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June 29, 1972: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case of Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
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June 28, 1894: Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday
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June 27, 1967: The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield, England.
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June 26, 1870: The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States
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June 25, 1876: Battle of Little Big Horn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer