Events:
1539 - Hernando de Soto claimed Florida for Spain.
1851 - The first baseball uniforms were worn.
1864 - At the Battle of Cold Harbor during the Civil War, more than 6000 Union soldiers are killed or wounded in less than an hour.
1916 - ROTC established by an Act of Congress
1937 - Ex-King Edward VIII married American Wallace Simpson.
1942 - The Battle of Midway occurred during World War II.
1965 - Astronaut Ed H. White is the first American to walk in space.
Births:
1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America
1926 - Allan Ginsburg, American poet and leader of the Beat movement
Deaths:
1780 - Thomas Hutchinson
1861 - Stephen Douglas
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