On
June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous
declaration: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
On This Date BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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1894
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The American Railway Union, led by Eugene
Debs, called a general strike in sympathy with Pullman workers.
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1917
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The first troops of the American
Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.
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1919
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The New York Daily News was first published.
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1925
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Charlie Chaplin's comedy "The Gold
Rush" premiered in Hollywood.
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1945
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The United Nations charter was signed by 50
countries in San Francisco.
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1948
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The Berlin Airlift began in earnest as the
United States, Britain and France began ferrying supplies to the isolated
western sector of Berlin after the Soviet Union cut off land and water
routes.
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1950
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President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air
Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict.
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1973
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Former White House counsel John W. Dean told
the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the
Nixon White House.
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1990
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President George H.W. Bush, who had
campaigned for office on a pledge of "no new taxes," conceded that
tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package.
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1996
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The Supreme Court ordered the Virginia
Military Institute to admit women or forgo state support.
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2000
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Rival scientific teams completed the
first rough map of the human genetic code.
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2003
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The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck
down state bans on gay sex.
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2003
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Strom Thurmond, the second longest-serving
senator in U.S. history, died in Edgefield, S.C., at age 100.
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2008
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The Supreme Court struck down a handgun ban
in the District of Columbia as it affirmed, 5-4, an individual right to gun
ownership.
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