On June 29, 1995, the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis docked the Russian space station Mir for the first time. The mission, STS-71, was the third in the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir program. It began on June 27, 1995, when the Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the 100th U.S. human space launch from Cape Canaveral.
America’s first joint issue stamp was created to honor the completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The U.S. and Canada worked together to create the seaway to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
On June 25, 1876, Civil War hero George A. Custer died at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
On June 23, 1971, the Post Office issued its last commemorative stamp as a cabinet-level department.
On June 16, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation passing the National Industrial Recovery Act.
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered a television and radio address calling for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Poet, author, and teacher Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, in Topeka, Kansas.
On June 4, 1944, Allied troops entered Rome, Italy, freeing it from German control.
On May 31, 1864, forces assembled in Virginia for the bloody Battle of Cold Harbor.