This Week In History

June 15 - In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City’s East River.

June 16 - In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his New Deal recovery program, signing bank, rail, and industry bills and initiating farm aid.

June 17 - In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor on the French steamer Isère.

June 18 - In 1815, the Battle of Waterloo resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and his abdication for the second and final time.

June 19 - In 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom.

June 20 - In 1893, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.