Century Dispatch
June 20
15 years of headlines
1927
Three Oceans, One Week: How June 1927 Made Aviation America's Obsession
Imperial Valley press (El Centro, Calif.)
1926
1926: Steel mill explosion kills 30, confession rocks Sacco-Vanzetti case, and a mother takes her baby to jail
The daily worker (Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y.)
1906
June 20, 1906: When Maine launched the campaign that would reshape America's drinking laws
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1896
A Giant of Connecticut Law: Inside Judge Webster's Memorial Service (And the Squirrel That Wouldn't Fall)
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
Crowds Mob Gladstone in Edinburgh as Britain Fractures Over Irish Freedom
Savannah morning news (Savannah)
1876
An Apple Woman's Faith: How a Boston Street Vendor Taught a Stranger About Christianity (1876)
Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)
1866
One Year After Appomattox: Congress Bets the Nation on Railroads—While the South Refuses to Pay
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
June 20, 1865: 'Cutting off ears and noses' — the brutal birth of Reconstruction
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1864
Petersburg Bloodbath: Why Richmond's Celebration Was Premature (June 20, 1864)
Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.)
1863
Lee Invades Pennsylvania: Union on High Alert as Confederates Occupy Chambersburg (June 1863)
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
1862
The South's Desperate Gamble: How the Confederacy Invented the Draft (and Butler's Brutal Order That Changed Everything)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1861
June 1861: While Fort Sumter Burned, This Maryland Town's Paper Advertised Watches & Carriages
Civilian & telegraph (Cumberland, Md.)
1856
100 Years of Shipping News: How a 1856 New Orleans Port Log Reveals the South's Last Summer of Peace
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
Massacre at Goliad: A German Witness Relives Texas's Darkest Hour (1846)
Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1836
How a $2M Canal Loan Turned Into a $5M Disaster: The 1836 C&O Crisis
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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