Fox Nation Patriot's Almanac

On June 1, 2009, General Motors files for bankruptcy amidst a crippling recession.

Martha Washington is born on June 2, 1731, near Williamsburg, Va.

According to tradition, widow Betsy Ross, 24, designed the first Stars and Stripes flag in 1776.

On June 4, 1919, Congress approves the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote.

Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., is assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968.

World War II Allied forces launch the D-Day invasion of German-occupied France on June 6, 1944.

In 1993, ground is broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wis., on June 8, 1867.

In 1973, Secretariat becomes the first winner of horse racing's Triple Crown since 1948.

The Continental Army is formed June 10, 1775.

Actor John Wayne dies at age 72 on June 11, 1979.

President Ronald Reagan stands in front of the Berlin Wall and delivers a speech in 1987.

France's Marquis de Lafayette joins the fight for American liberty.

June 14 is Flag Day.

The bald eagle becomes an American emblem in 1782.

John McDermott, 19, becomes the youngest U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open in 1911.

World War I's first wave of U.S. troops approaches France.

President John F. Kennedy denounces totalitarianism at the Berlin Wall in 1963.

Four U.S. Navy SEALs undertake a risky mission in Afghanistan during Operation Red Wings of 2005.

The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia in 1787.

Molly Pitcher is said to have fought in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Monmouth in 1778, and her bravery was recognized by Gen. George Washington, who granted her a warrant as a non-commissioned officer.

Abraham Lincoln signs a bill giving Yosemite to California.