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1876: General George Custer, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

It happened today – this day in history – June 25

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1483: Parliament declares Edward V as illegitimate based on his parent’s alleged bigamous marriage. 1646: Thomas Fairfax’s New Model Army

1938: Joe Louis defeats Max Schmelling with a first round KO.

It happened today – this day in history – June 22

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168BC: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War. 1377: Richard II

2016: British astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth

It happened today – this day in history – June 18

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1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in Co Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.