Friday, June 7, 2013

This Day in History: June 7th

This Day in History: "Here comes the Sun King"- Louis XIV is crowned King of France, destined to have a very long reign over his kingdom, 1654; Richard Henry Lee of Virginia has a part in changing the world as he introduces his resolution for independence at a meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, 1776; an Alaskan missionary proves he has the right stuff as Hudson Stuck becomes the first man to complete a successful ascent of Mount McKinley, the highest point on the North American continent, 1913; the "blonde bombshell"- actress Jean Harlow dies at a hospital in Hollywood of uremic failure after a brief, but highly successful stint in the film industry punctuated by personal tragedies and three marriages, 1937; Japanese troops occupy the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian chain off Alaska during World War II, their brief stay ending a year later when American forces re-take the islands, 1942

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