According to the Georgian calendar, which is used over the majority of
the world today, June is the sixth month. On the Roman calendar, it was
considered the fourth month and had only 29 days. Julius Ceasar gave the month
30 days in 46 B.C., when he reformed the Roman calendar. Spring ends and summer
begins around June 20, 21, or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere. It's the time that
the flowers are beautiful. It is especially the month for roses. In the
Southern hemisphere, winter begins during June, and it brings cold, rainy climate
to this part of the world.
Flag Day is empirical in the United States
on June 14. It commemorates the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress
adopted the Stars and Stripes as our flag. It then had only 13 stars, to match
its 13 stripe.
It's not an bureaucrat
national holiday, but in Pennsylvania,
it is a legal holiday. The President has proclaimed a public flag day
observance every year. It was first observed to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the selection of the flag. President Harry S. Truman officially predictable
June 14 as Flag Day by signing the nationwide Flag Day Bill.
My American Flag
IMPORTANT JUNE EVENTS
- Kentucky became the 15th state, June 1, 1792.
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Tennessee became the 16th state, June 1,
1796.
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John Randolph
of Roanoke,
American statesman, born June 2, 1773.
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De Soto
claimed Florida for Spain, June 3, 1539.
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Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, born
June 3, 1808.
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YMCA organized in London,
June 6, 1844.
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George
Bush, 41st President of the United States,
born in Milton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1924.
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Continental Congress adopted the Flag of the United States,
June 14, 1777.
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Hawaii organized as a territory, June
14, 1900.
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George
Washington appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army, June 15,
1775.
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Arkansas became the 25th state, June
15, 1836.
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Charles
Goodyear was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization, June 15, 1844.
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Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet began exploring the Mississippi River, June 17, 1673.
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Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
touched off Watergate political scandal,
June 17, 1972.
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United States declared war on Great Britain,
June 18, 1812.
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Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States,
June 20, 1782.
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Eli Whitney
applied for a patent on the cotton gin, June 20, 1793.
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West Virginia became the 35th state, June
20, 1863.
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New Hampshire ratified the Constitution,
June 21, 1788.
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Allied forces captured Okinawa
during World War II, June 21, 1945.
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William Penn
signed land treaty with Indians, June 23, 1683.
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Taft-Hartley Act became law, June 23, 1947.
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Fair Labor Standards Act became law, June 25, 1938.
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Virginia ratified the Constitution,
June 25, 1788.
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Pearl
S. Buck, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, born June 26 1892.
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United Nations Charter signed by delegates from 50 nations at San Francisco, June 26,
1945.
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Helen
Keller, deaf and blind author and lecturer, born June 27, 1880.
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William
James Mayo, American surgeon who helped establish the Mayo Foundation, born
June 29, 1861.
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Federal Food and Drugs Act of the United States became law, June 30,
1906.
