And the next date in the calendar is....

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31 May 1279 BC – Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great) (19th dynasty) becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameses_II

 

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June 1, 1926 - Marilyn Monroe born Norma Jean Morgensen in LA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_monroe

 

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2 June 1840 – Birth of Thomas Hardy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy

 

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6/3/1621 - Dutch West India Company issued a charter for New Netherlands (present day NY/NYC/LI, NJ, DE, CT, parts of PA & RI MD)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherlands

 

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4 March 1619 – Death of Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of King James I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark

 

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What a mess! I should have gone to ...

4 June 1738 – Birth of King George III of the United Kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

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June 5, 1968 = Sen Robert Kennedy shot & mortally wounded in LA after winning CA primary\

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_f_kennedy

 

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6 June 1644 – The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor

 

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June 7, 1039 - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth arrive in Niagara Falls, NY, the 1st Reigning British monarch to visit the US.

http://www.apimages.com/search.aspx?st=shwc&xslt=scssr&id=445153

 

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8 June 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor

 

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June 9, 1983 - Mrs Thatcher wins landslide victory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/9/newsid_2500000/2500847.stm

 

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10 June 1713 – Birth of Princess Caroline of Great Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Caroline_of_Great_Britain

 

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^^^Is that her face, or is she holding a dog?

June 11, 1509 - King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon

 

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12 June 1435 – Death of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_FitzAlan,_14th_Earl_of_Arundel

 

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June 13, 1900 - China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners began

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_rebellion

 

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14 June 1894 – Birth of Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Adélaïde,_Grand_Duchess_of_Luxembourg

 

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June 15, 1904 - Passenger Steamboat General Slocum catches fire & sinks in NYC's East River. 1,021 people die. The most people killed in one occurence in NYC til 9/11/01

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_slocum

 

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16 June 1644 – Birth of Princess Henrietta of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Henrietta_of_England

 

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17 June 1882 – Birth of Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_VI,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

 

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June 18, 1812 - US declares war on Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812