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This Day In History June 16


Patriot printer, publisher and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, born Lincoln warns that America is becoming a "house divided" Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville First roller coaster in America opens Alaskan explorer Fred Fickett leaves Army Tsunami ravages Japanese coast Ford Motor Company incorporated James Joyce meets his future wife, Nora Battle of the Piave River Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O?Neill Leader of Hungarian uprising executed Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops Russian ballet star Nureyev defects First woman in space Bob Dylan records "Like A Rolling Stone" More troops to be sent to Vietnam Lee Trevino wins his first U.S. Open Communists isolate Phnom Penh Brezhnev is Soviet president SLA member captured after more than 20 years
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