By the Numbers: Hello June
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Let’s celebrate the first month of summer with a look at some things that have taken place in June.
1819
Abner Doubleday, the inventor of baseball, is born on June 26 of this year.
1875
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first voice transmission on a telephone on June 2 of this year.
1876
The Battle of Little Big Horn – also known as Custer’s Last Stand – takes place on June 25 of this year.
1884
The first roller coaster in the U.S. opens at Coney Island on June 16 of this year.
1901
The first exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work opens on June 24 of this year.
1913
Vince Lombardi is born on June 11 of this year.
1919
U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, on June 4 of this year.
1920
The U.S. Postal service rules that children cannot be sent by mail on June 13 of this year.
1926
Marilyn Monroe is born on June 1 of this year.
1936
Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind is published on June 30 of this year.
1938
The first year protective helmets are worn by baseball batters.
1942
Anne Frank begins to keep a diary on June 14 of this year.
1946
President Donald Trump is born on June 14 of this year.
1967
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on June 2.
1969
The television series Star Trek airs its final episode on June 3 of this year.
1977
Elvis Presley gives his last concert, in Indianapolis, on June 26 of this year.
1983
Sally Ride is the first American woman in outer space on June 18 of this year.