June 15th:
1982 – Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1963 – Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1924 – Native Americans are proclaimed U.S. citizens
1915 – U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
1898 – U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii
1898 – U.S. Marines attack Spanish off Guantanamo, Cuba
1878 – 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done
to see if all 4 of a horse’s hooves leave the ground
1877 – Henry O. Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West point
1864 – Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1864 – Robert E. Lee’s home area, Arlington, Virginia, becomes a military cemetery
1836 – Arkansas becomes 25th state
1804 – 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president
1775 – George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army