1560s DIED 1566: NOSTRADAMUS (PHYSICIAN, ASTROLOGER) 1820s BORN 1821: SIR CHARLES TUPPER (6TH PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA) 1860s 1862: MORRILL ACT PASSED 1870s BORN 1877: HERMANN HESSE (AUTHOR) 1880s 1881: CHARLES GUITEAU SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD 1890s 1890: THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST […]

CANADA DAY Canada Day commemorates the creation of the Dominion of Canada. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act established “one Dominion under the name of Canada” out of the colonies of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, dividing it […]

1470s BORN 1470: CHARLES VIII OF FRANCE (KING OF FRANCE) 1760s BORN 1768: ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT MONROE (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1800s 1805: MICHIGAN TERRITORY WAS ESTABLISHED 1850s 1854: THE GADSDEN PURCHASE TREATY, SIGNED ON THIS DAY, TRANSFERRED TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES MAKING SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND […]

The Ohio Department of Agriculture released the official dates for the 2021 fair season. The Paulding County Fair will kick off the 2021 fair season on June 12, and the season will wrap up on Oct. 16 with the Fairfield County Fair. For a complete […]

Every Year STS. PETER & PAUL 1760s 1767: TOWNSHEND REVENUE ACTS PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ESTABLISHING DUTIES ON TEA, GLASS, PAINT, OIL, LEAD, AND PAPER IMPORTED INTO AMERICAN COLONIES 1770s 1776: SAN FRANCISCO WAS FOUNDED 1850s DIED 1852: HENRY CLAY (POLITICIAN) DIED 1856: PETER JONES […]

Every Year ST. IRENAEUS 760s DIED 767: POPE PAUL I 1490s BORN 1491: HENRY VIII ( KING OF ENGLAND) 1570s BORN 1577: PETER PAUL RUBENS (PAINTER) 1710s BORN 1712: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (PHILOSOPHER) 1770s 1778: MOLLY PITCHER TOOK HER MORTALLY WOUNDED HUSBAND’S PLACE AT A CANNON […]

1650s 1652: FIRST TRAFFIC LAW IN “U.S.” PASSED, NEW AMSTERDAM (N.Y.C.) 1770s 1778: LIBERTY BELL RETURNED FROM ALLENTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1820s DIED 1829: ENGLISH CHEMIST JAMES SMITHSON DIED WILLING $550,000 TO THE US FOR “THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.” HIS BEQUEST […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Another World (often shortened to AW) is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964, to June 25, 1999.[1][2] It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 JC Studios in Brooklyn. Set in the fictional town of Bay […]

ON THIS DATE IN 1880, CANADA’S NATIONAL ANTHEM, “O CANADA,” WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN QUEBEC CITY, CANADA. FULL STRAWBERRY MOON In 2020, the Full Moon for June rises on June 5 at 3:12 PM EDT. For some Native Americans, this month’s Moon was called the […]

1680s 1683: WILLIAM PENN SIGNED A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THE LENNI LENAPE NATIVE AMERICANS IN WHAT IS NOW PENNSYLVANIA 1760s BORN 1763: JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS (EMPRESS OF FRANCE) 1840s 1845: TEXAS VOTED FOR ANNEXATION BY THE UNITED STATES AFTER NEARLY TEN YEARS […]

Every Year ST. ALBAN 1610s 1611: HENRY HUDSON, SON, AND 7 CREW SET ADRIFT BY MUTINEERS 1810s 1813: DURING THE WAR OF 1812, LAURA SECORD OF QUEENSTON HIKED 18 HOURS TO WARN BRITISH OF AN UPCOMING ATTACK 1830s BORN 1837: PAUL MORPHY (CHESS MASTER) 1840s […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS On Sunday, June 21, 1964, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched the seventh perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the New York Mets 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Shea Stadium. A father of seven children at the time, Bunning pitched his perfect game on Father’s Day. One of Bunning’s […]

Grammy Nominated Trio to Play First Show at Sycuan Stage in Gallagher Square Since 2019 SAN DIEGO – Texas-based country trio Midland will perform at Petco Park’s Sycuan Stage in Gallagher Square on Wednesday, June 30th, the San Diego Padres & Outriders Present announced today. The […]

FATHER’S DAY Like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day has a modern origin. The idea came to Mrs. John Dodd as she sat listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Her father, William Smart, had raised his children alone on his Washington farm after his wife […]

Every Year EMANCIPATION DAY (TEX.) 1620s BORN 1623: BLAISE PASCAL (MATHEMATICIAN AND PHYSICIST) 1840s 1846: FIRST REAL BASEBALL GAME WITH SET RULES WAS PLAYED IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY 1860s 1862: SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN U.S. TERRITORIES 1900s BORN 1902: GUY LOMBARDO (BAND LEADER) BORN 1903: LOU […]

1810s 1812: THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN 1815: NAPOLEON’S TROOPS WERE DEFEATED AT WATERLOO (PRESENT-DAY BELGIUM) 1850s BORN 1854: E.W. SCRIPPS (NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER) 1860s 1861: FIRST FLY-CASTING TOURNAMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, UTICA, NEW YORK 1870s BORN 1877: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (ILLUSTRATOR […]

BUNKER HILL DAY (SUFFOLK CO., MASS.) The Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War, for the most part did not take place on Bunker Hill. After dark on June 16, 1775, about 1,200 colonial soldiers moved onto the […]

1770s 1779: SPAIN DECLARED WAR ON BRITAIN AND THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR BEGAN 1880s 1884: THE FIRST ROLLER COASTER IN THE UNITED STATES BEGAN OPERATION AT CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK 1890s BORN 1890: STAN LAUREL (COMEDIAN) 1898: FIRST ISSUE OF KLONDIKE NUGGET PUBLISHED, DAWSON, YUKON […]

1210s 1215: KING JOHN OF ENGLAND PUT HIS SEAL ON THE MAGNA CARTA 1760s BORN 1767: RACHEL JACKSON (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1770s 1775: GEORGE WASHINGTON IS APPOINTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1820s BORN 1826: BILL ARP (WRITER) 1830s […]