Today in History Calendar








June 2007

See also The Library of Congress' Today in History

LEGEND:  (W) = Website Feature  (LP) = Lesson Plan
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1924—Indian Citizenship Act:
Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity (LP)

Native American Cultures (LP) 		2
 
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The American President (W)

1800—First Family in the White House: John & Abigail Adams
Picturing First Families (LP) 		5
1851—Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, appears in serial form
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture (W)

Slave Narratives:
Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources (LP) 		6
1944—Anniversary of "D-Day," invasion of Normandy.
Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 (LP) 		7
1917—Poet Gwendolyn Brooks born
Academy of American Poets (W) 		8
1789—James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights
Regulating Freedom of Speech (LP) 		9
 
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1898—Revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippine islands from US
AskAsia (W)

1929—Anne Frank born
Anne Frank: Writer (LP)

Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands (LP) 		13
1900—China's Boxer Rebellion
Asia Source (W)

Animals of the Chinese Zodiac (LP) 		14
1777—Continental Congress adopts design of American Flag
Flag Day: on American Memory (W)

Oh Say, Can You See
What the Star-Spangled Banner Means? (LP)

Stars and Stripes Forever:
Flag Facts for Flag Day (LP) 		15
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1933—Franklin Roosevelt opens his New Deal program
The New Deal Network (W)

Worth A Thousand Words:
Depression-Era Photographs (LP)
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1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP)

Bringing the 'New Colossus' to America (LP) 		20
1936—Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2 Live From Ancient Olympia! (LP)

The Berlin Olympics (W) 		21
1731—Martha Washington born on this day
National First Ladies Library (W)

Remember the Ladies: First Ladies (LP)

Women in the White House (LP) 		22
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1945—UN Charter Day
The United Nations (W) 		27
1880 Born—Helen Keller
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1914—Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo; WWI begins
The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles (LP)

Great War Primary Documents Archive (W) 		29
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