Events1190 -
Third Crusade:
Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the
Saleph River while leading an army to
Jerusalem. 1539 -
Council of Trent:
Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had had traveling to Venice.
1619 -
Thirty Years' War:
Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
1692 -
Salem witch trials:
Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near
Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
1719 -
Battle of Glen Shiel1770 - Captain
James Cook runs aground on the
Great Barrier Reef.
1793 - The
Jardin des Plantes museum opens in
Paris (becoming, a year later, the first public
zoo). 1793 -
French Revolution: Following arrests of
Girondin leaders the
Jacobins gain control of the
Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
1805 -
First Barbary War:
Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the
United States.
1829 - First
Boat Race between
Oxford and
Cambridge.
1846 -
Mexican-American War: The
California Republic declares independence from
Mexico.
1854 - The first class of
United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Brice's Crossroads –
Confederate troops under
Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger
Union force led by General
Samuel D. Sturgis in
Mississippi.
1871 -
Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109
Marines in naval attack on
Han River forts on
Kanghwa Island,
Korea.
1886 - Eruption of
Mount Tarawera in
New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous
Pink and White Terraces.
1898 -
Spanish-American War:
US Marines land on the island of
Cuba.
1918 -
Austro-Hungarian battleship
SMS Szent Istvan sinks after being torpedoed by an Italian
MAS motorboat.
1924 -
Fascists kidnap and kill
Italian socialist leader
Giacomo Matteotti in
Rome.
1925 - Inaugural service for the
United Church of Canada, a union of
Presbyterian,
Methodist, and
Congregationalist churches held in
Toronto arena
1935 - Dr.
Robert Smith takes his last drink, and
Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in
Akron,
Ohio,
United States, by
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob.
1940 -
World War II:
Italy declares
war on
France and the
United Kingdom.1940 - World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with
"Stab in the Back" speech from the graduation ceremonies of the
University of Virginia. 1940 - World War II:
German forces, under General
Erwin Rommel, reach the
English Channel. 1940 - World War II:
Canada declares war on
Italy. 1940 - World War II:
Norway Surrenders to
German forces.
1941 -
Rudolf Heß crashes a
Luftwaffe fighter-bomber in
England in an attempt to put an end to
World War 2.
1942 - World War II:
Nazis burn the Czech village of
Lidice as reprisal for the killing of
Reinhard Heydrich.
1944 - World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the
Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in
France.1944 - World War II: In
Distomo,
Boeotia Prefecture,
Greece 218 children,women and men were
massacred by German troops.1944 - In
baseball, 15-year old
Joe Nuxhall of the
Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1945 -
Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate
Brunei.
1947 -
Saab produces its first
automobile.
1965 -
Vietnam War:
Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
1967 -
Six-Day War ends:
Israel and
Syria agree to a cease-fire. 1967 -
Argentina becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1973 -
John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire
J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in
Rome,
Italy.
1977 -
James Earl Ray escapes from
Brushy Mountain State Prison in
Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on
June 13. 1977 -
Apple Computer ships its first
Apple II personal computer.
1978 -
Costa Rica becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1980 - The
African National Congress in
South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader
Nelson Mandela.1980 - Percy Wood, president of
United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the
Unabomber1990 - On June 10, a
United Kingdom charter flight BAC 1-11 landed in
Southampton Airport after its windshield had been blown due to faulty engineering. All crew members and passengers survived the near-death experience due to exquisite piloting by the co-pilot Alistair Atchison after the captain, Tim Lancaster had been thrust onto the front of the plane.
1991 - In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades,"
New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from
Operation Desert Storm.
1992 - Fatal ambush of U.S. Army Humvee in Panama on eve of President
George H. W. Bush's visit to that country
1996 - Peace talks begin in
Northern Ireland without
Sinn Féin.
1997 -
Khmer Rouge leader
Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief
Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
1999 -
Kosovo War:
NATO suspends its
air strikes after
Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw
Serbian forces from
Kosovo.
2001 -
Pope John Paul II canonizes
Saint Rafqa2002 - First direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans carried out by
Kevin Warwick in the
United Kingdom.
2003 - The
Spirit Rover is launched, beginning
NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover mission.
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