Week of June 19th

Take a look back at this week in History

Episode Transcript

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And now I look back at thisweek in history on iHeartRadio. This week
in seventeen eighty eight, New Hampshirebecomes the ninth and last necessary state to
ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of
the land. It was then agreedthat government under the US Constitution would begin
on March fourth, seventeen eighty nine. This week in eighteen sixty five,

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and more specifically, in what isnow known as Juneteenth, where June nineteenth,
eighteen sixty five, Union soldiers arrivein Galveston, Texas with news that
the Civil War is over and slaveryin the United States is abolished. On
that day, two hundred and fiftythousand enslaved people were freed. Many left
the state immediately and headed north orto nearby states in search of family members

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who had been taken to other regionsduring slavery. Juneteenth became a federal holiday
in twenty twenty one. This weekin nineteen seventy five, Jaws, a
film directed by Steven Spielberg, opensin theaters. The story of a great
white shark that terrorizes in New England. Shortown became an instant blockbuster, and
the highest grossing film in movie historyuntil it was bested by nineteen seventy seven

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Star Wars. Jaws was nominated foran Academy Award in the Best Picture category
and took home three Oscars for BestFilm Editing, Best Original Score, and
Best Sound and made lots of peopleafraid to go in the water and sticking
with movies. This week in twothousand and one, The Fast and the
Furious, a crime drama based inthe underground world of street racing in southern
California, debuts in theaters across theUnited States. To say it was the

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start of a successful franchise would bea huge understatement. The estimated global revenue
for the franchise is now over sevenbillion dollars. And that's what happened.
Thanks for listening to This Week inHistory on iHeartRadio.