[Interest] June Bugs

NOTABLE DATES IN JUNE
1 - Marilyn Monroe born (1926)
1 - Superman debuts, Action Comics #1 (1938)
1 - CNN debuts (1980)
2 - Salem witch trials begin (1692)
2 - Lou Gehrig dies (1941)
3 - Jefferson Davis born (1808)
4 - Battle of Midway starts, 6AM (1942)
4 - Liberation of Rome (1944)
4 - Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)
5 - Six Day War starts in Middle East (1967)
5 - Robert F. Kennedy shot (1968)
5 - Ronald Reagan dies (2004)
6 - East Bronx annexed (1895)
6 - D-Day landing on Normandy Beach (1944)
6 - Robert F. Kenney dies (1968)
8 - Corner stone, St. Helena’s (1944)
8 - Milton Berle debuts on TV (1948)
10- Mussolini joins war on England and France (1940)
12 - Oreo Cookie debuts (1912)
12 - The O.J. murders (1994)
13 - Last train on 2nd Avenue Elevated (1942)
14 - Army Day (1775)
14 - Flag Day (1777)
15 - General Slocum ship fire (1904)
16 - First roller coaster at Coney Island (1884)
16 - First woman in space, USSR (1963)
16 - Pelham Bay Library opens (1976)
17 - Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
17 - Watergate break-in (1972)
18 - War of 1812 begins (1812)
18 - Napoleon defeated at Waterloo (1815)
18 - Mike Crescenzo born (1917)
19 - Freedomland opens (1960)
21 - The U.S.A. is born (1788)
22 - Joe Louis becomes boxing champ (1937)
22 - Second Louis-Schmeling fight (1938)
22 - France falls to Hitler (1940)
22 - Hitler invades Russia (1941)
25 - Battle of Little Big Horn (1876)
25 - Korean War starts (1950)
26 - New York Daily News, first issue (1919)
26 - Berlin airlift begins (1948)
28 - Polo Grounds open (1911)
28 - Arch-Duke of Austria shot (1914)
29 - Circumferential (Belt) Parkway opens (1940)
30 - Albert Einstein publishes E=mc2 (1905)

With thanks to Joseph J. Cusimano