#Onthisdate Secretariat “sent practically every sportswriter and racing fan in the country rushing for his thesaurus in search of the Ultimate Superlative. It has been found. The Ultimate Superlative is Secretariat, himself.” -Arnold Kirkpatrick, Thoroughbred Record

14 June 1940: 728 #Polish political prisoners, including #Catholics , #Jews and resistance members become the first non-German #prisoners at #Auschwitz concentration camp. #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/2XYqjfc

📜 #OnThisDate | 2022
Atlanta United FC Won the American Family Cup in a historic 3-2 victory vs Panchuca
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10 June 1864: Maximilian I of #Austria becomes Mexican #Emperor . France's #Napoleon III offered it to him after the 1861 #French invasion. He ruled until June 19, 1867. #history #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/2YiiCj4

#BatmanForever está cumpliendo hoy 28 años desde su estreno en cines (16 de junio de 1995).

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9 June 1914: Honus #Wagner , age 40, gets his 3,000th hit, a double. He was the second person to get 3,000 hits. His lifetime batting average was an incredible .329. #baseball #MLB #great #OnThisDate #History #ad amzn.to/2XHc5iL

8 June 632: The #Islamic prophet #Muhammad dies in #Medina in what is present-day #SaudiArabia . He was born circa 570. #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/2AKC53F

15 June 1864: 18 months after President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation,  black soldiers are paid the same as white soldiers. Before this date, blacks were paid less. #OnThisDate #History #ad amzn.to/3mtBdIA

11 June 1144: St. Denis Cathedral outside of #Paris is dedicated, which marks the end of Romanesque #architecture and the beginning of #Gothic architecture. It uses the pointed arch, ribbed vaults, and the flying buttresses. #history #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/3iqazMK

15 June 1877: Henry #Flipper , who was born into #slavery in #Georgia , becomes the first African-American to graduate from West Point, the United States #Military Academy. #WestPoint #history #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/3hu9tg4

13 June 2000: #President Kim Dae-Jung of South Korea and #Dictator Kim Jong-il of North Korea begin the first ever inter- #Korea summit in the North Korean capital of #Pyongyang . #history #OnThisDate #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/30yJn5z

14 June 1941: The #Soviets begin the first of multiple mass deportations of #Estonians , #Latvians and #Lithuanians to Kirov Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast and to #prisons . Some were shot instead of deported. #WW2 #WWII #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/3cZibiW

13 June 1774: Rhode Island becomes the first #British colony in North America to ban the importation of #slaves . #RhodeIsland #history #HistoryMatters #OnThisDate #ad bit.ly/3rdxeQQ amzn.to/2B59V3q

The following died on June the fifteenth:
1926 [a Tuesday]
Jane Taggart (84) in the Portstewart area;
1927 [a Wednesday]
Mary McIntyre (0) in the Aghadowey area
1930 [a Sunday]
Matthew Gibson (62)*
1934 [a Friday]
Jane McAfee (56)*
*in the Coleraine area
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📜 #OnThisDate | 2017
Lagos Kunga Lagos 🇦🇴🇺🇸, former Right Winger, joined Atlanta United FC
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📜 #OnThisDate | 2021
Atlanta United FC announced MLS's first ever 3rd kit - The Unity Kit
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#Onthisdate June 1984 #BlackieLawless of #WASP was on the cover of Metal Attack magazine.

📜 #OnThisDate | 2017
Fifth Third Bank Stadium KSU Fifth Third Bank Stadium, became a part of the Atlanta United FC family
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📜 #OnThisDate | 2017
Alan Green, former Play by Play Commentator, joined Atlanta United FC
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9 June 1944: The French Resistance is recognized as part of the Free French Army at the urging of Charles de Gaulle. They would be known as the French Forces of the Interior. #WWII #WW2 #history #OnThisDate #ad amzn.to/34Xpmq3