July 3. Idaho becomes State number 43 in 1890.
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July 3, 1890. Idaho becomes the 43rd state. Advertising card for Coffee showing visual and cartographic aspects of the new State of Idaho, from 1895.
July 1. Canada Day.
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July 1, 1879. Canada Day is established as permanent national holiday to commemorate confederation of Canada. Ogopogo, the Okanagan Valley and Canada’s only water monster, celebrates Canada Day with locally…
June 29. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area, 1889.
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June 29, 1889. Chicago becomes largest U.S. city in area after Hyde Park and other surrounding towns vote for annexation. 1910 postcard called ‘A Birdseye View of Chicago.’
June 27. United States enters Korean War, 1950.
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June 27, 1950. United States enters Korean civil War as a ‘Police Action.’ MASH unit operates in the Korean jungle, 1954.
June 25. Custer dies at Little Big Horn, 1876.
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June 25, 1876. General George Custer dies at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Chief Rain in the Face and his people do a victory dance, ten year commemoration of their…
June 24. First airmail service from Montreal, Quebec to Toronto, 1918.
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June 24, 1918. First airmail service from Montreal, Quebec to Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Sheet music for the song “Hello Montreal,” from around 1920.
June 23. Government Printing Office established by Congress, 1860.
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June 23, 1860. Government Printing Office established by Congress. Advertising blotter for the Hoen Litho Company of Baltimore and Richmond from 1880.
June 21. RCMP kill two in Winnipeg demonstration, 1919.
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June 21, 1919. RCMP kill two in Winnipeg demonstration by unemployed WWI veterans. Postcard about RCMP training, medieval style.
June 20. Victoria becomes the Queen of Britain, 1837.
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June 20, 1837. Victoria becomes the Queen of Great Britain. Lithographic portrait of a young Queen Victoria from about 1850.
June 19. Slavery prohibited in U.S. colonies by the Congress, 1862.
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June 19, 1862. Slavery prohibited in U.S. colonies by the Congress by killing the Dred Scott decision. Anti-Slavery sheet music from the American north in 1844.
June 18. President Nixon starts ‘War on Drugs.’ 1971.
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June 18, 1971. President Nixon starts ‘War on Drugs,’ a destructive program in both human and monetary terms. Advertising card of the Battle of Waterloo, famous as a most inglorious defeat.
June 15. Border with Canada officially established, 1846.
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June 15, 1846. Border with Canada officially established at the 49th parallel in the Oregon Treaty. Postcard of the State of Oregon from circa 1940.
June 14. Congress adopts Star and Stripes as official flag, 1777.
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June 14, 1777. Congress adopts Star and Stripes as the official flag of the Union. Sheet music cover for the song “Union, God and Liberty,” spotlights the marching American flag.
June 12. At Windsor Castle King George V receives Irish disbanded ‘colors,’ 1922.
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June 12, 1922. King George V receives Irish disbanded ‘colors’ from six regiments at Windsor Castle. Carte-de-Visite photograph of Windsor Castle as it appeared circa 1865.
June 11. Sir Barton first to win racing’s Triple Crown, 1919.
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June 11, 1919. By winning the Belmont Stakes Sir Barton first to win racing’s Triple Crown. Cigar box label dedicated to August Belmont, for who the Belmont Stakes is named.
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