Picture History : Anniversaries

Anniversaries

To illustrate the depth one can access in our collections, we have compiled relevant archival imagery to frame a diverse cultural, political and chronological retrospective of noteworthy anniversaries. Be sure to bookmark this section as the calendar is a work in progress and will continue to expand.

June	Year	Anniversary	Event
1	1812	197th	Pres. Madison declares war on the British, triggering the War of 1812
1	1862	147th	Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) concludes
2	1912	97th	Universal Studios founded in California
3	1937	72nd	Over his mother's objections, England's King Edward VIII marries an American after abdicating the throne
4	1717	292nd	Society of Freemasons founded in London
4	1862	147th	Gen. Beauregard evacuates Fort Pillow, built by Confederate Gen. Pillow, leaving it to Gen. Halleck
4	1892	117th	The Sierra Club incorporated in San Francisco
4	1917	92nd	The first Pulitzer Prizes for journalism are awarded
5	1862	147th	Union troops find Fort Pillow empty, abandoned by the Confederate Army
5	1917	92nd	U.S. men begin to register for the draft in World War I
5	1922	87th	Discoverer of Klondike Gold in Yukon, Robert Carmack, dies
5	1947	62nd	Secretary of State George Marshall outlines an aid program for Europe, which becomes "The Marshall Plan"
6	1862	147th	At the Battle of Memphis, Charles Ellet Jr. sinks 4 Confederate ships and captures Memphis before being killed
7	1892	117th	Homer Plessy arrested for refusing to give up a train seat for whites, triggering the Plessy v. Ferguson case
8	1862	147th	Stonewall Jackson and Richard Ewell triumph brilliantly over Generals Banks and Fremont at the Battle of Cross Keys
8	1867	142nd	Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant U.S. architect, born
9	1877	132nd	Crazy Horse's surrender makes front page news in New York
10	1692	317th	First hanging of a Salem witch during the Salem Witch Trials
10	1861	148th	Gen. Winfield Scott, newly retired commander in chief of the U.S. Army, is photographed at West Point by Charles Fredricks
10	1942	67th	Entire male population of Lidice, a Czech village, massacred by Nazis
11	1927	82nd	Charles Lindbergh awarded the first Distinguished Flying Cross
11	1937	72nd	Joseph Stalin's Soviet "Purge" ends
12	1862	147th	Confederate cavalryman JEB Stuart's first "Ride around McClellan" begins
12	1952	57th	First Chevrolet chassis completed
12	1967	42nd	U.S. Supreme Court strikes down state laws forbidding interracial marriage
12	1987	22nd	Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall
13	1777	232nd	The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in South Carolina to help the colonists revolt against Britain
13	1802	207th	Harriet Martineau, British essayist and writer, born
13	1807	202nd	Thomas Jefferson subpoenaed during Aaron Burr's trial
13	1927	82nd	Ticker tape parade for Charles Lindbergh in New York City
13	1967	42nd	Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Solicitor-General, becomes first African-American appointed to U. S. Supreme Court
14	1642	367th	Massachusetts is the first colony to pass a compulsory education law (for white males)
14	1777	232nd	The American flag adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, which will become Flag Day
14	1922	87th	Warren Harding is first president broadcast on radio, as he dedicates Frances Scott Key Memorial at Fort McHenry
15	1752	257th	Benjamin Franklin flies a kite with a key tied to its string to show that lightning contains electricity
15	1862	147th	Confederate JEB Stuart completes his first "Ride around McClellan," encircling the Union Army of the Potomac
15	1877	132nd	Henry Flipper becomes first African American to graduate West Point Military Academy
15	1917	92nd	The U. S. Congress passes the Espionage Act
16	1567	442nd	Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, in Scotland, by Queen Elizabeth
16	1862	147th	Civil War Battle of Secessionville a disaster for the Union Army
16	1897	112nd	U.S. government annexes Hawaii
16	1902	107th	The "Wizard of Oz" musical opens at Chicago's Grand Opera House
16	1977	32nd	Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is also elected President of the Supreme Soviet
17	1862	147th	Steam drum of the USS Mound City, hit by shell, explodes: 80 men scalded to death, 40 men drowned
17	1972	37th	Pres. Nixon's employees arrested for burglary inside Watergate, the Democratic headquarters
18	1812	197th	The War of 1812 begins when the U.S. declares war against Britain
18	1877	132nd	The creator of Uncle Sam poster illustrations, artist James Montgomery Flagg, born on this day
19	1862	147th	Pres. Lincoln first outlines his "Emancipation Proclamation"
19	1917	92nd	George V changes British royal family's name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, veiling its German origins
19	1937	72nd	"Peter Pan" author, Englishman James Barrie, dies
19	1947	62nd	European representatives meet to design the Marshall Plan for rebuilding Europe
19	1977	32nd	Elvis Presley makes his last concert recordings
20	1782	227th	U. S. Congress approves the Great Seal of the U.S.
20	1837	172nd	Victoria becomes Queen of England upon the death of her uncle, William IV
20	1997	12nd	The U.S. tobacco industry agrees to a massive settlement to avoid further lawsuits
21	1832	177th	Joseph Rainey, first African American in the U.S. House of Representatives, is born a slave on this day
21	1877	132nd	Ten "Molly Maguires," Irish-American militants for mining reforms, are hanged for murder
21	1887	122nd	Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign celebrated in Great Britain
21	1942	67th	The day before strict gas rationing begins during WWII, U.S. drivers go to the pumps
21	1989	20th	A jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the shooting of Pres. Reagan and three others
22	1977	32nd	Former Attorney General John Mitchell goes to prison for his part in Watergate cover-up
22	1992	17th	U.S. Supreme Court rules hate-crime laws that ban cross-burnings violate the right to free speech
23	1862	147th	Robert E. Lee and his generals plot an attack on McClellan's army before the Seven Days' Battles
23	1947	62nd	U.S. Senate and House override Pres. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act
23	1972	37th	President Nixon signs the Higher Education Act
24	1812	197th	Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte orders his army of 500,000, the largest European army in history, to Russia
24	1862	147th	Lincoln consults Winfield Scott, former Army Commander in Chief, about McClellan's stalemate with Lee
24	1922	87th	The American Professional Football Association becomes the National Football League
25	1942	67th	Major General Dwight Eisenhower takes command of U.S. forces in Europe during World War II
25	1962	47th	U. S. Supreme Court rules that prayer in public schools violates 1st Amendment separation of church and state
26	1862	147th	Robert E. Lee stuns Union Gen. McClellan at the Battle of Mechanicsville, first of the Seven Days' Battles
26	1917	92nd	First American Expeditionary Force troops arrive in France during World War I
27	1847	162nd	New York and Boston are linked by telegraph wires
27	1862	147th	May Irwin, actress, comedienne, and music-hall artist, born
27	1862	147th	Gaines' Mill attacked by Lee, who drives back the Union Army, in the Third of the Seven Days' Battles
28	1577	432nd	Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, born
28	1862	147th	Confederate Capt. Hollins captures the "St. Nicholas," when one of his sailors pretends to be a Frenchwoman
28	1862	147th	Union headquarters at Savage's Station, including a field hospital, accept wounded from Gaines's Mill
28	1972	37th	Nixon announces that no more draftees will go to Vietnam, unless they volunteer
29	1652	357th	Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth
29	1767	242nd	Britain passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on the American colonies
29	1862	147th	Robert E. Lee assaults Savage's Station as the Union Army retreats, in the Fifth of the Seven Days' Battles
29	1972	37th	U.S. Supreme Court strikes down death penalty as "cruel and unusual"
30	1812	197th	Pres. Madison demands that more officers be commissioned to fight the British in the War of 1812
30	1817	192nd	Sir Joseph Hooker, British botanist, born.
30	1862	147th	At Glendale (White Oak Swamp), 6th of the Seven Days' Battles, Lee fails in his attack on the Union Army
30	1957	52nd	U.S. government eliminates the Reconstruction Finance Corp. created by Hoover in 1932 and enlarged by FDR