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June 28 is the 179th day of the year ... 1778 – American Revolutionary War: ... 1987 – For the first time in military history, ...
June 19 – Garfield, which eventually becomes the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut nationwide. June 25 – The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. June 28 The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched.
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Highlights of this day in history: An assassination in Europe sparks World War I; Elian Gonzalez and his father leave for Cuba; Boxer Mike Tyson disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ear ...
June 19. James Gandolfini, American actor, died in Rome, Italy (b. 1961) Kim Thompson, Danish-American publisher (b. 1956) Slim Whitman, American country musician (b. 1923) June 20 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer (b. 1913) June 21 – Elliott Reid, actor (b. 1920) June 23. Bobby Bland, American singer and songwriter ...
June 9 – Supply Belcher, composer and singer (born 1751) June 25 – Jesse Bledsoe, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1813 to 1814 (born 1776) June 28 – James Madison, fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (born 1751) July 17 – William White, 1st and 4th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (born 1748)
Democratic Robert Byrd of West Virginia, President pro tempore of the United States Senate and the longest serving member its history, dies at age 92 in Washington, D.C. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii succeeds Byrd as President Pro Tempore, making Inouye the highest ranking Asian American politician in American history.
2005 – War in Afghanistan: eleven U.S. Navy SEALs and eight American special operations soldiers were killed during a failed counter-insurgent mission in Kunar Province. Incomplete citations 2009 – Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a local military coup following his attempt to hold a referendum to rewrite the constitution .