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Associated Press On July 6, 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time as teenagers at a church in their native Liverpool,…

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Associated Press On July 3, 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended after three days in a major victory for the North.…

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Associated Press On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first around-the-world…

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Associated Press On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y. They had been convicted of conspiring…

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Associated Press On June 18, 1940, with the World War II Battle of Britain looming, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct…

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Associated Press On June 17, 1972, President Richard Nixon’s downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington’s Watergate complex.…

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Associated Press On June 16, 1858, Accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be…

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Associated Press   On June 15, 1215, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, granting his barons more liberty. On…

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Associated Press Today in History: Friday, June 05, 2015 On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles after claiming victory…

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