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- ... that in the 1920s, Australian journalist E. George Marks predicted military conflict in the Pacific between Japan and the United States?
- ... that "Thriller" is the most popular Halloween song in the United States?
- ... that Francis Childs was the publisher and printer of The New York Daily Advertiser, the third daily newspaper to appear in the United States, in 1785?
- ... that Mary Arthur McElroy was never given formal recognition as First Lady of the United States out of respect for Nell Arthur, the deceased wife of then-president Chester A. Arthur?
- ... that the August 2014 United States floods set rainfall records across cities in several states, including Michigan, Maine, and New York?
- ... that Eli N. Evans authored three books about the culture and history of Jews in the American South?
- ... that in a rapid decline, Computer Applications, Inc. went from the second-largest independent software firm in the United States to being bankrupt and subject to liquidation?
- ... that the Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest pumpkin show in the United States, has been selecting a Miss Pumpkin since 1933?
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Robinson was also known for his pursuits outside the baseball diamond. He was the first black television analyst in Major League Baseball, and the first black vice-president of a major American corporation. In the 1960s, he helped establish the Freedom National Bank, an African-American-owned financial institution based in Harlem, New York. In recognition of his achievements on and off the field, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
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Brockway Mountain was named for David D. Brockway, one of the pioneer residents of the area. The road was constructed by the county road commission with funding through Depression-era work programs in 1933. It was briefly used as a connection for the parallel state highway after it opened. Since it opened, Brockway Mountain Drive has been recognized in several publications and other venues for its scenic nature, dating back to the mid-20th century. Newspaper profiles of Keweenaw County or the Upper Peninsula have discussed the scenic value of the roadway and its environment.
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Anniversaries for June 4
- 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain. Roanoke Colony and its colonists would have a difficult history, and would eventually disappear, never to be conclusively relocated.
- 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
- 1919 – Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrage to women, and sends it to the states for ratification.
- 1939 – The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, many of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps.
- 1942 – The Battle of Midway begins when Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Atoll (pictured) with much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 1973 – A patent for the automated teller machine is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
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- ...that the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, (pictured) the second named for an African American, was sponsored by singer Lena Horne and constructed in 42 days from start to delivery?
- ...that Jacob Piatt Dunn in 1886 wrote the first scholarly history concerning the Indian Wars?
- ...that the Delaware at-large congressional district is the oldest congressional district in the country?
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