{"id":58801,"date":"2015-06-01T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=58801"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T11:05:09","slug":"this-week-in-history-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/this-week-in-history-26\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>June 1-7<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/s\/socrates133712.html\" ><em>\u201cBeware the bareness of a busy life.\u201d<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Socrates<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Netanyahu\" >Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister, advises other nations to be cautious in recognizing the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_government\" >Palestinian government<\/a>, formed by agreement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict\" >between Islamist rival groups<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fatah\" >Fatah<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamas\" >Hamas<\/a>; Hamas plans to maintain its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Zionism\" >anti-Zionist<\/a> stance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For Fatah and Hamas relations, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jun\/02\/palestinian-unity-government-sworn-in-fatah-hamas\" >Palestinian unity government Fatah and Hamas sworn in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/Radio\/News.aspx\/5456#.VTj6RZOufX4\" >Audio: Love-Hate Relationship Fatah &amp; Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/No-political-differences-between-Fatah-Hamas\" >\u2018No political difference Fatah, Hamas\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For Zionism, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Zionism\/zionism.html\" >A Definition of Zionism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zionism\" >Zionism &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/657475\/Zionism\" >Zionism, nationalistic movement &#8211; Britanica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastweb.org\/zionism.htm\" >The history of Zionism and the creation of Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.davidicke.com\/headlines\/42734-they-dare-not-speak-its-name-rothschild-zionism\/\" >Rothschild Zionism &#8211; David Icke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikizionism.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/rothshilds-and-zionism.html\" >Rothschild and Zionism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For anti-Zionism, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peacefaq.com\/antizionism.html\" >Anti-Zionism, Anti-Zionist \u2013 The Peace FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/Zionism\/Anti-Zionism.html\" >Anti-Zionism among Jews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionismchristian.com\/anti_zionism.htm\" >Christian Zionism: Anti-Zionism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albawaba.com\/news\/egyptian-opposition-leader-anti-zionist-stance-led-ban-wifaq-party\" >Egyptian Opposition Leader: Anti-Zionist Stance Led to Ban on Wifaq Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/447950\/Anti-Semitism_and_anti-Zionism_in_Iran\" >Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1580065\/Anti-Zionism_and_the_Iranian_Press\" >Anti-Zionism and the Iranian Press<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For Fatah, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/palestinepalestinians\/f\/me080323.htm\" >What Is Fatah?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/lebanon\/fatah-al-islam\/p13391\" >Fatah al-Islam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/f\/fatah_al\/index.html\" >Al Fatah \u2013 The New York Times: Chronology of Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewire.com\/global\/2014\/04\/a-brief-history-of-the-fraught-relationship-between-fatah-and-hamas\/361178\/\" >A Brief History of the Fraught Relationship between Fatah and Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For Hamas and Israel, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hamas\" >History of Hamas &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/terrorism.about.com\/od\/aroundtheworld\/tp\/Israel_and_Hamas.htm\" >Israel and Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article10456.htm\" >Hamas History Tied to Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Business_News\/Security-Industry\/2002\/06\/18\/Analysis-Hamas-history-tied-to-Israel\/82721024445587\/\" >Analysis: Hamas history tied to Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/middleeast.about.com\/od\/israelandpalestine\/a\/me090126.htm\" >How Israel Helped Create Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/07\/30\/how-israel-helped-create-hamas\/\" >How Israel helped create Hamas \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB123275572295011847\" >How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsforaction.org\/watch\/ron_paul_israel_created_hamas\/\" >Israel Created Hamas \u2013 Film for Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/making-enemies\/\" >Making Enemies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.israeltoday.co.il\/default.aspx?tabid=178&amp;nid=16447\" >Israel funding Hamas, Olmert admits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wariscrime.com\/new\/hamas-was-founded-by-mossad\/\" >Hamas Was Funded by Mossad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/hamas-backgrounder\/\" >Council of Foreign Relations Backgrounder: What Is Hamas?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the State of Palestine and its international recognition, visit the following web sites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_Palestine\" >State of Palestine &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine\" >International recognition of the State of Palestine \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/indepth\/analysis\/on-the-recognition-of-the-state-of-palestine\/2014\/10\/14\/\" >On the \u201cRecognition\u201d of the \u201cState of Palestine\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sadaka.ie\/Articles\/Briefings\/BRIEFING-FAQs-Recognition-State-of-Palestine.pdf\" >FAQs: Recognition of the State of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/05\/state-of-palestine_n_6262334.html\" >The State Of Palestine Was Declared Way Before Europe\u2019s Push For Recognition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/182345\/why-we-need-international-recognition-state-palestine\" >Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/31\/world\/europe\/sweden-recognizes-palestinian-state.html?_r=0\" >Sweden Gives Recognition to Palestinians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-united-states-should-recognize-the-state-of-palestine\/2015\/03\/27\/1815e9b4-d366-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html\" >Opinions: The United States should recognize the State of Palestine \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2011\u00a0 <\/strong>The US announces it will boycott an anti-racism conference at the United Nations due to concerns over anti-Semetism.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2011\/06\/01\/u-s-to-boycott-u-n-s-anti-racism-conference\/\" >US. to Boycott U.N.\u2019s Anti-Racism Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/un-anti-racism-conference-bringing-unseemly-characters-new-york_590316.html\" >UN. \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Conference Bringing Unseemly Characters to New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.familysecuritymatters.org\/publications\/detail\/un-anti-racism-conference-attacks-islamophobia\" >UN. \u201cAnti-Racism\u201d Conference Attacks \u201cIslamophobia\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mwcnews.net\/focus\/politics\/14511-anti-racism.html\" >UN anti-racism conference \u2013 14 pro Israel UN Alliance boycott Durban III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/starsusask.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/un-cyberschoolbus.html\" >Student Teacher Anti-Racism Society (STARS) Education Resource<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolphinarium_massacre\" >Dolphinarium massacre<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamas\" >Hamas<\/a> suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tel_Aviv\" >Tel Aviv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nepalese_royal_massacre\" >Nepalese royal massacre<\/a>: Crown Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dipendra_of_Nepal\" >Dipendra of Nepal<\/a> shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Birendra_of_Nepal\" >King Birendra of Nepal<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queen_Aiswarya\" >Queen Aiswarya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\" >George H. W. Bush<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a> sign a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty\" >treaty<\/a> to end <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_weapon\" >chemical weapon<\/a> production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CNN\" >Cable News Network<\/a> (CNN) begins <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcasting\" >broadcasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>The first black-led government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhodesia\" >Rhodesia<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe\" >Zimbabwe<\/a>) in 90 years takes power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The first international applications under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty\" >Patent Cooperation Treaty<\/a> are filed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenya\" >Kenya<\/a> gains internal self-rule (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madaraka_Day\" >Madaraka Day<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_de_Gaulle\" >Charles de Gaulle<\/a> comes out of retirement to lead <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a> by decree for six months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ion_Antonescu\" >Ion Antonescu<\/a>, &#8220;Conducator&#8221; (leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farhud\" >Farhud<\/a>, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Crete\" >Battle of Crete<\/a> ends as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crete\" >Crete<\/a> capitulates to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1929\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1st_Conference_of_the_Communist_Parties_of_Latin_America\" >1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America<\/a> is held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tulsa_Race_Riot\" >Tulsa Race Riot<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_unrest\" >civil unrest<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tulsa,_Oklahoma\" >Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwasthere.com\/browse.aspx#!\/ll\/36.158311,-95.985255\/id\/39316\/info\/details\/zoom\/14\/\" >Tulsa Race Riot \u2013 WhatWasThere.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/04\/10\/150335245\/history-of-tulsas-race-riot\" >1921 Riot Reveals Tulsa\u2019s History of Race Relations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ethnic_riots\" >List of ethnic riots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Front_%28World_War_I%29\" >Western Front<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_for_Belleau_Wood\" >Battle for Belleau Wood<\/a> \u2013 Allied Forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_J._Pershing\" >John J. Pershing<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Harbord\" >James Harbord<\/a> engage Imperial German Forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince\" >Wilhelm, German Crown Prince<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Brandeis\" >Louis Brandeis<\/a> becomes the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jew\" >Jew<\/a> appointed to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >United States Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek-Serbian_Alliance_of_1913\" >Greek\u2013Serbian Treaty of Alliance<\/a> is signed, paving the way for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Balkan_War\" >Second Balkan War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1879\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napol%C3%A9on_Eug%C3%A8ne,_Prince_Imperial\" >Napoleon Eugene<\/a>, the last dynastic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bonaparte\" >Bonaparte<\/a>, is killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Zulu_War\" >Anglo-Zulu War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Walk_of_the_Navajo#Treaty_of_Bosque_Redondo\" >Treaty of Bosque Redondo<\/a> is signed, allowing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Navajo_people\" >Navajos<\/a> to return to their lands in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona\" >Arizona<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Mexico\" >New Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1831\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Clark_Ross\" >James Clark Ross<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnetic_North_Pole\" >Magnetic North Pole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_I\" >Napoleon<\/a> promulgates a revised <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charter_of_1815\" >Constitution<\/a> after it passes a plebiscite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_1812\" >War of 1812<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >U.S. President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Madison\" >James Madison<\/a> asks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_the_United_States\" >Congress<\/a> to declare war on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1794\u00a0 <\/strong>The battle of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glorious_First_of_June\" >Glorious First of June<\/a> is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" >French Revolutionary Wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>The former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egyptian_President\" >Egyptian President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hosni_Mubarak\" >Hosni Mubarak<\/a> is sentenced to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Life_imprisonment\" >life imprisonment<\/a> for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Egyptian_revolution\" >2011 Egyptian revolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhutan_Broadcasting_Service\" >Bhutan Broadcasting Service<\/a> brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Protests in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\" >West Berlin<\/a> against the arrival of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shah\" >Shah<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> turn into riots, during which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benno_Ohnesorg\" >Benno Ohnesorg<\/a> is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terrorism\" >terrorist<\/a> group <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movement_2_June\" >Movement 2 June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >USSR<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a> sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgrade_declaration\" >Belgrade declaration<\/a> and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1948\" >1948<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_constitutional_referendum,_1946\" >Birth of the Italian Republic<\/a>: In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Referendum\" >referendum<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italians<\/a> vote to turn Italy from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy\" >monarchy<\/a> into a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic\" >Republic<\/a>. After the referendum, King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umberto_II_of_Italy\" >Umberto II of Italy<\/a> is exiled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_%28Nazi_Germany%29\" >paratoopers<\/a> murder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greek<\/a> civilians in the village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massacre_of_Kondomari\" >Kondomari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>The U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calvin_Coolidge\" >Calvin Coolidge<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Citizenship_Act_of_1924\" >Indian Citizenship Act<\/a> into law, granting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizenship\" >citizenship<\/a> to all <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native Americans<\/a> born within the territorial limits of the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rolls\" >Charles Rolls<\/a>, a co-founder of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolls-Royce_Limited\" >Rolls-Royce Limited<\/a>, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" >English Channel<\/a> by plane<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Deakin\" >Alfred Deakin<\/a> becomes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Australia\" >Prime Minister of Australia<\/a> for the third time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guglielmo_Marconi\" >Guglielmo Marconi<\/a> applies for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent\" >patent<\/a> for his newest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invention\" >invention<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio\" >radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hristo_Botev\" >Hristo Botev<\/a>, a national revolutionary of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, is killed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stara_Planina\" >Stara Planina<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenian_raids\" >Fenian raids<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenian_Brotherhood\" >Fenians<\/a> are victorious over Canadian forces in both the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ridgeway\" >Battle of Ridgeway<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Fort_Erie_%281866%29\" >Battle of Fort Erie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_Slavic_Congress,_1848\" >Slavic congress<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague\" >Prague<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1805\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_French_Empire\" >Franco<\/a>&#8211;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enlightenment_in_Spain\" >Spanish<\/a> fleet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Diamond_Rock\" >recaptures<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diamond_Rock\" >Diamond Rock<\/a>, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort-de-France\" >Fort-de-France<\/a>, from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\" >British<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hanriot\" >Fran\u00e7ois Hanriot<\/a>, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girondist\" >Girondists<\/a> selected by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Paul_Marat\" >Jean-Paul Marat<\/a>, setting the stage for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reign_of_Terror\" >Reign of Terror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1774\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intolerable_Acts\" >Intolerable Acts<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quartering_Act\" >Quartering Act<\/a> is enacted, allowing a governor in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteen_Colonies\" >colonial America<\/a> to house <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" >British<\/a> soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Manning\" >trial<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> private <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chelsea_Manning\" >Chelsea Manning<\/a> for leaking classified material to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WikiLeaks\" >WikiLeaks<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Meade,_Maryland\" >Fort Meade, Maryland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong>The union of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia_and_Montenegro\" >Serbia and Montenegro<\/a> comes to an end with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a>&#8216;s formal declaration of independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aboriginal_land_rights_in_Australia\" >Aboriginal Land Rights<\/a> are granted in Australia in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mabo_v_Queensland_%28No_2%29\" >Mabo v Queensland (No 2)<\/a>, a case brought by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eddie_Mabo\" >Eddie Mabo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indigenousaustralia.info\/land\/land-rights.html\" >LAND RIGHTS: Aboriginal Land Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/land\/aboriginal-land-rights\" >Aboriginal land rights \u2013 Creative Spirits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/land\/\" >Aboriginal land and land rights \u2013 Creative Spirits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australianhumanitiesreview.org\/emuse\/Mabo\/Griffiths.html\" >Aboriginal Land Rights: Australia and the Mabo Judgment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clc.org.au\/articles\/cat\/land-rights-act\/\" >Aboriginal Land Rights Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.convictcreations.com\/research\/aboriginalrights.html\" >Aboriginal Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skwirk.com\/p-c_s-14_u-120_t-329_c-1131\/land-rights-the-beginning\/nsw\/land-rights-the-beginning\/changing-rights-and-freedoms-aboriginal-people\/self-determination\" >Land rights; the beginning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >China<\/a> sends troops to force protesters out of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square\" >Tiananmen Square<\/a> after seven weeks of occupation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanuatu_Labour_Party\" >Vanuatu Labour Party<\/a> is founded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Blue_Star\" >Operation Blue Star<\/a>, a military offensive, is launched by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" >Indian<\/a> government at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harmandir_Sahib\" >Harmandir Sahib<\/a>, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sikhs\" >Sikhs<\/a>, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amritsar\" >Amritsar<\/a>. The operation continues until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_6\" >June 6<\/a>, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1983\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/june-this-month-in-nuclear-threat-history\/\" >Director John Badham\u2019s frightening motion picture \u201cWar Games,\u201d starring actor Matthew Broderick, premiered at U.S. theaters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambassador\" >ambassador<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shlomo_Argov\" >Shlomo Argov<\/a>, is shot on a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a> street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong>A blowout at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ixtoc_I\" >Ixtoc I<\/a> oil well in the southern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Mexico\" >Gulf of Mexico<\/a> causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000\u00a0m<sup>3<\/sup>) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oil_spill\" >oil spill<\/a> ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_crisis\" >Buddhist crisis<\/a>: Soldiers of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam\" >Army of the Republic of Vietnam<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hue_chemical_attacks\" >attack<\/a> protesting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist\" >Buddhists<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hu%E1%BA%BF\" >Hu\u1ebf<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >Singapore<\/a> was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\" >British Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The first successful ascent of an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eight-thousander\" >Eight-thousander<\/a>; the summit of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annapurna\" >Annapurna<\/a> is reached by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Herzog\" >Maurice Herzog<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Lachenal\" >Louis Lachenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" >Los Angeles<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\" >California<\/a>, white <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Navy\" >U.S. Navy<\/a> sailors and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marine_Corps\" >Marines<\/a> clash with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latino\" >Latino<\/a> youths in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoot_Suit_Riots\" >Zoot Suit Riots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japan<\/a> begins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign\" >Aleutian Islands Campaign<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dutch_Harbor\" >bombing<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unalaska_Island\" >Unalaska Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" >Wehrmacht<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Razing_of_Kandanos\" >razes<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greek<\/a> village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kandanos\" >Kandanos<\/a> to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Rademacher\" >Franz Rademacher<\/a> proposes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar_Plan\" >plans<\/a> to make <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar\" >Madagascar<\/a> the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jew\" >Jewish<\/a> homeland&#8221;, an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodor_Herzl\" >Theodor Herzl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dunkirk\" >Battle of Dunkirk<\/a> ends with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> victory and with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> forces in full retreat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftwaffe\" >Luftwaffe<\/a> bombs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Defense_Act\" >National Defense Act<\/a> is signed into law, increasing the size of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_National_Guard\" >United States National Guard<\/a> by 450,000 men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong>The first long-distance <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_power_transmission\" >electric power transmission<\/a> line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23\u00a0km) between a generator at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willamette_River\" >Willamette Falls<\/a> and downtown <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portland,_Oregon\" >Portland, Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong>In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cree\" >Cree<\/a> leader, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Bear\" >Big Bear<\/a>, escapes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North-West_Mounted_Police\" >North-West Mounted Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1839\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humen_Town\" >Humen<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >China<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lin_Tse-hs%C3%BC\" >Lin Tse-hs\u00fc<\/a> destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a <em>casus belli<\/em> to open hostilities, resulting in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Opium_War\" >First Opium War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Pakistan\" >US drone attack kills 15 [or 16] militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For drones, including those for military use, in general, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/topics\/drone_attacks\" >Drone attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drones.pitchinteractive.com\/\" >Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Drones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle\" >Unmanned combat aerial vehicle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For various problems on the military drone, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan\" >Drone strikes in Pakistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/10\/only-4-of-drone-victims-in-pakistan-named-as-al-qaeda-members\/\" >Only 4 % of Drone Victims in Pakistan Named as Al Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/10\/usa-must-be-held-to-account-for-drone-killings-in-pakistan\/\" >USA Must Be Held to Account for Drone Killings in Pakistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/04\/us-operates-global-drone-war-from-german-base-ex-pilot\/\" >US Operates Global Drone War from German Base \u2013 Ex-Pilot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/04\/germany-is-the-tell-tale-heart-of-americas-drone-war\/\" >Germany I the Tell-Tale Heart of America\u2019s Drone War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/03\/covert-drone-war-un-report-identifies-30-drone-strikes-that-require-public-explanation\/\" >Covert Drone War: UN Report Identifies 30 Drone Strikes That Require \u2018Public Explanation\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/10\/confessions-of-a-drone-warrior\/\" >Confessions of a Drone Warrior<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/10\/us-and-pakistan-locked-in-a-drone-marriage\/\" >US and Pakistan Locked in a Drone Marriage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/02\/17\/us-drone-exports_n_6701602.html\" >S. to Allow Export Of Armed Military Drones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/09\/noam-chomsky-on-the-era-of-the-drone\/\" >Noam Chomsky on the Era of the Drone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For related topics, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/topics\/drones\" >Drones \u2013 military.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/drones\" >Drones (military) \u2013 The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/science\/military-drones.htm\" >Military Drones News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For Ab\u016b Yahy\u0101 al-L\u012bb\u012b, visit:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/1473943\/Abu-Yahya-al-Libi\" >Ab\u016b Yahy\u0101 al-L\u012bb\u012b \u2013 Encyclopedia Britanica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Qaeda\" >Al-Qaeda<\/a>, visit the following websites, for instance, among many others:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CIA%E2%80%93al-Qaeda_controversy\" >CIA \u2013 Al-Qaeda controversy \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/al-qaeda\/alleged-cia-involvement.html\" >Al-Qaeda \u2013 Alleged CIA involvement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dqn0bm4E9yw\" >Hillary Clinton: We created Al-Qaeda<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYKD_Qjhcwg\" >Hillary Clinton Admits U.S. Government Created al-Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PJLR1LhxiN0\" >Hillary Clinton Admits that the CIA Started and Funded Al Qaeda<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WnLvzV9xAHA\" >Hillary Clinton: \u2018We Created al-Qaeda\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/expertdesignme.top\/we-created-al-qaeda.html\" >We Created Al Qaeda \u2013 CARPORT IDEAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cLjZoA3GaVE\" >Ex-CIA Agent: America creates its own enemies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/planet.infowars.com\/worldnews\/australia-oceania\/the-usas-role-in-creating-al-qaeda\" >The USA\u2019s Role in Creating \u2018Al-Qaeda\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2014\/09\/19\/how-the-us-helped-create-al-qaeda-and-isis\/\" >How the US Helped Create Al Qaeda and ISIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/polidics.com\/cia\/top-ranking-cia-operatives-admit-al-qaeda-is-a-complete-fabrication.html\" >Top Ranking CIA Operative Admit Al-qaeda Is a Complete Fabrication \u2013 Polidics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/forums\/offtopic-discussion-314159273\/former-british-foreign-secretary-robin-cook-says-t-26723843\/\" >Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook says there is no Al Qaeda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/911myths.com\/index.php\/Al_Qaeda_does_not_exist\" >Al Qaeda does not exist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2013\/04\/20\/the-cias-founding-of-al-qaeda-documented\/\" >CIA\u2019s \u2018Funding\u2019 of Al Qaeda Documented<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WHijBQn6lVk\" >The United States is Arming, Funding Al-Qaeda, Syrian Rebels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/conservativebyte.com\/2013\/09\/cia-begins-delivering-weapons-al-qaeda-syria\/\" >CIA Begins Delivering Weapons to al-Qaeda in Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/archives\/2013\/09\/report_american-supplied_arms.php\" >Report: American-supplied arms fell into al Qaeda\u2019s hands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historycommons.org\/context.jsp?item=a86operationcyclone\" >Context of \u20181986-1992: CIA and British Recruit and Train Militants Worldwide to Help Fight Afghan War\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/how-the-cia-gave-al-qaeda-1-million-and-what-that-money-was-used-for\/\" >How The CIA Gave Al-Qaeda $1 Million and What That Money Used For<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ekmAeiEk2U\" >US Pentagon Gives Al-Qaeda And ISIS $500 MILLION In Weapons And CASH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/61190\/peter-bergen-and-alec-reynolds\/blowback-revisited\" >Blowback Revisited \u2013 Foreign Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blowback_%28intelligence%29\" >Blowback (intelligence) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/09\/sleeping-with-the-devil-how-u-s-and-saudi-backing-of-al-qaeda-led-to-911.html\" >Sleeping with the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al-Qaeda Led to 9\/11<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gyanendra\" >Gyanendra<\/a>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_of_Nepal\" >King of Nepal<\/a>, ascends to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1998\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Nichols\" >Terry Nichols<\/a> is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma_City_bombing\" >Oklahoma City bombing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_union%29\" >Solidarity<\/a>&#8216;s victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a> sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >communist<\/a> revolutions in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Europe\" >Eastern Europe<\/a>, leads to the creation of the so-called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contract_Sejm\" >Contract Sejm<\/a> and begins the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autumn_of_Nations\" >Autumn of Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989\" >Tiananmen Square protests<\/a> are violently ended in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijing\" >Beijing<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Liberation_Army\" >People&#8217;s Liberation Army<\/a>, with at least 241 dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ali_Khamenei\" >Ali Khamenei<\/a> is elected as the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran\" >Supreme Leader<\/a> of the Islamic Republic of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assembly_of_Experts\" >Assembly of Experts<\/a> after the death and funeral of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayatollah\" >Ayatollah<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruhollah_Khomeini\" >Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1986\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Pollard\" >Jonathan Pollard<\/a> pleads guilty to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Espionage\" >espionage<\/a> for selling top secret United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_intelligence\" >military intelligence<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1979\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_Lieutenant\" >Flight Lieutenant<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Rawlings\" >Jerry Rawlings<\/a> takes power in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghana\" >Ghana<\/a> after a military <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >coup<\/a> in which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General\" >General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Akuffo\" >Fred Akuffo<\/a> is overthrown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonga\" >Tonga<\/a> gains independence from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna_summit\" >Vienna summit<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a> premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikita_Khrushchev\" >Nikita Khrushchev<\/a> sparks the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_Crisis_of_1961\" >Berlin Crisis<\/a> by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East Germany<\/a> and ending American, British and French access to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Berlin\" >East Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rome\" >Rome<\/a> falls to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allies<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_powers\" >Axis<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_%28political%29\" >capital<\/a> to fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: A hunter-killer group of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> captures the German <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_submarine_U-505\" ><em>U-505<\/em><\/a> \u2013 the first time a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >U.S. Navy<\/a> vessel had captured an enemy vessel at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea\" >sea<\/a> since the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revolution_of_%2743\" >military coup<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> ousts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ram%C3%B3n_Castillo\" >Ram\u00f3n Castillo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Midway\" >Battle of Midway<\/a> begins. The Japanese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Admiral\" >Admiral<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuichi_Nagumo\" >Chuichi Nagumo<\/a> orders a strike on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midway_Island\" >Midway Island<\/a> by much of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japan\" >Imperial Japanese<\/a> navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independent_State_of_Croatia\" >Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Nazis forbid Jews access to beaches &amp; swimming pools.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spartacus-educational.com\/GERantisemitism.htm\" >Second World War \u2013 Holocaust &#8211; Anti-Semitism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markedbyteachers.com\/gcse\/history\/describe-how-the-jews-were-discriminated-against-in-germany-from-1933-to-1939.html\" >Describe how Jews were discriminated against in Germany from 1933 to 1939.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunkirk_evacuation\" >Dunkirk evacuation<\/a> ends \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armed_Forces_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >British<\/a> forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunkirk,_France\" >Dunkirk<\/a> in France. To rally the morale of the country, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Churchill\" >Winston Churchill<\/a> delivers his famous &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches\" >We shall fight on the beaches<\/a>&#8221; speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holocaust\" >Holocaust<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MS_St._Louis\" >MS\u00a0<em>St. Louis<\/em><\/a>, a ship carrying 963 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jew\" >Jewish<\/a> refugees, is denied permission to land in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\" >Florida<\/a>, in the United States, after already being turned away from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>. Forced to return to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" >Europe<\/a>, more than 200 of its passengers later die in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazi<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concentration_camp\" >concentration camps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marmaduke_Grove\" >Marmaduke Grove<\/a> and other Chilean military officers lead a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup_d%27etat\" >coup d&#8217;etat<\/a> establishing the short-lived <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Republic_of_Chile\" >Socialist Republic of Chile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_Republic_of_China\" >President of the Republic of China<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhang_Zuolin\" >Zhang Zuolin<\/a>, is assassinated by Japanese agents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1920\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungary\" >Hungary<\/a> loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Trianon\" >Treaty of Trianon<\/a> is signed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_rights\" >Women&#8217;s rights<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_the_United_States\" >U.S. Congress<\/a> approves the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/19th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >19th Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>, which guarantees <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suffrage\" >suffrage<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women\" >women<\/a>, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_Empire\" >Russia<\/a> opens the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brusilov_Offensive\" >Brusilov Offensive<\/a> with an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artillery\" >artillery<\/a> barrage of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria-Hungary\" >Austro-Hungarian<\/a> lines in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galicia_%28Eastern_Europe%29\" >Galicia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1896\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Ford\" >Henry Ford<\/a> completes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Quadricycle\" >Ford Quadricycle<\/a>, his first gasoline-powered <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automobile\" >automobile<\/a>, and gives it a successful test run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyprus_Convention\" >Cyprus Convention<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> cedes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyprus\" >Cyprus<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >United Kingdom<\/a> but retains nominal title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence\" >Italian Independence wars<\/a>: In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Magenta\" >Battle of Magenta<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >French<\/a> army, under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis-Napoleon\" >Louis-Napoleon<\/a>, defeat the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\" >Austrian<\/a> army.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1925\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_Lafayette\" >General Lafayette<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_people\" >French<\/a> officer in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" >American Revolutionary War<\/a>, speaks at what would become <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lafayette_Square,_Buffalo\" >Lafayette Square, Buffalo<\/a>, during his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visit_of_the_Marquis_de_Lafayette_to_the_United_States\" >visit to the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1794\u00a0 <\/strong>British troops capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port-au-Prince\" >Port-au-Prince<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\" >Haiti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>After 65 straight days of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_disobedience\" >civil disobedience<\/a>, at least 31 people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Peruvian_political_crisis\" >are killed<\/a> in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bagua,_Peru\" >Bagua, Peru<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/civil%20disobedience\" >Civil disobedience \u2013 dictionary.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/society\/civil-disobedience.html\" >Civil disobedience \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transcendentalists.com\/civil_disobedience.htm\" >On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/malcolm-coxall\/civil-disobedience-a-practical-guide\/paperback\/product-22143249.html\" >Civil Disobedience \u2013 A Practical Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/civil-disobedience\/\" >Articles on Civil Disobedience \u2013 Huffington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/tag\/civil-disobedience\" >Quotes About Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> declares independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Union_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro\" >State Union of Serbia and Montenegro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-Day_War_%282000%29\" >Six-Day War in Kisangani<\/a> begins in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kisangani\" >Kisangani<\/a>, in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo\" >Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>, between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uganda\" >Ugandan<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rwanda\" >Rwandan<\/a> forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate\" >Bose\u2013Einstein condensate<\/a> is first created.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tank_Man\" >Tank Man<\/a> halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989\" >Tiananmen Square protests of 1989<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_India\" >Prime Minister of India<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indira_Gandhi\" >Indira Gandhi<\/a>, orders an attack on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harmandir_Sahib\" >Golden Temple<\/a>, the holiest site of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sikh\" >Sikh<\/a> religion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morbidity_and_Mortality_Weekly_Report\" >Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report<\/a>&#8221; of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention\" >Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pneumonia\" >pneumonia<\/a> seen only in patients with weakened <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immune_system\" >immune systems<\/a>, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AIDS\" >AIDS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emedicinehealth.com\/hivaids\/article_em.htm\" >HIV\/AIDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/std.about.com\/od\/hivaids\/f\/hivdifaids.htm\" >What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_HIV\/AIDS\" >History of HIV\/AIDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discredited_HIV\/AIDS_origins_theories\" >Discredited HIV\/AIDS origins theories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebody.com\/h\/how-was-hiv-created.html\" >How Was HIV Created<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcrh.org\/AIDS\/113551.htm\" >How Was AIDS Created<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topinfopost.com\/2013\/12\/27\/the-man-who-created-aids-robert-gallo\" >The Man Who Aids: \u2018Robert Gallo\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.masterjules.net\/aidscreated.htm\" >The US Secret Biology Teams at Various Army Labs Created AIDS for Africa to Depopulate the Continent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup\" >coup<\/a> takes place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seychelles\" >Seychelles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum,_1975\" >referendum<\/a> on remaining in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Economic_Community\" >European Economic Community<\/a> (EEC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suez_Canal\" >Suez Canal<\/a> opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Conference_on_the_Human_Environment\" >UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/Documents.multilingual\/Default.asp?DocumentID=97&amp;ArticleID=1503\" >Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ciesin.org\/docs\/008-570\/box9.html\" >The 1972 Stockholm Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/616394\/United-Nations-Conference-on-the-Human-Environment\" >United Nations Conference on the Human Environment \u2013 Encyclopedia Britanica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969_International_Meeting_of_Communist_and_Workers_Parties\" >International communist conference<\/a> begins in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_F._Kennedy\" >Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>, a U.S. presidential candidate, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy\" >shot<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambassador_Hotel_%28Los_Angeles%29\" >Ambassador Hotel<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" >Los Angeles<\/a>, by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirhan_Sirhan\" >Sirhan Sirhan<\/a>, a Palestinian. Kennedy dies the next day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-Day_War\" >Six-Day War<\/a> begins: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> launches surprise strikes against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Egypt\" >Egyptian<\/a> air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.org\/war.asp\" >The Six-Day War \u2013 sixdaywar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/850855\/Six-Day-War\" >Six-Day War \u2013 Encyclopedia Britanica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.co.uk\/\" >co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historylearningsite.co.uk\/six_day_war_1967.htm\" >The Six Day War \u2013 History Learning Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/six-day-war-begins\" >Six-Day War begins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/article\/the-six-day-war\/\" >The Six-Day War \u2013 My Jewish Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bbcwatch.org\/tag\/six-day-war\/\" >The Archives: Six Day War \u2013 BBC Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ampalestine.org\/index.php\/history\/1967-war\/362-six-day-war-facts\" >Six Day Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DSV_Alvin\" >DSV <em>Alvin<\/em><\/a> is commissioned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movement_of_15_Khordad\" >Movement of 15 Khordad<\/a>: Protests against the arrest of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayatollah\" >Ayatollah<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruhollah_Khomeini\" >Ruhollah Khomeini<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shah\" >Shah<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi\" >Mohammad Reza Pahlavi<\/a>. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paratrooper\" >paratroopers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>The first government of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singapore\" >State of Singapore<\/a> is sworn in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1949\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a> elects <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orapin_Chaiyakan\" >Orapin Chaiyakan<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_Thailand\" >female<\/a> member of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand%27s_Parliament\" >Thailand&#8217;s Parliament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshall_Plan\" >Marshall Plan<\/a>: In a speech at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvard_University\" >Harvard University<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Secretary_of_State\" >United States Secretary of State<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Marshall\" >George Marshall<\/a> calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_Control_Council\" >Allied Control Council<\/a>, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: More than 1000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Wall\" >gun batteries<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy\" >Normandy<\/a> coast in preparation for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D-Day\" >D-Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The United States declares war on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Hungary\" >Hungary<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Romania\" >Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Four thousand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chongqing\" >Chongqing<\/a> residents are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asphyxia\" >asphyxiated<\/a> in a bomb shelter during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Chongqing\" >Bombing of Chongqing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: After a brief lull in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_France\" >Battle of France<\/a>, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Somme\" >River Somme<\/a> in Operation <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fall_Rot\" ><em>Fall Rot<\/em><\/a> (&#8220;Case Red&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1933\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_the_United_States\" >U.S. Congress<\/a> abrogates the United States&#8217; use of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gold_standard\" >gold standard<\/a> by enacting a joint resolution (48 Stat. 112) nullifying the right of creditors to demand payment in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gold\" >gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conscription\" >Conscription<\/a> begins in the United States as &#8220;Army registration day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Brandeis\" >Louis Brandeis<\/a> is sworn in as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Past_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Justice of the United States Supreme Court<\/a>; he is the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Jews_in_the_United_States\" >American Jew<\/a> to hold such a position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1915\u00a0 <\/strong>Denmark amends its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Denmark\" >constitution<\/a> to allow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_suffrage\" >women&#8217;s suffrage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Boer_War\" >Second Boer War<\/a>: British soldiers take <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretoria\" >Pretoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1883\u00a0 <\/strong>The first regularly scheduled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orient_Express\" >Orient Express<\/a> departs Paris.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-is-the-orient-express.htm\" >What Is the Oriental Express?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orient-express.eu\/en\/a-myth-in-the-making\/symbolic-itinerary\/when-east-meets-west\" >Orient Express: When East Meets West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/keyword\/orient-express\" >Article about Orient Express<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seat61.com\/OrientExpress.htm#.VTua_pOufX4\" >The Truth Behind the Legend: The Orient Express \u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seat61.com\/Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express.htm#.VTubB5OufX4\" >Venice Simplon-Orient-Express<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.belmond.com\/eastern-and-oriental-express\/\" >Eastern &amp; Oriental Express website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/life.time.com\/culture\/the-orient-express-photos-from-a-legendary-train\/#1\" >Rail Romantic: Life Rides the Oriental Express<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Peace train related events and\/or programs in the contemporary age:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/op-ed\/2015\/03\/20\/the-peace-train-a-new-spirit\" >The peace train: A new spirit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/02\/19\/171916072\/kenyas-graffiti-train-seeks-to-promote-a-peaceful-election\" >Kenya\u2019s peace train is ready to roll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shongololo.com\/peace-train\" >Peace Train \u2013 Shongololo Express<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1862\u00a0 <\/strong>As the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Saigon\" >Treaty of Saigon<\/a> is signed, ceding parts of southern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a> to France, the guerrilla leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%8Bnh\" >Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0110\u1ecbnh<\/a> decides to defy Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%E1%BB%B1_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c\" >T\u1ef1 \u0110\u1ee9c<\/a> of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1851\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe\" >Harriet Beecher Stowe<\/a>&#8216;s anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slavery\" >slavery<\/a> serial, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin\" ><em>Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin<\/em><\/a>, or <em>Life Among the Lowly<\/em>, starts a ten-month run in the <em>National Era<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States\" >abolitionist<\/a> newspaper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1832\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Rebellion\" >June Rebellion<\/a> breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Philippe\" >Louis Philippe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_New_Ross_%281798%29\" >The Battle of New Ross<\/a>: The attempt to spread the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798\" >United Irish Rebellion<\/a> into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munster\" >Munster<\/a> is defeated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>World leaders gather in France to mark the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jun\/06\/d-day-landings-70-years-anniversary-live\" >70th anniversary<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy_landings\" >D-Day<\/a>; Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Putin\" >Vladimir Putin<\/a> meets with Ukrainian President-elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petro_Poroshenko\" >Petro Poroshenko<\/a> and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">D-Day:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/d-day\" >D-DAY \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/d-day\" >D-DAY \u2013 history.com This Day in History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/d-day\/history.html\" >D-Day \u2013 U.S. Army Divisions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/d-day\/\" >D-Day \u2013 army.mil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/exhibit\/d-day\/gQcirO57?hl=en\" >D-Day \u2013 goole.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Conflict in eastern Ukraine:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/content\/analysts-say-putin-wants-frozen-conflict-in-easter-ukraine\/1958757.html\" >Analysis: Putin Wants \u2018Frozen Conflict\u2019 in Eastern Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/articles\/news\/2014\/10\/eastern-ukraine-conflict-summary-killings-misrecorded-and-misreported\/\" >Eastern Ukraine Conflict Summary Killings Misrecorded and Misreported &#8211; Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-28969784\" >Ukraine conflict: Why east hit by conflict?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/cards\/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know\/eastern-ukraine-conflict-russia-ukraine\" >What is eastern Ukraine conflict?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" >Ukraine in Turmoil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/interactives\/ukraine-conflict-in-maps\/\" >Explained: Ukraine conflict in maps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2005\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gonzales_v._Raich\" ><em>Gonzales v. Raich<\/em><\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Supreme_Court\" >United States Supreme Court<\/a> upholds a federal law banning <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannabis_%28drug%29\" >cannabis<\/a>, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medical_marijuana\" >medical marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_language\" >Tamil<\/a> is established as a &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Languages_of_India#Official_classical_languages\" >classical language<\/a>&#8221; by the President of India, Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam\" >A. P. J. Abdul Kalam<\/a>, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_Eastern_Mediterranean_event\" >Eastern Mediterranean event<\/a>. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Near-Earth_asteroid\" >near-Earth asteroid<\/a> estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" >Libya<\/a>. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiloton\" >kilotons<\/a>, slightly more powerful than the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki\" >Nagasaki<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bomb\" >atomic bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolia\" >Mongolia<\/a> holds its first direct presidential <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Election\" >elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>The grave of &#8220;Wolfgang Gerhard&#8221; is opened in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Embu_das_Artes\" >Embu<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josef_Mengele\" >Josef Mengele<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Angel of Death&#8221;. Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1982_Lebanon_War\" >1982 Lebanon War<\/a> begins. Forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_Minister\" >Defense Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ariel_Sharon\" >Ariel Sharon<\/a> invade <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Lebanon\" >southern Lebanon<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Peace_for_the_Galilee\" >Operation Peace for the Galilee<\/a>, eventually reaching as far north as the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beirut\" >Beirut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/1966\/7\/8\/the-hanoi-haiphong-bombings-pthe-recent-bombing\/\" >bombs Haiphong<\/a>, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1959.html\" >Vietnam War Timetable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombing_of_Vietnam%27s_dikes\" >Bombing of Vietnam\u2019s dikes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Long_Khanh\" >Battle of Long Khanh<\/a> between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Army\" >Australian<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Army_of_Vietnam\" >Vietnamese communist forces<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy\" >Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_F._Kennedy\" >Robert F. Kennedy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29\" >Democratic Party<\/a> senator from New York and brother of 35th President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a>, dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy_Landings\" >Battle of Normandy<\/a> begins. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D-Day\" >D-Day<\/a>, code named <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Overlord\" ><em>Operation Overlord<\/em><\/a>, commences with the landing of 155,000 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allied<\/a> troops on the beaches of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy\" >Normandy<\/a> in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Wall\" >Atlantic Wall<\/a> and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Midway\" >Battle of Midway<\/a>. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_cruiser_Mikuma\" >Japanese cruiser Mikuma<\/a> and four Japanese carriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Deal\" >New Deal<\/a>: the U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Securities_Act_of_1933\" >Securities Act of 1933<\/a> into law, establishing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission\" >U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Revenue_Act_of_1932\" >Revenue Act of 1932<\/a> is enacted, creating the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gas_tax\" >gas tax<\/a> in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/US_gallon\" >US gallon<\/a> (<sup>1<\/sup>\u2044<sub>4<\/sub>\u00a2\/L) sold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Prekmurje\" >Republic of Prekmurje<\/a> ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood\" >Battle of Belleau Wood<\/a> \u2013 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Marine_Corps\" >U.S. Marine Corps<\/a> suffers its worst single day&#8217;s casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry\" >Ch\u00e2teau-Thierry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1909\u00a0 <\/strong>French troops capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ab%C3%A9ch%C3%A9\" >Ab\u00e9ch\u00e9<\/a> (in modern-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad\" >Chad<\/a>) and install a puppet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sultan\" >sultan<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ouaddai_Empire\" >Ouaddai Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shewa\" >Shewan<\/a> forces of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Menelik_II_of_Ethiopia\" >Menelik II of Ethiopia<\/a> defeat the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gojjam\" >Gojjame<\/a> army in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Embabo\" >Battle of Embabo<\/a>. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abay_River\" >Abay River<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>More than 100,000 inhabitants of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombay\" >Bombay<\/a> are killed when a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyclone\" >cyclone<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabian_Sea\" >Arabian Sea<\/a> pushes huge waves into the harbour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong>Australia: Queensland is established as a separate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_colony\" >colony<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queensland_Day\" >Queensland Day<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1844\u00a0 <\/strong>Australia: Queensland is established as a separate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crown_colony\" >colony<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Queensland_Day\" >Queensland Day<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1832\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Rebellion\" >June Rebellion<\/a> in Paris is put down by the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_1812\" >War of 1812<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Stoney_Creek\" >Battle of Stoney Creek<\/a> \u2013 A British force of 700 under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Vincent_%28general%29\" >John Vincent<\/a> defeats an American force twice its size under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_H._Winder\" >William Winder<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Chandler\" >John Chandler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1808\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon\" >Napoleon<\/a>&#8216;s brother, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Bonaparte\" >Joseph Bonaparte<\/a>, is crowned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monarchy_of_Spain\" >King of Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1762\u00a0 <\/strong>British forces begin a siege of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Havana\" >Havana<\/a> and temporarily capture the city in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Havana_%281762%29\" >Battle of Havana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> defines the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_Line_%28Lebanon%29\" >Blue Line<\/a> as the border between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/self.gutenberg.org\/articles\/Blue_Line_%28Lebanon%29\" >Blue Line (Lebanon) \u2013 Self-Gutenberg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2010\/08\/israel-lebanon-the-blue-line-and-other-observations.html\" >Observation from Iran, Iraq, Israel, the Arab World and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/peacekeeping\/missions\/unifil\/index.shtml\" >UNIFIL \u2013 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli_Air_Force\" >Israeli Air Force<\/a> destroyed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>&#8216;s Osiraq <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_reactor\" >nuclear reactor<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Opera\" >Operation Opera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cohen_v._California\" >Paul Cohen<\/a> for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >First Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-Day_War\" >Six-Day War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israeli<\/a> soldiers enter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/1967lib.html\" >The Liberation of the Temple Mount and Western Wall (June 7, 1967)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unitedwithisrael.org\/stories-of-jerusalem-from-the-six-day-war\/\" >Stories from Jerusalem during the Six-Day War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.org\/jerusalem.asp\" >The Six-Day War: Jerusalem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/History\/67_War.html\" >The Six-Day War: Background and Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >Supreme Court of the United States<\/a> hands down its decision in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Griswold_v._Connecticut\" ><em>Griswold v. Connecticut<\/em><\/a>, effectively legalizing the use of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contraception\" >contraception<\/a> by married couples.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mum.org\/contrace.htm\" >Contraception and religion: A short story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_and_birth_control\" >Religion and birth control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/atheism.about.com\/od\/abortioncontraception\/p\/ReligionBirth.htm\" >Contraception, Birth Control, and World Religions: Religions on Birth Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.com\/tracts\/birth-control\" >Birth Control \u2013 Catholic Answers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_views_on_contraception\" >Christian views on contraception<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/islam.about.com\/od\/marriage\/p\/Contraception-In-Islam.htm\" >Contraception in Islam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/contraception.about.com\/od\/additionalresources\/ss\/religion_5.htm\" >What Does Hinduism Say About Birth Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/contraception.about.com\/od\/additionalresources\/ss\/religion_8.htm\" >Birth Control &#8211; Buddhism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edvard_Bene%C5%A1\" >Edvard Bene\u0161<\/a> resigns as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Presidents_of_Czechoslovakia\" >President<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czechoslovakia\" >Czechoslovakia<\/a> rather than signing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ninth-of-May_Constitution\" >Ninth-of-May Constitution<\/a>, making his nation a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_state\" >Communist state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Normandy\" >Battle of Normandy<\/a> \u2013 At <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbey_Ardennes\" >Abbey Ardennes<\/a>, members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SS_Division_Hitlerjugend\" >SS Division Hitlerjugend<\/a> massacre 23 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" >Canadian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoners_of_war\" >prisoners of war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The steamer <em>Danae<\/em>, carrying 350 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crete\" >Cretan<\/a> Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santorini\" >Santorini<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign\" >Aleutian Islands Campaign<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Imperial Japanese<\/a> soldiers begin occupying the American islands of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attu_Island\" >Attu<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiska\" >Kiska<\/a>, in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleutian_Islands\" >Aleutian Islands<\/a> off <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska\" >Alaska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Midway\" >Battle of Midway<\/a> ends in American victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haakon_VII_of_Norway\" >King Haakon VII<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olav_V_of_Norway\" >Crown Prince Olav<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwegian_government\" >Norwegian government<\/a> leaves <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Troms%C3%B8\" >Troms\u00f8<\/a> and goes into exile in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a>. They return exactly five years later<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Sino-Japanese_War\" >Second Sino-Japanese War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang\" >Chinese Nationalist<\/a> government creates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1938_Yellow_River_flood\" >1938 Yellow River flood<\/a> to halt <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Army\" >Japanese forces<\/a>. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1929\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lateran_Treaty\" >Lateran Treaty<\/a> is ratified, bringing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vatican_City\" >Vatican City<\/a> into existence.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spcp.prf.cuni.cz\/dokument\/lateran.htm\" >Text of Lateran Treaty of 1929<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/lateran-treaty\/\" >Lateran Treaty \u2013 totallyhistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/society\/lateran-treaty.html\" >Lateran Treaty \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.passports.com\/lesson_plans\/italy\/solving-the-roman-question-lateran-accords-of-1929\" >Solving the Roman Question :Mussolini, Pius XI and the Lateran Accords of 1929<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ibatpv.org\/projects\/italy\/mussolini.domestic.policy.htm\" >Domestic Policies under Benito Mussolini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.concordatwatch.eu\/topic-841.843\" >How the Lateran Treaty made the Catholic Church into a state<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benito_Mussolini#Lateran_Treaty\" >Mussolini and the Lateran Treaty \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/CHISTORY\/LATPACTS.HTM\" >Forty Years after the Lateran Pacts, by L\u2019Osservatre Romano [written in 1969]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sette_giugno\" >Sette giugno<\/a>: Four people are killed in a riot in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta\" >Malta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Messines_%281917%29\" >Battle of Messines<\/a> \u2013 Allied soldiers detonate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ammonal\" >ammonal<\/a> mines underneath <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >German<\/a> trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norway\" >Norway<\/a>&#8216;s parliament <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dissolution_of_the_union_between_Norway_and_Sweden\" >dissolves<\/a> its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_between_Sweden_and_Norway\" >union with Sweden<\/a>. The vote was confirmed by a national <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plebiscite\" >plebiscite<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_13\" >August 13<\/a> of that year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1893\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohandas_Gandhi\" >Mohandas Gandhi<\/a> commits his first act of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_disobedience\" >civil disobedience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/gandhis-first-act-of-civil-disobedience\" >Gandhi\u2019s First Act of Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crf-usa.org\/black-history-month\/gandhi-and-civil-disobedience\" >Gandhi and Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mgandhi.weebly.com\/civil-disobedience.html\" >Gandhi\u2019s Struggle for Independence \u2013 Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nonviolencetraining.org\/Training\/nonviolence.htm\" >Nonviolence \u2013 nonviolencetraining.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/civil-disobedience\/\" >Civil Disobedience \u2013 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/xroads.virginia.edu\/~HYPER2\/thoreau\/civil.html\" >Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, 1849<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123helpme.com\/civil-disobedience-view.asp?id=202148\" >Civil disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exampleessays.com\/papers\/Law\/Nonviolence\/Civil_Disobedience.html\" >Civil Disobedience \u2013 Example Essays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.personal.psu.edu\/cpl2\/blogs\/powerforce\/2009\/03\/antigone-a-model-of-civil-disobedience.html\" >Antigone: A Model of Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edsitement.neh.gov\/lesson-plan\/martin-luther-king-jr-and-nonviolent-resistance\" >Lesson 1: Martin Luther King Jr., and Nonviolent Resistance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ironline.american.edu\/honoring-martin-luther-king-jr\/\" >Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr: Five Examples of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Worldwide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2012\/aug\/20\/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo\" >Five examples of civil disobedience to remember<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1892\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homer_Plessy\" >Homer Plessy<\/a> is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the &#8220;whites-only&#8221; car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plessy_v._Ferguson\" ><em>Plessy v. Ferguson<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/racism-19th-century-america\" >Racism In 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2006\/01\/04\/175899\/-Racism-in-1800s-America-The-Dawes-Act\" >Racism in 1800s America: The Dawes Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/centuryoldracism.blogspot.com\/\" >Racism in the 1800\u2019s to Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Racism_in_the_United_States\" >Racism in the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foundsf.org\/index.php?title=WASP:_Racism_and_Satire_in_the_19th_Century\" >WASP: Racism and Satire in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/search\/19th%20century%20racism\" >19<sup>th<\/sup> Century Racism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohrc.on.ca\/en\/racism-north-america-then-and-now\" >Racism in North America, then and now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/race\/000_About\/002_04-background-02-01.htm\" >The Historical Origins and Development of Racism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/facts.randomhistory.com\/facts-about-race.html\" >50 Interesting Facts About Race and Racism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1880\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Pacific\" >War of the Pacific<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Arica\" >Battle of Arica<\/a>, the assault and capture of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morro_de_Arica\" >Morro de Arica<\/a> (Arica Cape), ends the <em>Campa\u00f1a del Desierto<\/em> (Desert Campaign).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong>1,800 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenian\" >Fenian<\/a> raiders are repelled back to the United States after they looted and plundered around <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint-Armand,_Quebec\" >Saint-Armand<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frelighsburg,_Quebec\" >Frelighsburg, Quebec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1863\u00a0 <\/strong>During the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_intervention_in_Mexico\" >French intervention in Mexico<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico_City\" >Mexico City<\/a> is captured by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Second_Empire\" >French<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>_____________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Satoshi Ashikaga is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment originally from Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>(Sources and references: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_1\" ><em>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_1<\/em><\/a><em> to June_7; <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/june\/1\" ><em>http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/june\/1<\/em><\/a><em> to june\/7; <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_1.html\" ><em>http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_1.html<\/em><\/a><em> to june_7.html; and other pertinent websites and documents, mentioned above.)<\/em> <em>Note that the views expressed in the cited or quoted websites and\/or documents in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the editor\/complier of this article. These websites and\/or documents are cited or quoted for academic or educational purposes. Neither the author of this article nor the TMS is responsible for the information, or whatsoever contained in these websites and\/or documents.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1-7 &#8211; QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cBeware the bareness of a busy life.\u201d &#8211; Socrates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}