This Day In History — John Lee Richmond Pitched Baseball’s First Perfect Game

June 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…

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This Day In History — Great Barrier Reef was Discovered

June 11 1509 King Henry VIII married his first wife, Katharine of Aragon. 1770 Capt. James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia .…

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This Day In History — Judy Garland was Born

June 10 1801 The Tripolitan War, between the United States and the Barbary States, began. 1865 Wagner’s opera, Tristan and Isolde, premiered in Munich. 1935…

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This Day In History — Donald Duck makes his Screen Debut

June 09 1870 Author Charles Dickens died. 1898 China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years. 1934 Donald Duck made his screen…

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This Day In History — The Death of Andrew Jackson

June 08 632 The prophet Muhammad died. 1845 Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee. 1861 Tennessee became the 11th…

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Kansas Universities Propose Tuition Increase

BY JADEN MOUNT The cost of obtaining a four year college degree will continue to grow for the next academic year. On May 20, the…

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This Day In History — Vatican City becomes a Sovereign State

June 07 1494 Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries. 1654 Louis XIV was crowned…

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This Day In History — Troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France, on D-Day

June 06 1844 The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London. 1933 The first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey. 1934…

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