99th Pursuit Squadron's first combat mission - 1943
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June 2, 1971 - Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. becomes first African American admiral in U.S. Navy.
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June 3, 1890 - L.H. Jones patents corn harvester.
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June 4, 1972 - Angela Davis acquitted of all murder and conspiracy charges.
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June 5, 1987 - Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes first Black woman astronaut.
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Robert F. Kennedy dies from gunshot wound - 1968
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G.T. Sampson's clothes dryer patented - 1892
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June 11, 1912 - Joseph H. Dickson patents player piano
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1911 - Marcus Garvey found the The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities (Imperial) League (UNIA-ACL) is a black nationalist fraternal organization. The organization enjoyed its greatest strength in the 1920s, prior to Garvey's deportation from the United States of America, after which its prestige and influence declined.
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June 12, 1963 - Medgar W. Evers, civil rights leader, is assassinated in Jackson, Miss.
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June 13, 1967 - Thurgood Marshall nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson.
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June 14, 1864 - Congress rules that African American soldiers must receive equal pay.
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June 16, 1970 - Kenneth A. Gibson elected mayor of Newark, N.J., first African American mayor of a major eastern U.S. city.
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Jacques Dessaliness declared emperor of Haiti - 1804
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June 17. 1775 - Minuteman Peter Salem fights in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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June 18, 1863 - The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks Fort Wagner, S.C.
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June 19, 1865 - Black in Texas are notified of Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. "Juneteenth," marks the event.
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Joe Louis defeats Max Schmelig - 1938
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June 22, 1897 - William Barry patents the postmarking and canceling.
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Isaiah Dorman, first African American to die in Indian/ U.S. battle - 1876
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June 28, 1864 - Fugitive slave laws repealed by Congress.
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June 1865 - Martin Robison Delany was the first black military officer to achieve the rank of Major in the U.S. Army.
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