery,” a short story by Shirley Jackson, was published in The New Yorker magazine on June 26, 1948. Its publication marked a pivotal moment in American literature due to its controversial nature and the profound impact it had on readers and critics alike.…
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On June 26, 1945, the world came together to create the United Nations, marking a pivotal moment in international diplomacy. In the auditorium of the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations gathered together in hopes of creating an organization that would…
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On June 25, 1947, The Diary of a Young Girl—commonly known as The Diary of Anne Frank—was first published, forever embedding itself into the collective conscience as one of the most poignant accounts of human suffering and resilience during World War II. Anne Frank,…
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On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel in a coordinated and well-planned assault, sparking the Korean War. The invasion was a surprise, catching South Korean and American forces off guard. Within hours, the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) overwhelmed South…
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June 25, 1876, saw one of the most famous battles for the American West–one that altered the future of the continent and how the United States conceived itself. On that day, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leading the 7th Cavalry, along with their Native…
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The morning of June 24, 1314, dawned on a sodden and bloodied field near the Bannock Burn, where the fate of a nation hung by a thread. By day’s end, that thread would not snap but be reforged into iron. Against impossible odds, a…
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On June 24, 1497, John Cabot, an Italian navigator commissioned by King Henry VII of England, became the first European to lead an expedition to North America since the Norse explorations of Vinland. His historic landing stood as a pivotal moment in the era…
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