TIME TRAVELING, JUNE 14 1777 The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States, declaring that “the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation. On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaims June 14 Flag Day as a commemoration of the Stars and Stripes, and in 1949 Congress officially designates June 14 as Flag Day, a national day of observance. 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick receives a patent for his reaping machine. 1846 A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaims the Republic of California. 1900 Hawaii becomes a U.S. territory. 1917 U.S. General John Pershing arrives in Paris during World War I. 1922 While addressing a crowd at the dedication of a memorial for the composer of “The Star Spangled Banner,” Francis Scott Key, at Fort McHenry, Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S. president to be heard on radio. 1932 U.S. Representative Edward Eslick of Tennessee, 60, dies of a heart attack on the floor of the House of Representatives while pleading for the passage of the bonus bill, which would have immediately paid World War I veterans financial bonuses that had been reserved for 1945. 1940 The Nazis open their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland. 1940 German troops enter Paris. As they occupy the city, loud speakers announce the implementation of a curfew for 8 p.m. 1943 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that schoolchildren can not be made to salute the U.S. flag if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs. 1944 Sixty U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack an iron and steel works factory on Honshu Island. It is the first U.S. raid against mainland Japan. 1949 The state of Vietnam is formed. 1951 Univac I, a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau, is unveiled. It is billed as the worlds first commercial computer. 1952 The “Nautilus,” the first nuclear-powered submarine, is dedicated. 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an order adding the words under God to the Pledge of Allegiance. 1954 Over 12 million Americans “die” in a mock nuclear attack, as the United States goes through its first nationwide civil defense drill. The event stands as a stark reminder that the U.S. – and the world – is now living under a nuclear shadow. Military officials observe that the recent development of the hydrogen bomb by the Soviet Union has “outstripped the progress made in our civil defense strides to defend against it.” 1961 Country singer Patsy Cline sustains serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident in Madison, Tenn. 1982 After suffering through six weeks of military defeats, Argentine forces surrender to British troops on the Falkland Islands. 1989 Former U.S. President Reagan receives an honorary knighthood from Britains Queen Elizabeth II. 1989 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, 66, is arrested in Beverly Hills for slapping a motorcycle policeman after he stopped her for expired registration. 2002 Twelve people are killed and 50 are injured when a car bomb is used to attack the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
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