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June 13, 1995: Alanis Morissette Releases "Jagged Little Pill"
June 13, 1995, 30 years ago: Alanis Morissette releases her album Jagged Little Pill. It makes her the most influential musical performer of the 1990s.Stop laughing. She was the one. Not Kurt Cobain,...
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June 14, 1775: The Birth of the United States Army
June 14, 1775, 250 years ago: Meeting in Philadelphia, at what will later be called Independence Hall, the Second Continental Congress approves a resolution to establish the Continental Army, to...
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Bad Luck for the Yankees? No, Bad Performance From Them
Sports people, especially baseball people, tend to be superstitious. Hence, Boston Red Sox fans believed, even when they said they didn't, in "The Curse of the Bambino," until they finally killed it...
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June 16, 1965: Bob Dylan Records "Like a Rolling Stone"
June 16, 1965: A planned anti-war protest at The Pentagon becomes a "teach-in," with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.On the same day, Bob Dylan records the...
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June 17, 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill MonumentJune 17, 1775. 250 years ago: The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought, the 1st battle of the War of the American Revolution after the opening battles of Lexington and Concord. It is...
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June 17, 2015: The Charleston Church Massacre
June 17, 2015, 10 years ago: A white supremacist opens fire during a Bible study at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in American...
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Most Popular Sport In Each City
U.S. cities only, no Canadian cities, because they would all be hockey, except for Hamilton and Regina, which have CFL teams but not NHL teams. Cities/metro areas listed in alphabetical order....
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June 20, 1945: "Who's On First?"
June 20, 1945, 80 years ago: The film The Naughty Nineties premieres, starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott (left in the photo above) and Lou Costello (right). The plot, centered around trying to...
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June 20, 1975: "Jaws" Premieres
June 20, 1975, 50 years ago: Jaws premieres, turning Steven Spielberg into a star director, and inventing the "Summer blockbuster film."It was based on the novel of the same title, by Peter Benchley,...
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June 21, 1975: The 1st Cricket World Cup Final
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,and Clive Lloyd, Captain of the West Indies teamJune 21, 1975, 50 years ago: The 1st Cricket World Cup Final is held, at Lord's Cricket Ground, a.k.a. "The Home of...
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June 22, 1945: The Battle of Okinawa
June 22, 1945, 80 years ago: The Battle of Okinawa ends. It is an American victory. But it is a hard one, perhaps a "Pyrrhic victory."U.S. troops had been "island-hopping" all across the Pacific Ocean,...
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Maybe the Yankees Have Snapped Out of It
The Yankees began a series with the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Clarke Schmidt went 7 2/3rds shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits, walking none. Fernando Cruz finished the...
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June 24, 1995: New Jersey's Champions
June 24, 1995, 30 years ago: New Jersey got a sports World Championship it could call its own.The National Hockey League approved the sale of the Colorado Rockies to an ownership group led by Dr. John...
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June 25, 1950: The Korean War Begins
June 25, 1950, 75 years ago: Troops of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- a.k.a. North Korea, a Communist nation, and by no means democratic or a republic -- cross the parallel of 38th...
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June 26, 2015: Obergefell v. Hodges
June 26, 2015, 10 years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Obergefell v. Hodges that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples, by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal...
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June 27, 1955: The Death of Harry Agganis
June 27, 1955, 70 years ago: Harry Agganis dies, ending what had been one of the most promising sports careers just as it was getting started.Aristotle George Agganis was born on April 20, 1929 in...
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Yankees Survive Frustrating Series In Cincy
The Yankees played an Interleague series with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. It was very frustrating.Aaron Judge hit a home run in the 1st inning to stake Allan Winans to a 1-0 lead...
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June 29, 1950: The Miracle On Grass
June 29, 1950, 75 years ago: The U.S. national soccer team beats England, 1-0 at Estádio Independência in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in the 1950 World Cup.The England team had some of the greatest players...
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June 30, 1900: The Hoboken Docks Fire
June 30, 1900, 125 years ago: A fire breaks out on piers owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), a German shipping company, on the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey. It kills at least 326 people.The fire...
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Yanks Jazz It Up Against Nomad Athletics
The Yankees played a home series this weekend, against the team currently known as simply "The Athletics" -- formerly Philadelphia, Kansas City and Oakland, and, they hope, soon to be Las Vegas.Friday...
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July 4, 1985: The Rick Camp Game
July 4, 1985, 50 years ago: For anybody who watched this baseball game, it was a 4th of July that will never, ever be forgot.The Atlanta Braves were hosting the New York Mets at Atlanta-Fulton County...
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For July 4: Donald, Jackie, Colin, Bill and Me
Donald Trump doesn't really care about the specifics of what he calls "The One Big, Beautiful Bill." He just wanted a win, something he could sign on the 4th of July, as a show.I'm reminded of the 1st...
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Disaster In Toronto Drops Yanks From 1st
The Yankees just got swept in a 4-game series, away to those pesky Toronto Blue Jays. Not good.Carlos Rodón started the Monday night game, allowing 2 runs over 5 innings. Thanks in part to a home run...
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July 6, 1975: The Tragedy of Ruffian
Ruffian, before an earlier race at Belmont ParkJuly 6, 1975, 50 years ago: Another sport has set up an equivalent to the "Battle of the Sexes" that tennis had 2 years earlier. Only this time, it didn't...
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July 7, 2005: The London Bombings
Tavistock SquareJuly 7, 2005, 20 years ago: Islamist terrorists carry out 4 suicide bombings during the morning rush hour in London. They targeted Underground (what the British call their subway...
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