The Battle of Stoke Field, fought on June 16, 1487, ended one of the longest, most important wars in English history, the Wars of the Roses, a protracted series of civil wars that engulfed the country for over three decades. The seeds of the…
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On June 16, 1884, Americans visiting Coney Island in New York experienced the thrill of a lifetime when the first roller coaster in the United States opened to the public. Invented and built by LaMarcus Thompson, known as “the Father of the Gravity Ride,”…
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Arlington National Cemetery, one of the most hallowed grounds in the United States, has a rich history intertwined with the nation’s Civil War and its aftermath. Its creation was driven by both practical needs and symbolic gestures, transforming a site of personal significance into…
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According to tradition, on June 15, 1752, Benjamin Franklin performed his most famous science experiment, one that helped make him renowned and is most often associated with him. As the skies of Philadelphia began to darken with the approaching of a thunderstorm and many…
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The annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity is a long-standing bipartisan tradition where members of the United States Congress are divided into teams by political affiliation to compete in a friendly baseball match. On June 14, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia, however, the fun was…
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On June 14, 1954, the United States of America officially became a nation “under God” When President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase into the Pledge of Allegiance. First designed in 1892, the pledge originally avoided referencing religion. In 1892, Francis…
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On June 13, 1971, The New York Times began publishing a series of articles based on the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. It was a bombshell report. The Pentagon…
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On June 13, 1893, the president of the United States learned he would have to disappear for a few days. Shortly into his second term in The White House, Grover Cleveland noticed a rough spot on the roof of his mouth. After consulting the…
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Anne Frank received her now-famous diary on June 12, 1942, a gift for her thirteenth birthday. The diary, a red-and-white checkered notebook, was an unassuming present that would later become one of the most poignant and powerful symbols of the human spirit in the…
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On June 12, 1429, Joan of Arc achieved her first offensive military victory, winning a battle near the small town of Jargeau on the southern bank of the Loire River in central France. By the end of 1428, writes historians, “the English and their…
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