; ct2gcal.pl output ; ; Absolutely NO warrenty! ; ; ;# CalenTool V2.2 - nflag=1 range=5,6 - DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE ;# Notable events in history (May-June) ;# $Header: events3,v 1.1 91/03/07 16:19:06 billr Exp $ ;# Today in History dates provided by Robert Heckendorn at ;# Hewlett-Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado. ;# Any corrections or additions may be sent to robert@fc.hp.com ;# ;# Additional dates provided from ProLine's today file ;# ;# Converted to calentool format by Larry Virden (lwv27%cas.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu) ;# and further edited and merged by Bill Randle (billr@saab.cna.tek.com). ;# All dates in this file are New Style unless otherwise noted. ;# Some duplicates may exist where I haven't been able to verify which ;# one is correct. ;# 00000501 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued. (1840)%s18400501 00000501 1st school for the deaf founded. (1860)%s18600501 00000501 Congress changes the flag to have 15 stars and 15 stripes for the new states of Vermont and Kentucky. It was this flag that inspired the "Star Spangled Banner" (1795)%s17950501 00000501 Folies-Bergere opens in Paris. (1869)%s18690501 00000501 US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island. (1892)%s18920501 00000501 construction begins in Chicago on the 1st skyscraper. (1884)%s18840501 00000503 1st regular steam train passenger service starts. (1830)%s18300503 00000503 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington (1971)%s19710503 00000503 Columbus discovers Jamaica on his second voyage (1494)%s14940503 00000504 "Waltzing Matilda" is officially adopted as Australia's National Anthem (1976)%s19760504 00000504 Four Kent State students protesting invasion of Cambodia are shot by Ohio National Guard (1970)%s19700504 00000504 Governor Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island for $24 of scarlet cloth and brass buttons (1626)%s16260504 00000504 House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at Tewkesbury (1471)%s14710504 00000504 Phonograph shown for 1st time at the Grand Opera House. (1878)%s18780504 00000504 The Haymarket riots (1886)%s18860504 00000504 Woodward's Gardens opens to public. (1866)%s18660504 00000504 four students killed by national guardsmen during student demonstration against Cambodia incursion at Kent State University (1970)%s19700504 00000505 Carnegie Hall, originally named just "Music Hall", opens (1891)%s18910505 00000505 Council of Europe established. (1949)%s19490505 00000505 John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of Evolution (1925)%s19250505 00000505 The congressional Iran-Contra hearings opened. (1987)%s19870505 00000506 Chinese immigrants banned from the US for ten years (1882)%s18820506 00000506 Patent granted to Dr. John Farrie for a "refrigeration machine" (1851)%s18510506 00000506 The Hindenburg, a hydrogen filled zeppelin over 800 feet long, explodes during mooring in Lakehurst, NJ. Only 36 of the 98 aboard were killed. (1937)%s19370506 00000506 The Paris Exposition formally opened featuring the Eiffel Tower (1889)%s18890506 00000506 the Olympic Club, 1st athletic club in US, founded. (1860)%s18600506 00000507 Communists take Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam (1954)%s19540507 00000507 General Eisenhower accepts German surrender in WWII from General Jodl (1945)%s19450507 00000507 General Sherman begins his "march to the sea" (1864)%s18640507 00000507 Lusitania is sunk by German torpedo, 1198 dead (1915)%s19150507 00000507 The Columbia River is discovered by Capt. Robert Gray (1792)%s17920507 00000508 England and China sign an agreement that opium should be used as their main trading commodity (1911)%s19110508 00000508 First major battle of the Mexican War fought at Palo Alto, Texas resulting in victory for the U. S. forces of General Zachary Taylor (1846)%s18460508 00000508 Helmeted construction workers broke up an anti-war protest (1970)%s19700508 00000508 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River near Memphis (1541)%s15410508 00000508 John Styth Pemberton invented the syrup for a beverage that came to be known as Coca-Cola (1886)%s18860508 00000508 President Truman announces in a Radio address that World War II has ended in Europe (1945)%s19450508 00000508 Senator Gary Hart withdraws from the presidential race over allegations that he was seeing model Donna Rice (1987)%s19870508 00000508 U.S. institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor (1972)%s19720508 00000509 94 degrees F (New York City, 1979)%s19790509 00000509 Hitler burned books in Berlin (1933)%s19330509 00000509 Impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon were opened by the House Judiciary Committee (1974)%s19740509 00000509 President Wilson declares the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day (1914)%s19140509 00000510 Continental Congress issues paper currency for 1st time. (1775)%s17750510 00000510 Germany invades Low Countries (1940)%s19400510 00000510 The Driving of the Golden Spike, Promontory Point, Utah. The Transcontinential railroad is completed (1869)%s18690510 00000510 The first Mother's Day is celebrated in Philadelphia (1908)%s19080510 00000510 The first planetarium in the US opens in Chicago (1930)%s19300510 00000511 100 pounds of plutonium catches fire at Rocky Flats, Colorado (1969)%s19690511 00000511 1st US fire insurance policy is issued, in Philadelphia. (1752)%s17520511 00000511 B. F. Goodrich announced the development of a tubeless tire (1947)%s19470511 00000511 British forces capture Rangoon (1824)%s18240511 00000511 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented (1916)%s19160511 00000511 Glacier National Park in Montana was established (1910)%s19100511 00000511 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory. (1951)%s19510511 00000511 Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union (1858)%s18580511 00000511 Thailand is adopted as the new name for Siam (1949)%s19490511 00000511 U.N. admits Israel (1949)%s19490511 00000511 U.S. Forces land on the Japanese held island of Attu in the Aleutians (1943)%s19430511 00000512 George VI takes the throne of England after abdication by Edward VIII (1937)%s19370512 00000512 Manitoba becomes a Canadian Province (1870)%s18700512 00000512 Russians occupy Samarkand (1868)%s18680512 00000512 The Commerce Department announced that hurricanes would no longer be named exclusively after women (1978)%s19780512 00000513 "Black Friday" signals the total collapse of the German economic system (1927)%s19270513 00000513 11 members of a high school class lost in snowstorm on Mount Hood. 2 walk to safety. Of the 9 found in a snow cave 2 days later only 2 were alive. (1986)%s19860513 00000513 Churchill gives speech, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." (1940)%s19400513 00000513 English land to found Jamestown (1st permanent settlement) (1607)%s16070513 00000513 Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded (1884)%s18840513 00000513 Mary of Scotland is defeated at the battle of Langside (1568)%s15680513 00000513 Pope John Paul II was seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca (1981)%s19810513 00000513 The Philadelphia police drop a bomb on a row house to flush out radicals and burn down 4 blocks of houses (1985)%s19850513 00000513 The U.S. declares war on Mexico (1846)%s18460513 00000513 The first U.S. airmail stamps were introduced (1918)%s19180513 00000513 The merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by the Cambodian Navy (1975)%s19750513 00000513 Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, saw a vision of the Virgin Mary (1917)%s19170513 00000513 V-E (Victory in Europe) day (1945)%s19450513 00000513 colonists arrive at Jamestown, Virginia (1607)%s16070513 00000514 Accession of Louis XIV, age 4, Anne of Austria was the regent (1643)%s16430514 00000514 Beginning of Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804)%s18040514 00000514 Edward Jenner shows that humans could be safely inoculated against smallpox with the use of cowpox (1796)%s17960514 00000514 Gail Borden applies for patent for making condensed milk. (1853)%s18530514 00000514 Nation of Israel proclaimed (1948)%s19480514 00000514 Paraguay gains it's independence. (1811)%s18110514 00000514 Representatives from eight Communist bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland (1955)%s19550514 00000514 The Dutch army surrenders to the Germans (1940)%s19400514 00000514 The day commonly accepted as the day of Christ's ascension (33)%s00330514 00000514 Victory of English barons at the battle of Lewes (1264)%s12640514 00000515 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY (1854)%s18540515 00000515 Las Vegas, Nevada is founded (1905)%s19050515 00000515 Panama Canal opened (1914)%s19140515 00000515 Presidential candidate George Wallace and three bystanders were shot by Arthur H. Bremer (1972)%s19720515 00000515 The Royal Opera house, Covent Garden, opened in London (1858)%s18580515 00000515 Two women were named generals, the first ever in U.S. History (1970)%s19700515 00000515 the first nylon stockings are sold (1940)%s19400515 00000515 the last broadcast of Lowell Thomas (1976)%s19760515 00000516 Congress authorizes nickel 5-cent piece (the silver half-dime was used up to this point) (1866)%s18660516 00000516 First Class Mail now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents). (1971)%s19710516 00000516 Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the (1975)summit of Mount Everest.%s19750516 00000516 Supreme court rules that bootleggers must file income-tax forms even though bootlegging is illegal (1927)%s19270516 00000516 Surgeon General released a report declaring nicotine is addictive. (1988)%s19880516 00000516 William H. Seward, bought Alaska at $0.02/acre. (1801)%s18010516 00000517 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China (1982)%s19820517 00000517 An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf killing thirty-seven American sailors (1987)%s19870517 00000517 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show in Anaheim (1921)%s19210517 00000517 Six Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) members killed in televised gun fight (1974)%s19740517 00000517 Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, overthrowing the principle of 'separate but equal' (1954)%s19540517 00000517 The New York Stock Exchange is founded under a tree located on what is now Wall Street (1792)%s17920517 00000517 the Watergate hearings begin (1973)%s19730517 00000518 Congress passes the Lindbergh Act (1934)%s19340518 00000518 Mount St. Helens in Washington explodes blowing off the top 1300 feet, killing 57 people and leveling 150 square miles of forest (1980)%s19800518 00000518 Napoleon crowned Emperor (1804)%s18040518 00000518 TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt. (1933)%s19330518 00000518 The Canadian city of Montreal was founded (1642)%s16420518 00000518 The Graf Zeppelin makes its maiden voyage (1930)%s19300518 00000518 The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for President (1860)%s18600518 00000518 The city of Acre is taken by Moslem forces killing or enslaving 60000 Christians (1291)%s12910518 00000519 Attempted assassination of Queen Victoria by William Hamilton (1849)%s18490519 00000519 Napoleon creates the Order of the Legion of Honor (1802)%s18020519 00000519 The British put a tax on dogs (1796)%s17960519 00000519 The Emergency Quota Immigration Act passed (1921)%s19210519 00000519 The Federated Boys' Clubs, forerunner of the Boys' Clubs of America were organized (1906)%s19060519 00000519 The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon (1588)%s15880519 00000519 the Homestead Act becomes law. (1862)%s18620519 00000520 Ascension Island discovered by the Portuguese (1501)%s15010520 00000520 Charles Lindbergh starts flight from New York to Paris winning $25000 (1929)%s19290520 00000520 first speeding arrest, to Jacob German of New York City (1899)%s18990520 00000520 the digging is finished for the Panama Canal (1913)%s19130520 00000521 Charles Lindberg arrives in Paris from New York (1927)%s19270521 00000521 Last communication from the U.S. Scorpion with 99 men aboard. (1968)%s19680521 00000521 The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific. (1956)%s19560521 00000521 the American Red Cross is founded. (1881)%s18810521 00000522 Alexander the Great defeats Darius at Granicus (334 0)%s00000522 00000522 Ceylon is declared a republic and the name changes to Sri Lanka (1972)%s19720522 00000522 Hitler and Mussolini signed a "Pact Of Steel" committing Germany and Italy to a military alliance (1939)%s19390522 00000522 Mungo Park sets sail on his first voyage to Africa (1795)%s17950522 00000522 The "Great Train Robbery" took place in Indiana. (1868)%s18680522 00000522 The first steam-propelled vessel to attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing, departed from Savannah, GA (1819)%s18190522 00000522 The village of Brigadoon first disappears, only to reappear every 100 years (1753)%s17530522 00000522 U.S. Civil War ends (1865)%s18650522 00000522 the Isle of Lundy is acquired by the British National Trust (1969)%s19690522 00000522 the official opening of the Blackwall tunnel under the Thames (1897)%s18970522 00000523 Israeli raid into Argentina and successfully capture Adolf Eichmann (1960)%s19600523 00000523 South Carolina becomes the 8th state (1788)%s17880523 00000523 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest (1953)%s19530523 00000524 Berkeley named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne). (1866)%s18660524 00000524 First telegraph message (1824)%s18240524 00000524 John Hancock elected president of the Continental Congress (1775)%s17750524 00000524 Samual F.B. Morse taps out "What Hath God Wrought" (1844)%s18440524 00000524 The Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres. Arthur & Gov. Cleveland. (1883)%s18830524 00000524 The last US Cavalry horse dies. His name was Chief. (1968)%s19680524 00000524 in Boston, the 1st auto repair shop opens. (1899)%s18990524 00000525 Argentina begins its revolt against Spain (1810)%s18100525 00000525 Captain Cook sets off on his first voyage of discovery (1768)%s17680525 00000525 Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia. (1787)%s17870525 00000525 Henry Ford stops producing the Model T car (begins Model A). (1927)%s19270525 00000525 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK (1980)%s19800525 00000525 Pres. John Kennedy declares landing a man on the Moon to be national objective (1961)%s19610525 00000525 Representative Wayne Hays admits to a "personal relationship" with Elizabeth Ray a committee staff member, who claims she'd got received her job in order to be his mistress (1976)%s19760525 00000525 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England (1830)%s18300525 00000525 Transjordan, now called just Jordan, becomes a kingdom (1946)%s19460525 00000525 rebuilt Coventry Cathedral is consecrated (1962)%s19620525 00000526 Congress sets first immigration quotas (1924)%s19240526 00000526 General Kirby Smith surrenders in Texas ending the Civil War (1865)%s18650526 00000526 George Willig scaled the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center, and was arrested at the top of the 110 story building (1977)%s19770526 00000526 John Von Neumann files patent for hydrogen bomb (1946)%s19460526 00000526 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy. (1805)%s18050526 00000526 President Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote. (1868)%s18680526 00000526 The cornerstone is laid for the factory used to produce KDF vehicles which were later to be known as Volkswagen Beetles. The company town also built on this site was later to be known as Wolfsburg. (1938)%s19380526 00000526 US troops arrive in France (1917)%s19170526 00000527 Afghanistan attains sovereignty (1921)%s19210527 00000527 the Queen Mary makes her maiden voyage (1936)%s19360527 00000528 Belgium falls to Germany (1940)%s19400528 00000528 The Sierra Club founded (1892)%s18920528 00000528 United States Customs Court created by Congress. (1926)%s19260528 00000528 the Irish senate is abolished (1936)%s19360528 00000528 the Nazi's win election in Danzig (1933)%s19330528 00000529 Constantinople falls to the Turks (some believe this signalled the end of the Middle Ages) (1453)%s14530529 00000529 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest (1953)%s19530529 00000529 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity tested during solar eclipse (1919)%s19190529 00000529 First Class postage now 15 cents (was 13 cents for 3 years). (1978)%s19780529 00000529 Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses (1765)%s17650529 00000529 Rhode Island becomes the 13rd state (1790)%s17900529 00000529 Wisconsin becomes the 30th state (1848)%s18480529 00000529 first food stamps are issued (1961)%s19610529 00000530 U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua (1912)%s19120530 00000530 first US auto accident (1896)%s18960530 00000531 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition. (1879)%s18790531 00000531 1st recorded bicycle race, 2 kilometers in Paris. (1868)%s18680531 00000531 26,000 buried chicken carcasses explode in Sheridan, OR sending chicken pieces 40 feet or more after gases build up from decay (1986)%s19860531 00000531 Johnstown Flood (1889)%s18890531 00000531 Tens of thousands of people in Peru died in an earthquake. (1970)%s19700531 00000531 The last concrete is poured on the locks at the Panama Canal (1913)%s19130531 00000531 the 17th amendment, senatorial elections, proclaimed (1913)%s19130531 00000531 the battle of Jutland is fought (1916)%s19160531 00000531 the first Lady Godiva procession held in Coventry celebrating her 12th century ride (1678)%s16780531 00000601 Kentucky became the 15th state. (1792)%s17920601 00000601 Maine became the first state to enact a law prohibiting alcohol. (1851)%s18510601 00000601 Mauna Loa erupts from the Southwest rift 600M cubic yards of lava over 23 days (1950)%s19500601 00000601 Tennessee became the 16th state. (1796)%s17960601 00000601 The first seismographs to be installed in California are installed in the Lick Observatory (1888)%s18880601 00000601 The mortally wounded commander of the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake is heard to say "Don't give up the ship" in his losing battle with the British. This later becomes the motto of the U.S. Navy. (1813)%s18130601 00000602 Native Americans "granted" citizenship (1924)%s19240602 00000602 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in Westminster Abbey (1953)%s19530602 00000603 First diplomatic missions exchanged between Cuba and the U.S. since 1961 (1977)%s19770603 00000603 Pope John Paul II left the hospital after an attempt on his life. (1981)%s19810603 00000603 The Duke of York defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Harwich (1665)%s16650603 00000604 First minimum wage law (1912)%s19120604 00000604 Henry Ford takes a test drive of his car through the streets of Detroit (1896)%s18960604 00000604 Kublai becomes Khan (1250)%s12500604 00000604 Roquefort cheese developed (1070)%s10700604 00000604 The English army seizes King Charles I as a hostage (1647)%s16470604 00000604 The Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory (1812)%s18120604 00000604 The SS St. Louis with more than 930 Jewish refugees, was turned away from the Florida coast. ("Voyage of the Damned") (1939)%s19390604 00000604 The last Great Auk, a flightless sea bird of the North, is tragically clubbed to death (1844)%s18440604 00000604 Thousands feared killed as Chinese Army swept into the heart of Beijing and into Tiananmen Square to break up student demonstrations (1989)%s19890604 00000604 Turkey turns Cyprus over to the British (1878)%s18780604 00000605 Danish women get the vote (1915)%s19150605 00000605 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. (1849)%s18490605 00000605 Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to international shipping, 8 years after the Six Day War (1975)%s19750605 00000605 General William T. Sherman refuses the Republican presidential nomination with the words, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." (1884)%s18840605 00000605 The LA Zoot Suit riots (1943)%s19430605 00000605 The U.S. goes off of the gold standard (1933)%s19330605 00000605 US Marines arrive in Cuba (1912)%s19120605 00000605 beginning of "The Six Day War" in the Middle East (1967)%s19670605 00000605 formal opening of the Pacific Stock Exchange. (1875)%s18750605 00000605 the earthen Teton Dam North of Idaho Falls collapses flooding a large valley and killing over 100 people (1976)%s19760605 00000606 1st drive-in theatre opens, in Camden, New Jersey. (1933)%s19330606 00000606 Allied forces invade Europe in World War II, the D-Day invasion (1944)%s19440606 00000606 Californians pass proposition 13, the tax control law (1978)%s19780606 00000606 Finland declares war on the USSR (1919)%s19190606 00000606 Half of Limon Colorado is destroyed by a force three Tornado (1990)%s19900606 00000606 The Longleat hedge maze was opened. It is currently the largest maze having 1.61 miles of paths bordered by over 16000 yew trees (1978)%s19780606 00000606 The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London. (1844)%s18440606 00000607 French forces occupy Mexico City (1863)%s18630607 00000607 Gay Liberation Movement starts with the Stonewall Bar riots in New York. The riots lasted three days and were precipitated by a police raid. (1969)%s19690607 00000607 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence (1776)%s17760607 00000607 Sony introduces the first home VCR for $995. By 1988 62% of U.S. homes have a VCR. (1965)%s19650607 00000607 The first sitting of the Northern Ireland Parliament (1921)%s19210607 00000607 U.S. refuses to recognize the Mexican government (1921)%s19210607 00000608 1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York. (1786)%s17860608 00000608 Cable Cars begin service in Los Angeles. (1889)%s18890608 00000608 Inventor Ives W. McGaffey received a patent for a vacuum cleaner. (1869)%s18690608 00000608 The The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) announces that it will now accept all eligible males into the priesthood regardless of race. Previously Black males were excluded. (1978)%s19780608 00000608 bill establishing Bryce Canyon National Park signed by President Calvin Coolidge (1923)%s19230608 00000608 first ad for ice cream (1786)%s17860608 00000609 1st meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California. (1868)%s18680609 00000609 American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon. (1985)%s19850609 00000609 Norway surrenders to the Germans in World War II (1940)%s19400609 00000609 Oak Harbor nuclear power plant in Ohio loses its coolant (1985)%s19850609 00000609 The Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren (1969)%s19690609 00000609 Thomas Sutherland, acting dean of agriculture at American University of Beirut, is kidnapped in Lebanon (1985)%s19850609 00000610 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, by William G. (1935)Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith%s19350610 00000610 Burning of the Gaspee, British revenue cutter by Rhode Islanders (1772)%s17720610 00000610 Embargo on exporting goods to China is lifted by President Nixon (1971)%s19710610 00000610 Great flooding of South Dakota kills hundreds (1972)%s19720610 00000610 Joan of Arc defeats the Earl of Suffolk (1429)%s14290610 00000610 The 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with the 1st ever shipment of frozen beef (1869)%s18690610 00000610 US Marines land at Cuba in Spanish-American War. (1898)%s18980610 00000610 US Senate votes for cloture after 75 day filibuster by Southern States on the Civil Rights Bill (1964)%s19640610 00000610 first tornado recorded in America hits New Haven Connecticut (1682)%s16820610 00000611 Capt. James Cook ran onto the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. (1770)%s17700611 00000611 Greeks seize Troy (1184 BC) 00000611 The Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence from Britain (1776)%s17760611 00000611 The Supreme Court strikes down the federal flag protection law in a 5-4 decision (1990)%s19900611 00000612 26 year old cyclist Bryan Allen flew the human powered aircraft the "Gossamer Albatross" across the English Channel (1979)%s19790612 00000612 An estimated 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators filled New York's Central Park (1982)%s19820612 00000612 England installs municipal government in New York which had been under Dutch rule as New Amsterdam (1665)%s16650612 00000612 Harry Houdini astounds New Yorkers by freeing himself of a straitjacket while upside down 40 feet in the air (1923)%s19230612 00000612 Nelson Mandela, South African antiapartheid leader, is sentenced to life imprisonment (1964)%s19640612 00000612 Phillipines gains its independence from Spain (1898)%s18980612 00000612 South Africa declares a state of emergency and severely restricts news coverage (1986)%s19860612 00000612 The Senate passes bill that renews draft registration (1980)%s19800612 00000612 The Soviet Union executes 8 army leaders in its purge under Stalin (1937)%s19370612 00000612 Victor Hugo fined and imprisoned for writing an article condemning capital punishment (1851)%s18510612 00000612 Virginia's Colonial legislature; first to adopt a Bill of Rights. (1776)%s17760612 00000612 the first railroad opens in Japan (1872)%s18720612 00000613 A ticker-tape parade welcomed aviation hero Charles Lindbergh to NY (1927)%s19270613 00000613 Queen Victoria gets her first train ride (1842)%s18420613 00000613 US Supreme Court issued landmark decision: Miranda vs Arizona, granting constitutional rights to suspects (1966)%s19660613 00000613 beginning of the Boxer rebellion in China (1900)%s19000613 00000614 Bunson invents a gas burner. (1847)%s18470614 00000614 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma. (1846)%s18460614 00000614 Germans enter Paris (1940)%s19400614 00000614 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus. (1952)%s19520614 00000614 President Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance (1954)%s19540614 00000614 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr. (1834)%s18340614 00000614 Stars and Stripes adopted as US flag, replacing Grand Union flag. (1777)%s17770614 00000614 The Supreme Court upholds the sobriety checkpoint as a necessary infringement of rights (1990)%s19900614 00000614 The Vatican announces that the Index of Prohibited Books is abolished (1966)%s19660614 00000615 Arkansas becomes the 25th state (1836)%s18360615 00000615 Ben Franklin performs his famous kite experiment (1752)%s17520615 00000615 France surrendered to Hitler. (1940)%s19400615 00000615 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed as head of the FBI (1924)%s19240615 00000615 King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede. (1215)%s12150615 00000615 Native Americans made US citizens (1915)%s19150615 00000615 Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American Army. (1775)%s17750615 00000615 the ninth Fermat number is factored by Mannasse and Lenstra using British mathematician John Pollard's number field sieve. It two months using hundreds of computers. (1990)%s19900615 00000616 First Congress of Soviets (1917)%s19170616 00000616 Ford Motor CO. was incorporated. (1903)%s19030616 00000616 ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph) is incorporated (1920)%s19200616 00000616 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West. (1961)%s19610616 00000616 The Soweto uprising in South Africa results in the death of over 500 Blacks (1976)%s19760616 00000616 the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill). (1775)%s17750616 00000617 British peace offer rejected by Congress (1778)%s17780617 00000617 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb (1967)%s19670617 00000617 Crazy Horse defeats General Crook (1876)%s18760617 00000617 King Edward III renounces all claims of sovereignty over Scotland (1328)%s13280617 00000617 Last German air raid on Britain in World War I (1918)%s19180617 00000617 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland. (1944)%s19440617 00000617 Revolts in East Germany against the communist state (1953)%s19530617 00000617 Russia occupies the Baltic states (1940)%s19400617 00000617 Seven men are arrested in Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in (1972)%s19720617 00000617 The Maori uprisings in New Zealand against the British (1843)%s18430617 00000617 The Supreme Court struck down rules requiring the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools (1963)%s19630617 00000617 Watergate Democratic National Committee Break-In (1972)%s19720617 00000618 Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by French forces in Belgium (Battle of Waterloo) (1815)%s18150618 00000618 Susan B. Anthony, was fined $100 for trying to vote in 1872 presidental election (1873)%s18730618 00000618 War of 1812 begins. (1812)%s18120618 00000618 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall. (1872)%s18720618 00000619 Anaheim Post Office established. (1861)%s18610619 00000619 Civil Rights Acts survived an 83 day filibuster in US Senate and was approved by a vote of 73-27 (1964)%s19640619 00000619 John F. Kennedy addresses Congress on civil rights (1963)%s19630619 00000619 Lizzie Borden acquitted of killing her parents with an ax (1893)%s18930619 00000619 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge. (1778)%s17780619 00000620 Calcutta is captured and the English are put in the "Black Hole" (1756)%s17560620 00000620 Congress adopts the "Great Seal of the United States" (1782)%s17820620 00000620 Queen Victoria crowned (1837)%s18370620 00000620 The New York Times announced its intention to use the honorific Ms. in both news articles and editorials (1986)%s19860620 00000620 The United States chooses the Eagle as it's symbol. (1782)%s17820620 00000620 US forces complete the taking of Okinawa (1945)%s19450620 00000620 West Virginia becomes the 35th state (1863)%s18630620 00000621 An earthquake hits Iran killing over 50000 people (1990)%s19900621 00000621 Berlin airlift begins (1948)%s19480621 00000621 In a 57 to 46 vote the U.S. Constitution comes into force as New Hampshire votes to ratify the Constitution (1788)%s17880621 00000621 New Hampshire becomes the 9th state (1788)%s17880621 00000621 The German Afrika corps under Rommel, take Tobruk (1942)%s19420621 00000621 The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887)%s18870621 00000621 The Irish Rebellion ends with the rebel defeat at Vinegar Hill (1798)%s17980621 00000621 The Scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow (1919)%s19190621 00000621 The annexation of Zululand by the British (1887)%s18870621 00000621 The foundation stone for the Capitoline Temple is laid in Rome (70)%s00700621 00000621 The laying of the first stone for Christopher Wren's rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral (1675)%s16750621 00000622 Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, president of Iran, impeached and he flees to Paris where he sets up the National Resistance Council to try to overthrow Khomeini (1981)%s19810622 00000622 Antiochus III, the Great, is defeated by Ptolemy the IV, King of Egypt (217 0)%s00000622 00000622 Checkpoint Charles, between East and West Berlin is dismantled (1990)%s19900622 00000622 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi (1964)%s19640622 00000622 Congress created the Department of Justice. (1870)%s18700622 00000622 Coronation of George V in England (1911)%s19110622 00000622 France falls to Nazi Germany. (1940)%s19400622 00000622 Kansas City stops using streetcars in it's transit system. (1957)%s19570622 00000622 Monmouth defeats The Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in Scotland (1679)%s16790622 00000622 Royal Greenwich Observatory founded (1675)%s16750622 00000622 US and Soviet Union signed an agreement to establish hot line. (1963)%s19630622 00000622 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak. (1808)%s18080622 00000622 accession of Richard II of England (1377)%s13770622 00000622 the Germans invade Russia (1941)%s19410622 00000622 the doughnut is invented. (1847)%s18470622 00000623 Franklin Delano Roosevelt's last fireside chat (1944)%s19440623 00000623 Slavery abolished in England (1772)%s17720623 00000623 Typewriter patented (1868)%s18680623 00000623 U.S. Secret Service is formed (1860)%s18600623 00000623 a subpoena is served on Richard Nixon asking for the White House tapes (1973)%s19730623 00000624 John Cabot, explorer, discovers Canada (1497)%s14970624 00000624 Mutiny at Sebastopol by the Russian Black Sea Fleet (1917)%s19170624 00000624 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution (1970)%s19700624 00000624 The Berlin Airlift begins (1948)%s19480624 00000625 Custer's Last Stand at the Little Big Horn (1876)%s18760625 00000625 North Korea invades South Korea (1950)%s19500625 00000625 The Fork is introduced to American dining by Gov. Winthrop. (1630)%s16300625 00000625 Virginia becomes the 10th state (1788)%s17880625 00000626 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions. (1934)%s19340626 00000626 Richard the III becomes King of England (1483)%s14830626 00000626 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II (1959)%s19590626 00000626 Toothbrush invented (1498)%s14980626 00000626 William IV becomes King of England (1830)%s18300626 00000627 100 degrees F (Fort Yukon, 1915)%s19150627 00000627 British soldiers and others massacred at Cawnpore, India (1857)%s18570627 00000627 Cairo falls to British forces (1801)%s18010627 00000627 Central London Electric Tube Railroad is opened between bank and Shepard's Bush (1900)%s19000627 00000627 Jack Cade defeats Stafford at Sevenoaks (1450)%s14500627 00000628 Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War (1778)%s17780628 00000628 Queen Victoria of Great Britain is crowned (1838)%s18380628 00000628 Seoul, Korea is taken by North Korean Forces (1950)%s19500628 00000628 Spillways first used at Glen Canyon Dam (1983)%s19830628 00000628 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke (1978)%s19780628 00000628 Treaty of Versailles (1919)%s19190628 00000628 machines that dispense a hard boiled egg for a nickel are installed throughout Pennsylvania to dispose of egg surplus (1938)%s19380628 00000628 mutiny on the battleship Potemkin (1905)%s19050628 00000628 the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I, was signed. (1919)%s19190628 00000628 the tomato is proved to be nonpoisonous. (1820)%s18200628 00000629 Congress ratifies Gadsden Purchase, adds parts of New Mexico, Arizona (1854)%s18540629 00000629 President Theodore Roosevelt signs bill establishing Mesa Verde National Park (1906)%s19060629 00000629 Tahiti is annexed by France (1880)%s18800629 00000629 The Globe Theatre burns down during a performance of Henry VIII (1613)%s16130629 00000629 Trade unions legalized in England by an act of Parliament (1871)%s18710629 00000629 US forces withdraw from Cambodia (1970)%s19700629 00000629 US troops enter New Guinea (1943)%s19430629 00000629 the very first 1st National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa. (1863)%s18630629 00000630 China & Soviet Union announce split over ideology (1960)%s19600630 00000630 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, in campaign for Indian equal rights in South Africa (1914)%s19140630 00000630 The pillory is no longer a means of punishment in the United Kingdom (1837)%s18370630 00000630 Yosemite becomes a California State Park (1864)%s18640630 00000630 Zaire gains it's independence. (1960)%s19600630 00000630 a giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (the Tunguska Event). (1908)%s19080630 00000630 the Excelsior diamond (blue-white, 995 carats) discovered. (1893)%s18930630