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June 2006
June is “Zoo and Aquarium Month”
June is “Zoo and Aquarium Month”
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Thu. Jun. 1
Kentucky became a state, 1792
Tennessee became a state, 1792
International Children's Day
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Fri. Jun. 2
National Day of Italy
Martha Custis Washington born, 1731
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Sat. Jun. 3
Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands, the territory now known as New York, 1621
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Mon. Jun. 5
First Personal Computer (Apple II) went on sale, 1977
World Environment Day
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Thu. Jun. 8
Giovanni Cassini (astronomer) born, 1625
Color a page on Saturn. (Cassini noted the rings of Saturn and also seasonal changes on Mars.)
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Sat. Jun. 10
Edward O. Wilson (biologist) born, 1929
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Sun. Jun. 11
Kamehameha Day
Jacques Cousteau (oceanographer) born, 1910
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Mon. Jun. 12
Carolyn Shoemaker discovered her 14th comet, making her the greatest living comet hunter, 1988
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Tue. Jun. 13
Pioneer 10 became first manmade object to leave our Solar System, 1983
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Thu. Jun. 15
Magna Carta signed, 1215
Arkansas became a state, 1836
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Fri. Jun. 16
The first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, went into space, 1963
Bloomsday
Commemorate the publication of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. Read about Ireland and take a quiz on its map.
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Sat. Jun. 17
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City from France, 1885
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Sun. Jun. 18
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, 1815
Sally Ride became first US woman in space, 1983
Do a cloze activity on Ride.
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Mon. Jun. 19
Juneteenth
(also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) Learn about Juneteenth and do activities.
The first organized baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, 1846
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Tue. Jun. 20
Great Seal of the USA adopted, 1782
West Virginia became a state, 1863
Bald Eagle Day
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Thu. Jun. 22
Charon, Pluto's moon, discovered, 1978
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Fri. Jun. 23
Johannes Gutenberg (printer) born, 1400
United Nations Public Service Day
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Sun. Jun. 25
North Korea attacked South Korea - Korean War began, 1950
Virginia became a state, 1788
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Mon. Jun. 26
Independence Day, Madagascar
Fifty nations came together in San Francisco for the signing of the United Nations Charter, 1945
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Tue. Jun. 27
Happy Birthday to You was written by Mildred J. Mill in Louisville, Kentucky, 1859
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Wed. Jun. 28
Peter Paul Rubens (artist) born, 1577
Paul Bunyan Day
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Thu. Jun. 29
Kingdom of Belgium established, 1831
Congress establishes Olympic National Park in Washington state, 1938
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Fri. Jun. 30
Meteor Day
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Sat. Jul. 1