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Category: Today In History

June 2, 2016

June 2

1835 – PT Barnum and his circus begin first tour of US 1851 – First alcohol prohibition law enacted in Maine 1873 – Construction begins on San Francisco’s Clay St for world’s first cable railroad 1875 – Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission 1886 – Grover Cleveland is first to wed during his presidency. He was born Stephen Grover Cleveland in Caldwell, New...
Grover Cleveland's White House wedding
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June 1, 2016

June 1

193 – The Roman emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. 1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the...
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band "It's Wonderful to See You, It's Certainly A Thrill..."
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May 31, 2016

May 31

1279 BC – Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Egypt. 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. 1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright...
The Ford assembly line
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May 27, 2016

May 27

1679 – Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in England 1692 – Court of Oyer and Terminer established by Governor of Massachusetts to hear accussations of witchcraft 1703 – St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great 1896 – Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless 1905 – Japanese...
1930: The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
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May 26, 2016

May 26

47 BC – Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus, where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero, Cassius is planning to kill him 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity. 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, killing about...
1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.
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May 25, 2016

May 25

567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. 1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War...
Oscar Wilde "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
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