Sunday, June 26, 2016

History for June 26


History for June 26 - On-This-Day.com
Pearl S. Buck 1892, William P. Lear 1902, Peter Lorre 1904 
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Col. Tom Parker 1909, Roy Plunkett 1910, Eleanor Parker 1922 



1819 - The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr.



1900 - A commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.


1908 - Shah Muhammad Ali's forces squelched the reform elements of Parliament in Persia.


1917 - General John "Black Jack" Pershing arrived in France with the American Expeditionary Force.

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1942 - The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter was flown for the first time.


1959 - U.S. President Eisenhower joined Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.



1963 - U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.


1974 - In Troy, Ohio, a Marsh supermarket installed the first bar code scanning equipment, made by IBM, and a product with a bar code was scanned for the first time. The product was Juicy Fruit gum.

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