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Infoplease - This Day in History 

Jun 18, 1812: The War of 1812 began.

Jun 18, 1815: Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.

Jun 18, 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

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Jun 17, 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.

Jun 17, 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.

Jun 17, 1885 : The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.

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Jun 16, 1487: The Battle of Stoke ended the Wars of the Roses.

Jun 16, 1904: Events in James Joyce's novel Ulysses took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.

Jun 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space.

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Jun 15, 1215: King John sealed the Magna Carta.

Jun 15, 1836: Arkansas became the 25th state in the United States.

Jun 15, 1844: Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization.

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Jun 14, 1777: The Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the U.S.

Jun 14, 1922: Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio.

Jun 14, 1951: The first commercial computer, Univac I, was unveiled.

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Jun 13, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion began in China.

Jun 13, 1966: The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.

Jun 13, 1967: Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Jun 12, 1880: John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.

Jun 12, 1939: The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.

Jun 12, 1942: Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.

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Jun 11, 1509: King Henry VIII married his first wife, Katharine of Aragon.

Jun 11, 1919: Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to capture the Triple Crown.

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