National Defense Act of 1916 June 3, 1916 Federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903 Included an expansion of the Army and the National Guard Created the Officers' and an Enlisted Reserve Corp Created of a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
Battle of Dong Xoai June 10, 1965 11 Green Berets of Detachment A-342, 5th Special Forces (SF) Group 9 Seabees of Team 1104, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 435 Cambodians and South Vietnamese Dong Xoai, district capital of Phuoc Long province in War Zone D two Viet Cong regiments (1,500 soldiers) 11:30 p.m. on June ... Read more
June 25, 1876 – June 26, 1876 Custer's Last Stand in southeastern Montana Territory Lt Colonel George Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn 31 officers, 586 soldiers, 33 Indian scouts and 20 civilian employees June 26 = 262 were dead, 68 were wounded ... Read more
July 1, 1972 Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms was created Enforcement of the Gun Control Act was given to the Dept. of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service. The organization replaced "tax" with "firearms," nearly doubled in size, and became the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). ... Read more