June 4
NATIONAL Applesauce Cake Day
NATIONAL Hug Your Cat Day
NATIONAL Cancer Survivors Day [first Sunday in June]
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1717 The Freemasons are founded in London
1789 The Constitution of the United States goes into effect
1800 The White House was completed and President & Mrs. John Adams moved in
1876 A mere 83 hours after leaving New York City, the Transcontinental Express train arrives in San Francisco
1892 The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco
1896 Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive
1911 Gold is discovered in Alaska’s Indian Creek
1919 The US Senate passes the Women’s Suffrage bill
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