Events1178 - Five
Canterbury monks see what was possibly the
Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the moon's distance (on the order of metres) are a result of this collision.1264 - The
Parliament of Ireland meets at
Castledermot in
County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this
Irish legislature.1429 -
French forces under the leadership of
Joan of Arc crush the main
English army under
Sir John Fastolf at the
Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the
Hundred Years' War.
1767 -
Samuel Wallis, an
English sea captain, sighted
Tahiti and is considered the first
European to reach the island.
1778 -
American Revolutionary War:
British troops abandon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1812 -
War of 1812: The
U.S. Congress declares war on the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1815 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Waterloo leads to
Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of
France for a second and final time.
1858 -
Charles Darwin receives from
Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about
evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.
1873 -
Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the
1872 presidential election.
1887 - The
Reinsurance Treaty is closed between
Germany and
Russia.
1900 -
Empress Dowager Longyu of
China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign
diplomats and their families.
1908 -
Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in
Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
1923 -
Checker Cab puts its first
taxi on the streets.
1928 -
Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an
aircraft across the
Atlantic Ocean (she was a
passenger; Wilmer Stutz was
pilot and
Lou Gordon,
mechanic).
1930 - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the
Franklin Institute held.
1940 -
Appeal of June 18 by
Charles de Gaulle.1940 -
"Finest Hour" speech by
Winston Churchill.
1945 -
William Joyce (
Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with
treason.
1946 -
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a
Socialist called for a
Direct Action Day against the
Portuguese in
Goa. A road is named after this date in
Panjim.
1953 - The
Republic of
Egypt is declared and the
monarchy is abolished.1953 - A
United States Air Force C-124 crashed and burned near
Tokyo,
Japan killing 129.
1954 -
Pierre Mendès-France becomes
Prime Minister of
France.
1959 -
Governor of
Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.
1965 -
Vietnam War: The
United States uses
B-52 bombers to attack
National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in
South Vietnam.
1967 -
Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the
Monterey Pop Festival.
1979 -
SALT II is signed by the
United States and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1983 -
Space Shuttle program:
STS-7,
Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first
American woman in space.
1984 - Major clash between about 5,000
police and a similar number of
miners at Orgreave,
South Yorkshire, during the
1984-
1985 miners' strike. Incident later known as the
Battle of Orgreave.
1996 -
Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the
Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
1999 - A global
Carnival against Capitalism.
2001 - Protests occur in
Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between
Naga insurgents and the government of
India.
2006 - The first
Kazakh space
satellite,
KazSat is launched.
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