Upcoming Dates and Topics:
June 17, 1775 - Clue: "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!"
Answer: General Israel Putnam tells his men not to shoot until they see the whites of their enemies' eyes during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
June 18, 1815 - Clue: A General is defeated at Waterloo.
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
June 19, 1953 - Clue: Two Cold War spies are executed.
Answer: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of espionage, are executed for their crimes.
June 20, 1961 - Clue: An ancient Egyptian monument must be moved to make way for progress.
Answer: The President of Egypt approves a plan to move Abu Simbel, an ancient Egyptian monument, to make way for a hydroelectric dam.
June 21, 1834 - Clue: The "father of modern agriculture" changes farming forever.
Answer: Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine.
June 22, 1944 - Clue: Returning veterans get a chance for new lives.
Answer: Franklin Roosevelt signs the GI Bill of Rights.
June 23, 1947 - Clue: Organized labor is subject to government control.
Answer: The Taft-Hartley Bill gives the US government the right to end strikes.
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