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June 1 1938 |
Superman Comics launched
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June 2 1917 |
Billy Bishop became the first Canadian airman to win a Victoria Cross
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June 3 1888 |
"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published
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June 4 1939 |
The SS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast
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June 5 1661 |
Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
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June 6 1891 |
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, died
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June 7 1329 |
Robert the Bruce, national hero of Scotland, died
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June 8 1916 |
Birth of Francis Crick, who codiscovered DNA's structure
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June 9 1870 |
Death of Charles Dickens
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June 10 1988 |
Death of Louis L'Amour
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June 11 1939 |
Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
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June 12 1792 |
George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
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June 13 1898 |
Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital
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June 14 1940 |
The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz
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June 15 1215 |
King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede -- England
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June 16 1567 |
Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland
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June 17 1579 |
Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California
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June 18 1812 |
War of 1812 begins
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June 19 1889 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Man with the Twisted Lip"
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June 20 1837 |
Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne
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June 21 1919 |
Bloody Saturday during the Winnipeg General Strike
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June 22 1911 |
Britain's King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey
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June 23 1887 |
Banff National Park is created, launching Canada's National Parks
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June 24 1880 |
O Canada was performed for the first time at a public celebration in Quebec City
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June 25 1903 |
Birth of George Orwell
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June 25 1945 |
The United Nations was founded and Canada became a member
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June 26 1892 |
Birth of Pearl S. Buck
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June 27 1880 |
Birth of Helen Keller
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June 28 1880 |
Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at
Glenrowan
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June 29 1613 |
Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
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June 30 1936 |
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, is published
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