Events1179 - The
Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside
Nidaros.
Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.1269 - King
Louis IX of France orders all
Jews found in public without an identifying
yellow badge to be fined ten
livres of
silver.1306 - The
Earl of Pembroke's army defeats
Bruce's Scottish army at the
Battle of Methven.
1770 -
Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the
Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion.
1807 -
Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the
Ottoman fleet in the
Battle of Athos.
1816 -
Battle of Seven Oaks between
Northwest Company and
Hudson Bay Company, near
Winnipeg,
Manitoba,
Canada.
1821 - Decisive defeat of the
Philikí Etaireía by the
Ottomans at
Drăgăşani (in
Wallachia).
1846 - The first
baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in
Hoboken, New Jersey,
United States.
1850 -
Louise of the Netherlands marries
Crown Prince Karl of
Sweden-Norway.
1862 -
U.S. Congress prohibits
slavery in
United States territories, nullifying the
Dred Scott Case.
1865 - Over two years after the
Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in
Galveston, Texas,
United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as
Juneteenth.
1867 -
Maximilian I of the
Mexican Empire is
executed by a
firing squad in
Querétaro, Querétaro.
1870 - After all of the
Southern States are formally readmitted to the
United States of America, the
Confederate States of America ceases to exist.
1910 - The first
Father's Day is celebrated in
Spokane,
Washington.
1914 - A radiotelegraphic link is established between
Germany and the
United States and
German Emperor Wilhelm II and
US President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event.
1934 - The
Communications Act of 1934 establishes the
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (
FCC).
1938 -
Italy defeats
Hungary 4-2 during the
1938 FIFA World Cup to become the first national team to defend a title.
1943 -
Race riots occur in
Beaumont, Texas.
1944 - The
Battle of the Philippine Sea takes place.
1949 -
NASCAR sanctions the first
"strictly stock" race, which will evolve into the modern
Nextel Cup.
Jim Roper wins the event.
1953 -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are put to death at
Sing Sing, in New York.
1961 -
Kuwait declares independence from the
United Kingdom.
1970 - The
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is signed.
1982 - In one of the first militant attacks by
Hezbollah,
David S. Dodge, president of the
American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
1987 -
ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket,
Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
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