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   Today in History:

• 1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
• 1740 – A combined force Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• 1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
• 1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
• 1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• 1917 – The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain and France against Germany in World War I.
• 1918 – World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• 1924 – American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
• 1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• 1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
• 1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• 1940 – World War II: under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cedeBessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• 1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
• 1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, ends with the defeat of the Polish resistance forces.
• 1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
• 1948 – The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
• 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
• 1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• 1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• 1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
• 1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
• 1977 – The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she is the first victim who is not a prostitute.
• 1991 – Ten-Day War: the Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
• 1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.
• 1996 – Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
• 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
• 2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual right, and that the District of Columbia handgun ban is unconstitutional.

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From:  Mitchell, Amy [Amy.Mitchell@mail.house.gov]
Sent:   Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:24 PM

Subj:  SAVE THE DATE: Joint House Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services Committees

           Hearing

 

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2012 CONTACT: Amy Mitchell (202) 225-3527

***** CALENDAR ALERT *****

 

Joint House Veterans’ Affairs and Armed Services Committees Hearing

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.undefinedOn Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the House Armed Services Committee will hold a joint hearing entitled, “Back From the Battlefield: DoD and VA Collaboration to Assist Servicemembers Returning to Civilian Life.”

 

WHO: House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and House Armed Services Committee

WHAT: Back From the Battlefield: DoD and VA Collaboration to Assist Servicemembers Returning to Civilian Life

WHEN: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building

 

WITNESS LIST

Panel 1

 

The Honorable Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

 

For more news from the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, please visit:

Veterans.House.Gov 

Find us on Facebook at: Facebook.com/HouseVetsAffairs or follow us on Twitter at:

@HouseVetAffairs

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From: Wickersham, Frank G. [mailto:FGWickersham@VSECORP.com] 
Sent:   Monday, June 25, 2012 2:43 PM

Subj: VSE Small Business Connection - Q2 2012

 

Good Afternoon,

 

We are pleased to issue the latest edition of the VSE Small Business Connection. This issue covers all of the events and news related to small business that occurred in Q2 2012 – including the recent CIO-SP3 and JITC wins where we feature our small business teammates. It is an excellent summary of VSE’s small business program.

 

Also, please keep in mind that our next Quarterly Small Business Conference will be held at VSE headquarters on July 25^th. Any small businesses that would like toattend may contact Christine Kaineg as below. Those SBs desiring to attend should also register in GovWin at http://govwin.com/vsecorp/partnering-information

 

Additionally, on the evening of July 25^th, we will be hosting our bi-annual Small Business Reception where we invite all small businesses who are registered in VSE’s GovWin Partner Network.

 

Thank you for your support and interest.

VSE Small Business Advocate:

Christine Kaineg, Small Business Liaison Officer/Investor Relations

VSE Corporation 703-329-3263

 

VSE SDVOSB and Veterans Advocate:

Frank G. Wickersham III, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility

Veterans Outreach, VSE Corporation

6348 Walker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22310

703-329-4499 (o)

fgwickersham@vsecorp.com 

vseveterans@vsecorp.com 

VSE is a Veterans Preference company