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Aunt Jemima
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Aunt Jemima is a discontinued American breakfast brand for pancake mix, table syrup, and other breakfast food products. …

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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.
2015
A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service.
2009
Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party.
1963
Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
1952
Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
1940
Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
1919
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.
1913
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
1900
Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.
1861
American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

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