Virginia Geographic Calendar - June

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June 3

- In 1947, a marker designating the start of the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia was dedicated at the 14th Street Bridge.

June 4

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June 5

- In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the Fredericksburg Auction Block was removed from the corner of William and Charles streets where the block had been installed in 1843.

June 6

- in 1774 the Prince William Resolves were passed in Dumfries, stating "no person ought to be taxed but by his own consent, expressed either by himself or his Representatives..."

- In 1944, 30 men from the town of Bedford in Company A, 116th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion of Europe, and 19 of the Bedford Boys died that day.

- In 1950, lightning struck a signal tower, causing two trains to collide with 11 people injured.

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June 11

- colonists abandon Jamestown in 1610 after the "starving time" and sail for England... but meet the ships with supplies and the new governor (Lord De La Warr) at Mulberry Island the next day, in 1610.

- In 1941, Fort A.P. Hill (now Fort Walker) was established in Carolina County.

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June 15

- The American Cyanamid Company closed its titanium dioxide production plant in 1971 and moved from Nelson County to Savannah, Georgia, soon forcing closure of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway.

June 16

- National Airport (now Reagan National Airport) opened in 1941.

June 17

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June 18

- In 1983, Arlington County adopted a logo which prminently displayed the columns of the mansion in which Robert E. Lee lived, where the Arlington Memorial Cemetery was created during the Civil War.

June 19

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June 20

- King Charles I grants charter to Lord Calvert for new colony of Maryland

June 21

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June 22

- Hurricane Agnes dawdled over the Blue Ridge and dropped almost 12 inches of rain in 24 hours at Dulles Airport, creating 100-year floods in the Piedmont (especially James-Potomac River watersheds). Downtown Richmond experienced record flood, requiring the National Guard to patrol the Shockoe Slip area.

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June 25

- In 1788, delegates at the Virginia Ratifying Convention in the Richmond Theatre voted by 89-79 to ratify the US Constitution.

June 26

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June 28

- Fifth Virginia Convention adopts first Constitution of Virginia

June 29

- Fifth Virginia Convention elects Patrick Henry as first Governor of the Commonwealth-of Virginia

June 30

- King Charles II issues revised charter in 1665 for new proprietary colony in Carolina