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June 28th ... On this day in history

1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)

1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress
1870 U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees
1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Dutches Sophie, were assassinated triggering an international crisis that led to the outbreak of world War I.

5 years later, in 1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France

1935 FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky

1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson

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