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1953 – U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Henry “Hank” Buttleman, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, became the 36th and youngest ace of the […]

JUNE 30 1641 Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG (30 June 1641 – 16 July

1835 – Determined to win independence for the Mexican State of Texas, William Travis raises a volunteer army of 25

JUNE 29 1801 Prince Frederick Charles Alexander of Prussia (German: Friedrich Karl Alexander; 29 June 1801 – 21 January 1883)

1778 – “Molly Pitcher,” Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman. Born in 1754, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

JUNE 28 1719 Étienne François, Marquis de Stainville, Duc de Choiseul (28 June 1719 – 8 May 1785) was a

On June 24, 1948, Soviet forces blockaded all road, rail and water routes into Berlin’s Allied-controlled areas, stifling the vital

JUNE 26 1819 Abner Doubleday Born June 26, 1819 d. 1893 American Union soldier. He is credited with inventing baseball,

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy

JUNE 25 1737 Charles FitzRoy, 1st Baron Southampton (25 June 1737 – 21 March 1797)[1] was a British Army officer