This Day In History

June 14th

1648  Margaret Jones of Charlestown, Massachusetts was found guilty and executed in the first US witch trial.
1775  The US Army was founded.
1777  The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to adopt the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
1834  Isaac Fischer Jr. of Springfield, Vermont patented sandpaper 
1881  The player piano patented by John McTammany Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1922 US President Warren G. Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio on WEAR in Baltimore, Maryland.
1940  German forces began their occupation of Paris.
1941  The first Flag Day.
1954  US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1982  Argentine forces surrendered to the British on the Faulkland Islands.

1811  Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
1864  Psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer first diagnosed the disease by the same name.
1909  Folk Singer Burl Ives (Icle Ivanhoe)
1946  Real Estate Tycoon Donald Trump
1961  1980's Pop Singer Boy George (O'Dowd)

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

• Learnin' the Blues - Frank Sinatra

• It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Somethin' Smith & The Redheads

• Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tennessee Ernie Ford

1962

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles

• Second Hand Love - Connie Francis

• Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon

• (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney

1963

• It's My Party - Lesley Gore

• Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

• Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat "King" Cole

• Still - Bill Anderson

1970

• The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

• Which Way You Goin' Billy? - The Poppy Family

• Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens

• Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty

1971

• Want Ads - The Honey Cone

• Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

• Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters

• You're My Man - Lynn Anderson

1978

• You're the One that I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton- John

• Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb

• Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

• Georgia on My Mind - Willie Nelson

1979

• Love You Inside Out - The Bee Gees

• Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

• We are Family - Sister Sledge

• She Believes in Me - Kenny Rogers

1986

• On My Own - Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

• Live to Tell - Madonna

• I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

• Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - Ronnie Milsap

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