On June 22, Allen and Seth Warner appeared before Congress in Philadelphia, where they argued for the inclusion of the Green Mountain Boys in the Continental Army.

In the June 6, 1840 issue of Philadelphia's Saturday Evening Post, Poe bought advertising space for his prospectus: " Prospectus of the Penn Magazine, a Monthly Literary journal to be edited and published in the city of Philadelphia by Edgar A.

On June 28, 1977, in the Philadelphia Federal District Court, a lawsuit was filed by the Norlin Corporation, the parent company of Gibson Guitars against Elger / Hoshino U. S. A .' s use of the Gibson headstock design and logo.

He began those duties when he took his seat in Philadelphia on June 14, 1780, serving until 1782.

U. S. orchestras that have gone into Chapter 11 bankruptcy includes the Philadelphia Orchestra ( in April 2011 ), and the Louisville Orchestra, in December 2010 ; orchestras that have gone into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and have ceased operations include the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in 2006, the Honolulu Orchestra in March 2011, the New Mexico Symphony in April 2011, and the Syracuse Symphony in June 2011.

In June 2010, the team's scheduled 2010 series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre was moved to Philadelphia, because of security concerns for the G-20 Summit.

Richard Channing Garfield, PhD ( born June 26, 1963, Philadelphia ) is a game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech CCG, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle ( originally known as Jyhad ), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally.

Thomas McKean ( March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817 ) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

After adopting the Articles of Confederation, the Congress of the Confederation was formed and convened in Philadelphia from March 1781 until June 1783, when a mob of angry soldiers converged upon Independence Hall, demanding payment for their service during the American Revolutionary War.

He is reputed to have met with Hoban then, and summoned the architect to Philadelphia and met with him there in June 1792.

As the convention opened in Philadelphia on June 24, Gallup reported that in a poll taken a few days earlier, Willkie had moved up to 29 %, Dewey had slipped 5 % to 47 %, and Taft, Vandenberg, and former President Hoover trailed at 8 %, 8 %, and 6 % respectively.

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

* June 12 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

* June 1, 1829 – The Philadelphia Inquirer is founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer.

* June 1 – The Philadelphia Inquirer is founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer.

AT & T used the coaxial link to transmit the Republican national convention in June 1940 from Philadelphia to New York City, where it was televised to a few hundred receivers over the NBC station.

Not to be outdone, NBC launched what it called " the world's first regularly operating television network " on June 27, 1947, serving New York, Philadelphia, Schenectady and Washington.

* June 27: Congress adjourns to return to Philadelphia.

In Philadelphia on June 12, 1996, a panel of federal judges blocked part of the CDA, saying it would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults.

On June 26, 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the Philadelphia court's decision in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, stating that the indecency provisions were an unconstitutional abridgement of the First Amendment right to free speech because they did not permit parents to decide for themselves what material was acceptable for their children, extended to non-commercial speech, and did not define " patently offensive ," a term with no prior legal meaning.

The 926 Republican delegates to the Republican convention, which met in Philadelphia on June 19 – 21, renominated William McKinley by acclamation.

-the 2nd leg will be a North-American tour to start with the Jazz Festival in Montréal ( Canada ) on 30 June, followed by a concert on July 4th at the Bluesfest in Ottawa ( Canada ) and to follow as a 10-date US journey to start in July in Boston, then to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington.

Charles Tyson Yerkes ( June 25, 1837 – December 29, 1905 ) was an American financier, born in Philadelphia.

Yerkes was born in the Northern Liberties, a district adjacent to Philadelphia, on June 25, 1837.

On June 6, 2007, CEO Brian Tierney of Philadelphia Media Holdings L. L. C., owning company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. com, went public in an article on Philly. com expressing interest in " joining with outside partners to buy Dow Jones.

* 1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.

Following rehearsals in New York City, the company started pre-Broadway tryouts in Philadelphia from March 2 to 21, 1964.

He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), Adam's Rib ( 1949 ), Born Yesterday ( 1950 ), A Star Is Born ( 1954 ) and My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

Despite this reputation, during his career, he oversaw more performances honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor than any other director: James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), Ronald Colman in A Double Life ( 1947 ), and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

* Philadelphia 1964 race riot ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-August

* August 28 – 30 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot: Tensions between African American residents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.

The Guild House, completed 1964, on Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia

* Vanna Venturi House ; Philadelphia ( 1964 ) won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award and was recognized as a " Masterwork of Modern American Architecture " by the United States Postal Service in May 2005.

* Guild House ; Philadelphia ( 1964 )

While attending a basketball game on November 29, 1964, at the Boston Garden, Ed Snider, the then vice-president of the Philadelphia Eagles, observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to see a last-place ice hockey team.

In the 1964 – 65 season, the 76ers acquired the legendary Wilt Chamberlain from the Warriors ; Chamberlain had been a high school legend in Philadelphia and began his career with the Warriors while they still played in Philadelphia.

In the 1964 – 65 season, the Warriors traded Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and $ 150, 000, as they only won 17 games that season.

He then went to the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1964 – 67 ), the Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1968 to mid-1969 ), and finished the 1969 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

His second, for the Philadelphia Phillies, was a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father's Day, June 21, 1964.

In 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered brutally by white supremacists, allegedly including a deputy county sheriff, in Philadelphia, the county seat.

* Most fumble recoveries for touchdowns: 3 ; Detroit Lions ( 2 ) vs. Minnesota Vikings ( 1 ), December 9, 1962 ( 2 own, 1 opponents '); Green Bay Packers ( 2 ) vs. Dallas Cowboys ( 1 ), November 29, 1964 ( all opponents '); Oakland Raiders ( 2 ) vs. Buffalo Bills ( 1 ), December 24, 1967 ( all opponents '); Oakland Raiders ( 2 ) vs. Philadelphia Eagles ( 1 ), September 24, 1995 ( all opponents '); Tennessee Titans ( 2 ) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1 ), January 2, 2000 ( all opponents ').

Andrew Goodman ( November 23, 1943, – June 21, 1964 ) was one of three American civil rights activists murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer in 1964 by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

On the morning of June 21, 1964, the three men set out for Philadelphia, Neshoba County, where they were to investigate the recent burning of Mount Zion Methodist Church, a black church that had agreed to be a site for a Relign School for education and voter registration.

Sesqui-Centennial Stadium ( later known as Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, and after 1964, John F. Kennedy Stadium ) was built in conjunction with the fair.

Jim Prince, publisher of the local The Neshoba Democrat newspaper said, " Philadelphia will always be connected to what happened here in 1964, but the fact that Philadelphia, Mississippi, with its notorious past, could elect a black man as mayor, it might be time to quit picking on Philadelphia, Mississippi.