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June 11958: Charles DeGaulle resumes power in France
1990: CNN makes its debut
June 2
1953: Elizabeth II crowned
June 3
1808: Jefferson Davis is born
June 4
1940: German forces enter Paris
June 5
1968: Robert Kennedy shot
June 6
1755: Nathan Hale is born
1944: D-Day invasion of Normandy
1968: Robert Kennedy dies
June 7
1893: Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience
June 8
1845: Andrew Jackson dies
June 9
1940: Poland surrenders to Germany
1973: Secretariat wins the Triple Crown
June 10
1946: Italy becomes a republic
June 11
1509: Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, his first of 6 wives
June 12
1939: Baseball Hall of Fame opens
June 13
323 BC: Alexander the Great dies
June 14
1777: U.S. flag adopted
June 15
1752: Benjamin Franklin flies kite in famous experiment
June 16
1963: Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space
June 17
1239: Edward I is born
1775: Battle of Bunker Hill
1900: Martin Bormann is born
June 18
1491: Henry VIII is born
1812: War of 1812 begins
1815: Battle of Waterloo
June 19
1900: Boxer Rebellion begins
June 20
1782: Congress adopts Great Seal
June 21
1982: Prince William is born
June 22
1815: Napoleon abdicates to St. Helena
1940: Germany captures Paris
June 23
1763: Empress Josephine is born
1940: Hitler tours Paris
June 24
1509: Henry VIII becomes king
June 25
1872: Custer's last stand
1950: Korean War begins
June 26
1963: JFK visits Berlin
June 27
1840: Helen Keller is born
June 28
1914: Gavrillo Princip kills Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria- Hungary, starting World War I
1919: Treaty of Versailles signed
June 29
1854: Gadsden Purchase
June 30
1936: Gone With the Wind first published
