June Days

These Days

June 15

1215, the Magna Carta was signed outside of London

1962, the Port Huron Statement was signed – a political manifesto of the radical left

June 16

1858, Abraham Lincoln declared: “A house divided against itself cannot stand!”

1903, the Ford Motor Company was formed

June 17

1775, the battle of Bunker Hill just outside of Boston

1963, the Lord’s Prayer and Bible verses were banned from public school classrooms

1972, the infamous Watergate break-in that eventually took Nixon out of office

June 18

1815, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo

1940, W. Churchill’s line, “This was their finest hour!”  Speaking of the rescue from Dunkirk

2019, four Gretna girls killed in a fiery crash south of town

June 19

1865, the slaves of TX were declared free men

1961, SCOTUS ruled that one did not have to believe in God to hold public office

1995, my friend and a missionary was executed by guerillas in Colombia