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1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his gun after he was overcome with heat.

1869 - R. W. Wood was appointed as the first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy.

1894 - The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.

1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.

1938 - The U.S. Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.

1942 - German troops launched an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad.

1945 - U.S. General Douglas MacArthur announced the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.

1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.

1967 - Fourteen people were shot in race riots in Buffalo, New York.

1976 - The first women entered the U.S. Air Force Academy.

1996 - The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.

2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court declared that a Nebraska law that outlawed "partial birth abortions" was unconstitutional. About 30 U.S. states had similar laws at the time of the ruling.

2000 - Six-year-old Elián González returned to Cuba from the U.S. with his father. The child had been the center of an international custody dispute.

2001 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set aside an order that would break up Microsoft for antitrust violations. However, the judges did agree that the company was in violation of antitrust laws.

2004 - The U.S. turned over official sovereignty to Iraq's interim leadership. The event took place two days earlier than previously announced to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.

2004 - The U.S. resumed diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.

On this Day

June 28

1778 ~ Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his gun after he was overcome with heat.

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1869 ~ R. W. Wood was appointed as the first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy.

1894 ~ The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.

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1902 ~ The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner bill, it authorized a canal to be built across the isthmus of Panama.

1911 ~ Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City.

1921 ~ A coal strike in Great Britain was settled after three months.

1930 ~ More than 1,000 communists were routed during an assault on the British consulate in London.

1940 ~ The "Quiz Kids" was heard on NBC radio for the first time.

1949 ~ The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.

1951 ~ "Amos ’n�?Andy" moved to CBS-TV from radio.

1960 ~ In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation.

1967 ~ Fourteen people were shot in race riots in Buffalo, New York.

1972 ~ U.S. President Nixon announced that no new draftees would be sent to Vietnam

1976 ~ The first women entered the U.S. Air Force Academy.

1996 ~ The Citadel voted to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.

1998 ~ Poland, due to shortage of funds, is allowed to lease, U.S. aircraft to bring military force up to NATO standards.

1998 ~ The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to Chiquita banana company and retracted their stories that questioned company's business practices. They also agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle legal claims.

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2000 ~ The European Commission announced that they had blocked the planned merger between the U.S. companies WorldCom Inc. and Sprint due to competition concerns.

2001 ~ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set aside an order that would break up Microsoft for antitrust violations. However, the judges did agree that the company was in violation of antitrust laws.

2001 ~ The U.S. turned over official sovereignty to Iraq's interim leadership. The event took place two days earlier than previously announced to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.

2004 ~ The U.S. resumed diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.

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