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• List of June 14 Historical Events and Facts

  
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  1276: While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation...
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• List of June 13 Historical Events and Facts

  
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  1249: Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. 1373: Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is...
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• List of June 12 Historical Events and Facts

  
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  1381: Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. 1418: An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians. 1429: Hundred Years’ War: Joan of Arc leads...
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• List of June 11 Historical Events and Facts

  
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  1184 BC: Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. 173: Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by...
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• List of June 10 Historical Events and Facts

  
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  1190: Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. 1539: Council of Trent: Paul III sends out...
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• The Death of Stonewall Jackson

  
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  150 years ago today, on May 10, 1863, the South lost 39-year-old Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, one of its most colorful generals. He died of pneumonia one week after his own troops fired on him by accident during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Jackson had terrorized Union commanders and led his ...
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• Volvo’s evergreen 240: Commemorating 20 years since the end of production

  
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  Photos courtesy Volvo Cars. Sunday, May 5, will mark the 20th anniversary of the end of production of Volvo’s most popular, best-selling model of all time: the hard-to-kill 240. Over its 19-year production run, an epic 2,862,573 examples were built, among them passenger cars and special use versions like police ...
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• This Day in History: GM acquires Chevrolet

  
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  On May 2, 1918, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in a calculated move engineered by William C. “Billy” Durant. Durant, who had built GM up by assembling various other automakers into a conglomerate, had been forced out some years before and took his revenge by co-founding Chevrolet with Louis Chevrolet, a ...
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• This Day in History: Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson merge

  
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  On May 1, 1954, the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and the Hudson Motor Car Company officially merge . The newly combined firm, created in what was at that time the largest merger in U.S. history, becomes the American Motors Corporation. Image: George Mason, center, became AMC’s chairman and president. A.E. Barit, ...
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• This Day in History: Last Oldsmobile Built

  
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  On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile came off the line in Lansing . The car was a cherry metallic Alero, signed by all the employees at the Lansing plant. During its long history, dating back to 1897, Oldsmobile produced 35.2 million cars. Photo courtesy of Al Goldis/AP
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• This Day in the Civil War – April 26, 1863

  
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  Here’s a summary of what was going on 150 years ago today. General Ulysses S. Grant continued with his preparations to move his army, currently on the west bank of the Mississippi River, over to east side for the upcoming attack on Vicksburg. Also on this day, a Confederate unit under the command of General ...
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• This Day in History: New York mandates license plates

  
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  On April 25, 1901, New York became the first state to mandate the use of license plates . Rather than issuing plates, however, the state took an application from drivers, who then made their own plates using their initials, often using leather, brass, or other interesting materials. People quickly started gaming the ...
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• 365 Things I Believe: Appeasement

  
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  Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in 1953. 365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important things I have to say. There are eternal truths that are non-debatable, although I … ...
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• This Day in History: First transcontinental auto trip begins

  
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  On April 24, 1908, Jacob Murdock loaded his family of four , a mechanic, and a travelling companion into his Packard Model 30 in Los Angeles and embarked for New York City. On May 26, 32 days later, the family arrived, officially becoming the first to traverse the nation in an automobile and setting a record for the ...
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• This Day in History: Chrysler buys Lamborghini

  
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  On April 23, 1987, Chrysler bought Lamborghini , adding the Italian automaker’s stable of high-priced, high-performance cars to its portfolio. They reportedly paid $25 million for the company.
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