1. In 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi as part of the "Freedom Summer" campaign. The deaths of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were a turning point in the civil rights movement and led to significant reforms in Mississippi and throughout the United States.

2. In 1836, a treaty was signed between the United States and the Choctaw Nation that ceded nearly 11 million acres of land to the government. The treaty, known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, forced the Choctaw people to relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and led to the removal of many other Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeast.

3. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, sparking the beginning of World War I. Mississippi, like many other states, sent troops and resources to support the war effort and suffered significant losses during the conflict.

4. In 1953, University of Mississippi student Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman. Till's death became a rallying point for the civil rights movement and helped galvanize support for desegregation and an end to racial violence in the South.

5. On June 28, 1997, a fire at the Lee County Agricultural Center in Verona, Mississippi destroyed thousands of dollars worth of equipment and livestock. The fire was the result of a faulty propane heater and resulted in no injuries, but served as a reminder of the importance of fire safety in agricultural settings.