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11: Minnesota Admitted (1858).
12: Florence Nightingale Born (1820).
20: Anniversary of the Signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (North Carolina).
21: Lindbergh's Flight to Paris (1927).
23: South Carolina Admitted (1788).
24: First Telegraph Message Sent (1844). Empire Day (Canada).
29: Wisconsin Admitted (1848). Rhode Island Admitted (1790).
BO: Memorial Day (In all the States, Territories, District of Columbia and Colonial Possessions, except Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee).
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June
1: Kentucky Admitted (1792).
Tennessee Admitted (1796). 3: Confederate Memorial Day (Louisiana, Tennessee).
King's Birthday (Canada).
Jefferson Davis* Birthday (1808). 6: Nathan Hale's Birthday (1756). 8: Battle of New Orleans (1815). 10: Franklin Drew Lightning From Sky (1752). 14: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Birthday.
Flag Day. 15: St. Swithin's Day.
Arkansas Admitted (1836).
Pioneer Day (Idaho). 17: Bunker Hill Day. 18: Battle of Waterloo (1815). 19: Beginning of War of 1812. 20: West Virginia Day. 21 : Longest Day in Year.
23: Penn Signs Treaty of Teace with Indians. 25: Virginia Admitted (1788). 26: First American Troops Land in France (1917)
□ July
1: Battle of San Juan Hill. Dominion Day (Canada). Battle of Gettysburg (1863).
2: Garfield's Assassination (1881).
3: Idaho Admitted (1890).
4: Independence Day. 10: Wyoming Admitted (1890). 11: John Quincy Adams Born (1767). 13: Forrest's Day (Tennessee). 24: Pioneer Day (Utah). 25: Occupation Day (Puerto Rico).
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August
1 : Colorado Day.
Beginning of World War (1914).
3: Civic Holiday (Canada).
10: Missouri Admitted (1821).
13: Occupation Day (Phillipines).
15: Panama Canal Opened (1914).
16: Bennington Battle Day (Vermont).
20: Benjamin Harrison Born (1833).
September
6: Lafayette Day.
President McKinley Assassinated (1901).
First Battle of the Marne.
Labor Day. 9: Admission Day (California). 12: Defender's Day (Maryland).
Jewish New Year. 17: Constitution Day. 21: Day of Atonement (Hebrew). 22: Nathan Hale Executed (1776).
First Day of Autumn. 26: American Indian Day (4th Friday).
□ October
1 : Missouri Day.
5: Wright Brothers Took First Long Distance Flight
in Airplane (1905). 8: Chicago Fire (1871).
Farmer's Day (2nd Friday) (Florida). 9: Fraternal Day (Alabama). 12: Columbus Day. 18: Alaska Day.
19: Surrender of Cornwallis (1781). 27: Navy Day. 31: Hallowe'en.
Admission Day (Nevada).
□ November
1: All Saints' Day (Louisiana).
2: General Election Day.
North and South Dakota Admitted (1889).
4: John Thilip Sousa Born (1854).
8: Montana Admitted (1889). 11 : Armistice Day.
Washington Admitted (1889). 16: Oklahoma Admitted (1907). 17: Suez Canal Opened (1869). 21: North Carolina Admitted (1789). 25: Thanksgiving Day.
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December
3: Illinois Admitted (1818). 7: Delaware Day.
Pearl Harbor Attacked (1941) 8: Eli Whitney Born (1765).
U. S. Declared War on Japan (1941). 9: Germany-Italy Declare War on U. S. (1941). 10: U. S. Declares War on Germany-Italy (1941).
Mississippi Admitted (1817). 11: Alfred Nobel Born (1833).
Indiana Admitted (1816). 12: First Marconi Wireless Across Atlantic (1901).
Pennsylvania Admitted (1787). 14: Alabama Admitted (1819). 16: Boston Tea Party (1773). 18: New Jersey Admitted (1787). 21: Shortest Day of Year.
Pilgrims Landed at Plymouth Rock (1620).
Woodrow Wilson's Birthday (South Carolina). 25: Christmas Day. 28: Iowa Admitted (1848). 29: Texas Admitted (1845). 31 : New Year's Eve.
ARBOR DAY is observed in states on different days,
usually in the Spring. The dates in the same
states often vary from year to year by proclamation.
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