United States Historical Events is a daily guide to the important events that shaped America to what it is today. This is a compilation of significant events for the month of June including the birth and death of famous Americans as well as laws promulgated by authorities. The list is constantly updated to incorporate the most recent events.
United States Historical Events in June
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1792 | Kentucky became the 15th State to be admitted to the Union. |
| 1 | 1796 | Tennessee became the 16th State to be admitted to the Union. |
| 1 | 1801 | Birthday: Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), founder Salt Lake City and first governor of the Utah Territory |
| 1 | 1868 | Death: James Buchanan, the 15th US president, died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at age 77. |
| 1 | 1942 | The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State was inaugurated after almost 10 years of construction. |
| 2 | 1924 | Congress grants United States citizenship to people of American Indian descent. |
| 3 | 1808 | Birthday: Jefferson F. Davis, an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. |
| 3 | 1844 | The Treaty of Wanghia or Treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, between the United States of America and the Chinese Empire was signed. |
| 4 | 1917 | The first Pulitzer awards were announced by Columbia University in honor of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer. |
| 4 | 1920 | US Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1920 or Kahn Act to reorganize the United States Army and decentralize the procurement and acquisitions process for equipment, weapons, supplies and vehicles. |
| 5 | 1924 | Death: Ronald Reagan, the 40th US president, died in Los Angeles, California. |
| 7 | 1902 | The US Bureau of Reclamation was established to study and conduct water development projects in each western state with federal lands. |
| 8 | 1845 | Death: Andrew Jackson, the 7th US president, died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 78. |
| 12 | 1924 | Birthday: George H. W. Bush, the 41th US president, was born in Milton, Massachusetts. |
| 13 | 1971 | The New York Times began publishing excerpts of The Pentagon Papers containing the history of US involvement in the Vietnam War. |
| 14 | 1775 | Establishment of the Continental Army to coordinate military efforts of the thirteen colonies during the American Revolutionary War against the British. |
| 14 | 1868 | Birth: Karl Landsteiner, the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology (Medicine). |
| 14 | 1946 | Birthday: Donald Trump, the 45th US president, was born in New York City. |
| 15 | 1804 | The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution which provides for the procedure to elect the president and vice president was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures. |
| 15 | 1836 | Arkansas became the 25th State to be admitted to the Union . |
| 15 | 1849 | Death: James K. Polk, the 11th US president, died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 53. |
| 16 | 1812 | Establishment of the City Bank of New York which has grown into the present day Citibank, a subsidiary of Citigroup. |
| 16 | 1903 | Ford Motor Company, an American multinational automobile manufacturer, was founded by Henry Ford. |
| 16 | 1933 | Enactment of Banking Act of 1933, also called the Glass–Steagall Act, that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prohibited the combination of commercial and investment banking |
| 17 | 1972 | The Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., Watergate Office Building was burglarized by members of the Republican Party which led to massive investigations and eventually caused the resignation of President Richard Nixon. |
| 18 | 1812 | The War of 1812, fought between the United States and the United Kingdom, starts. |
| 18 | 1971 | President Richard Nixon gave a press conference from which the term “War on Drugs” became popular among media people. |
| 19 | 1865 | U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to proclaim the war had ended and so had slavery in the Confederate states. |
| 20 | 1863 | West Virginia was admitted to the Union (35th). |
| 21 | 1788 | New Hampsire became the 9th State to be admitted to the Union. |
| 21 | 1797 | Birth: John Hughes, first archbishop of New York (1842-1864). |
| 24 | 1841 | Establishment of Saint John’s College, now Fordham University in New York City. |
| 24 | 1908 | Death: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th US President, died in Princeton, New Jersey at age 71. |
| 27 | 1788 | Virginia was admitted to the Union (10th). |
| 27 | 1950 | President Harry Truman ordered U.S. air and sea forces to help South Korea repel the invading North Korean army. |
| 28 | 1836 | Death: James Madison, the 4th US president, died in Montpellier, Virginia at age 85. |
| 28 | 1971 | Birthday: Elon Musk, an American business magnate who assumed leadership of Tesla Inc. and founded SpaceX. |
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