Flag Day
Marks the day in 1777 Congress adopted the stars-and-stripes design. Observed but not a federal holiday — the mail still runs.
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- Culture
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United States
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2017
A fire severely damaged Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, killing 72 people.- 2017The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
- 2017Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
- 2014A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.