On this day :

1777 Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes, 1777 Continental Congress chooses national flag, 2002 The Bourne Identity featuring famous Mini chase scene is released, 1863 Union defeated at the Second Battle of Winchester, 1954 First nationwide civil defense drill held, 1985 TWA flight 847 is hijacked by terrorists, 1903 Flash flood devastates Oregon town, 1789 Bounty mutiny survivors reach Timor, 1951 UNIVAC computer dedicated, 1982 Falkland Islands War ends, 2003 Queen Elizabeth makes Helen Mirren a Dame, 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe is born, 1909 Folk singer Burl Ives is born, 1846 Californias Bear Flag revolt begins, 1922 Harding becomes first president to be heard on the radio, 1998 Jordan leads Bulls to sixth NBA title, 1968 Dr Spock convicted for aiding draft resisters, 1969 US command announces troop withdrawal, 1917 US President Woodrow Wilson gives Flag Day address, 1940 Germans enter Paris,