3 June

Notable events, 3 June 1621: Dutch East India Co. given monopoly trade charter. 1888: “Casey at the Bat” published. 1965: U.S. astronaut E.H. White to first space walk. 2016:  Muhammad Ali died (age 74). 1989: PRC began to clear pro- democracy demonstrators from Tiananmen Square. 2018: Guatemalan volcano erupted killing > 100. 2020: Sec of Defense Esper took issued with president Trump on using military to quell protests. 

4 June 1812: U.S. House OKd declaration of war against Britain. 1919: Congress approved 19th Amendment (gave women the vote) 1939: MS St. Louis & its > 900 Jewish refugees turned away from FL coast. 1944: USN captured German sub in the south Atlantic. 1986: J.J. Pollard [former USN intel analyst] pleaded guilty to spying a for Israel. 2018: Saudi Arabia issued first female driver’s license. 2022: Ann Turner Cook, Gerber’s iconic baby face, died age 95. 

5 June 1794: Congress passed Neutrality Act. 1950: SCOTUS outlawed racially segregated railroad dining cars. 1968: Sen. R.F. Kennedy assassinated. 1975: Egypt reopen Suez Canal. 1981: CDC reported first deaths from a rare pneumonia, AIDS. 2004: Former president Reagan died of Alzheimer’s. 2006: U.S. National Guard deployed along U.S.-Mexico border. 

Borowitz Report. The new president of Mexico warns of letting remorseless criminals from North of the Border come south into Mexico. [The Report is an obvious jab at DJT’s constant dismissal of valid news stories as “fake news.” The short, daily, tongue-in-cheek pronouncement of “fake news” is available free on line.] 

Denver sidewalks. The new ordinance mandating sidewalk repair is on hold, again; city officials say ~ 40% of the city’s sidewalks are in need of repair.