National Caribbean-American Heritage Month - During this month we celebrate the ways that Caribbean Americans have enriched our society and added to the strength of America.
June 14 - Flag Day - Today commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States of America in 1777 be resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
June 16 - First Woman in Space - In June of `963, Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first woman to fly in space when she orbited Earth 48 times in the spacecraft Vostok 6. A crater on the moon is named in her honor.
June 19 - Juneteenth - Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates the announcement in Texas in 1865 of the abolition of slavery, two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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