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June 2,
1774
Parliament completes the Coercive Acts with the Quartering Act
On
this day in 1774, the British Parliament renews the Quartering Act,
allowing Redcoats to stay in private American homes if necessary. The
Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Government Act,
the Administration of Justice Act and the Boston Port Act, were known
as the Coercive Acts.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=709
June 2, 1865
American Civil War ends
In
an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil
War, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate
forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offered by
Union negotiators. With Smith's surrender, the last Confederate army
ceased to exist, bringing a formal end to the bloodiest four years in
U.S. history.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5057
June 2, 1924
The Indian Citizenship Act
With
Congress' passage of the Indian Citizenship Act, the government of the
United States confers citizenship on all Native Americans born within
the territorial limits of the country.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5059
June 2,
1954
McCarthy charges communists are in the CIA
Senator
Joseph McCarthy charges that communists have infiltrated the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the atomic weapons industry. Although
McCarthy's accusations created a momentary controversy, they were
quickly dismissed as mere sensationalism from a man whose career was
rapidly slipping away.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2686
June 2,
1997
McVeigh convicted for Oklahoma City bombing
Timothy
McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier, is convicted on 15 counts of
murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5060