{"id":58941,"date":"2015-06-08T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=58941"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T12:22:25","slug":"this-week-in-history-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/this-week-in-history-27\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>June 8-14<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/8-images.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/my-strength-didnt-come-from-lifting-weights-My-strength-came-from-lifting-myself-up-every-time-i-was-knocked-down.html\" >\u201cMy strength didn\u2019t come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up every time I was knocked down<\/a>.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Unknown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1992\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Ocean_Day\" >World Ocean Day<\/a> is celebrated, coinciding with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_Summit\" >Earth Summit<\/a> held in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_de_Janeiro\" >Rio de Janeiro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand\" >New Zealand<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Labour_Party\" >Labour<\/a> government establishes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand%27s_nuclear-free_zone\" >national nuclear-free zone<\/a> under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Zealand_Nuclear_Free_Zone,_Disarmament,_and_Arms_Control_Act_1987\" >New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1984\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homosexuality\" >Homosexuality<\/a> is declared legal in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/States_and_territories_of_Australia\" >Australian state<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales\" >New South Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory\" >LGBT rights by country or territory \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/Discrimination\/Pages\/LGBTUNResolutions.aspx\" >United Nations Resolutions \u2013 Sexual orientation and gender identity: Human Rights Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/issues\/lgbt-rights\/about-lgbt-human-rights\" >About LGBT Human Rights \u2013 Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/guardianlv.com\/2015\/02\/lgbt-human-rights-envoy\/\" >LGBT Human Rights Envoy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Should-homosexuality-be-illegal-Why-or-why-not\" >Should homosexuality be illegal? Why or why not?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bluff_Cove_Air_Attacks\" >Bluff Cove Air Attacks<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falklands_War\" >Falklands War<\/a>: 56 British servicemen are killed by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentine\" >Argentine<\/a> air attack on two landing ships, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RFA_Sir_Galahad\" >RFA <em>Sir Galahad<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RFA_Sir_Tristram\" >RFA <em>Sir Tristram<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\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\/Associated_Press\" >Associated Press<\/a> photographer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Ut\" >Nick Ut<\/a> takes his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulitzer_Prize\" >Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phan_Th%E1%BB%8B_Kim_Ph%C3%BAc\" >Phan Th\u1ecb Kim Ph\u00fac<\/a> running down a road after being burned by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napalm\" >napalm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lifeexamples.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/phan-thi-kim-phuc.html\" >Phan Thi Kim Phuc \u2013 Life Examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/powertochange.com\/discover\/faith\/kimphuc\/\" >Phan Thi Kin Phuc \u2013 Spirituality: Power to Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pigtailsinpaint.com\/2014\/09\/phan-thi-kim-phuc\/\" >Phan Thi Kim Ph\u00fac \u2013 Digitals in Paint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/article\/326206\" >Kim Phuc: \u2018The girl in the picture\u2019 forty years later<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>&#8216;s funeral takes place at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_%28Manhattan%29\" >St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebron\" >Hebron<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs\" >Cave of the Patriarchs<\/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>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Liberty_incident\" >USS <em>Liberty<\/em> incident<\/a> occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Barbero_%28SS-317%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Barbero<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Postal_Service\" >United States Postal Service<\/a> attempt the delivery of mail via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missile_Mail\" >Missile Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1953\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >United States Supreme Court<\/a> rules that restaurants in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington,_D.C.\" >Washington, D.C.<\/a>, cannot refuse to serve black patrons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\" >Japanese<\/a> imperial submarines <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_submarine_I-21\" >I-21<\/a> and I-24 shell the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia\" >Australian<\/a> cities of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney\" >Sydney<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales\" >Newcastle<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" >Allies<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria-Lebanon_Campaign\" >invade<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/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>: the completion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Alphabet\" >Operation Alphabet<\/a>, the evacuation of Allied forces from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narvik\" >Narvik<\/a> at the end of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwegian_Campaign\" >Norwegian Campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1928\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Northern_Expedition\" >Second Northern Expedition<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Revolutionary_Army\" >National Revolutionary Army<\/a> captures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peking\" >Peking<\/a>, whose name is changed to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijing\" >Beijing<\/a> (&#8220;Northern Capital&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1906\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\" >Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antiquities_Act\" >Antiquities Act<\/a> into law, authorizing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >President<\/a> to restrict the use of certain parcels of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_land\" >public land<\/a> with historical or conservation value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1887\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herman_Hollerith\" >Herman Hollerith<\/a> applies for US <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent\" >patent<\/a> #395,791 for the &#8216;Art of Applying Statistics&#8217; \u2013 his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punched_card\" >punched card<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calculator\" >calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1856\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of 194 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitcairn_Islands\" >Pitcairn Islanders<\/a>, descendants of the mutineers of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Bounty\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Bounty<\/em><\/a>, arrives at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norfolk_Island\" >Norfolk Island<\/a>, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1794\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maximilien_Robespierre\" >Robespierre<\/a> inaugurates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Revolution\" >French Revolution<\/a>&#8216;s new state religion, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being\" >Cult of the Supreme Being<\/a>, with large organized festivals all across <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/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 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>Russia seeks to intimidate Finland out of thoughts of joining NATO; a representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that any moves by Finland to do so could potentially trigger World War III.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/norwaytoday.info\/home_view.php?id=11410\" >Russia warns Finland against joining NATO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/archive.defensenews.com\/article\/20140612\/DEFREG01\/306120040\/Russia-Warns-Sweden-Finland-Against-NATO-Membership\" >Russia Warns Sweden and Finland Against NATO Membership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/finland-feeling-vulnerable-amid-russian-provocations\/2014\/11\/23\/defc5a90-69b2-11e4-bafd-6598192a448d_story.html\" >Finland feeling vulnerable amid Russian provocations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/60th_Anniversary_Celebrations_of_Bhumibol_Adulyadej%27s_Accession\" >60th Anniversary Celebrations<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhumibol_Adulyadej\" >Bhumibol Adulyadej<\/a>&#8216;s Accession.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> sign a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace_treaty\" >peace treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/WORLD\/europe\/9906\/09\/kosovo.04\/index.html\" >NATO, Yugoslavia sign agreement on withdrawal from Kosovo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/web.tiscalinet.it\/outis-wolit\/special80.htm\" >Text of the Kosovo Peace Agreement<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/inatl\/daily\/june99\/plantext03.htm\" >Text of the Kosovo Peace Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/noam-chomsky.org\/articles\/199907--.htm\" >Kosovo Peace Accord, &#8211; Z Magazine: July 1999, by Noam Chomsky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.san.beck.org\/GPJ32-Chomsky.html#5\" >Yugoslav War \u2013 Chomsky and Znn on US Imperialism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveaustin.org\/no_war\/kosart.htm\" >Kosovo Articles in the Web<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Sutherland_%28academic%29\" >Thomas Sutherland<\/a> is kidnapped in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>. He will not be released until <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991\" >1991<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints\" >The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> opens its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Priesthood_%28Mormonism%29\" >priesthood<\/a> to &#8220;all worthy men&#8221;, ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong>Portugal and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> establish <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >diplomatic relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1968\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> declares a national day of mourning following the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Senator_Robert_F._Kennedy\" >assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy<\/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\" >Israel<\/a> captures the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golan_Heights\" >Golan Heights<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sixdaywar1967.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/battle-front-in-golan-heights.html\" >Battle Front in Golan Heights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zionism-israel.com\/maps\/Golan_1967.htm\" >Israel \u2013 Map of Golan Heights \u2013 Six Day War, 1967<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.org\/content\/northernfront.asp\" >The Six-Day War: Syrian Front<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unitedwithisrael.org\/the-golan-heights\/\" >Places of Israel: The Golan Heights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\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\/Viet_Cong\" >Viet Cong<\/a> commences combat with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam\" >Army of the Republic of Vietnam<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai\" >Battle of \u0110\u1ed3ng Xo\u00e0i<\/a>, one of the largest battles in the war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1965\u00a0 <\/strong>The civilian Prime Minister of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phan_Huy_Qu%C3%A1t\" >Phan Huy Qu\u00e1t<\/a>, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3\" >Nguy\u1ec5n Cao K\u1ef3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_George_Washington_%28SSBN-598%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>George Washington<\/em><\/a> is launched. It is the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a> to carry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballistic_missile\" >ballistic missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McCarthyism\" >McCarthyism<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Welch\" >Joseph Welch<\/a>, special counsel for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a>, lashes out at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >Senator<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_McCarthy\" >Joseph McCarthy<\/a> during hearings on whether <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communism\" >Communism<\/a> has infiltrated the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >Army<\/a> giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, &#8220;You&#8217;ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fact-index.com\/m\/mc\/mccarthyism.html\" >McCarthyism \u2013 Fact-Index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/us\/53a.asp\" >McCarthyism \u2013 U.S. History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.howstuffworks.com\/historical-figures\/mccarthyism.htm\" >How McCarthyism Worked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writing.upenn.edu\/~afilreis\/50s\/miller-mccarthyism.html\" >Arthur Miller, \u201cAre You Now Or Were You Ever?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/americanmasters\/episodes\/arthur-miller\/mccarthyism\/484\/\" >McCarthyism \u2013 Arthur Miller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee\" >House Un-American Activities Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>Foundation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Council_on_Archives\" >International Council on Archives<\/a> under the auspices of the UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ananda_Mahidol\" >Ananda Mahidol<\/a> is found shot dead in his bedroom, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhumibol_Adulyadej\" >Bhumibol Adulyadej<\/a> ascends to the throne of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a>. He is currently the world&#8217;s longest reigning monarch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\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\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> invades <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Karelia\" >East Karelia<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karelia_%28historical_province_of_Finland%29\" >previously Finnish part of Karelia<\/a>, occupied by Finland since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941\" >1941<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: 99 civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tulle\" >Tulle<\/a>, France, in reprisal for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maquis_du_Limousin\" >maquisards<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1923\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>&#8216;s military takes over the government in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_1923\" >coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birsa_Munda\" >Birsa Munda<\/a>, an important figure in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_independence_movement\" >Indian independence movement<\/a>, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1885\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Tientsin_%281885%29\" >Treaty of Tientsin<\/a> is signed to end the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sino-French_War\" >Sino-French War<\/a>, with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_dynasty\" >China<\/a> eventually giving up <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tonkin\" >Tonkin<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annam_%28Chinese_province%29\" >Annam<\/a> \u2013 most of present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" >Vietnam<\/a> \u2013 to France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1856\u00a0 <\/strong>500 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mormon_handcart_pioneers\" >Mormons<\/a> leave <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iowa_City,_Iowa\" >Iowa City, Iowa<\/a>, and head west for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salt_Lake_City\" >Salt Lake City<\/a> carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cart\" >handcarts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1815\u00a0 <\/strong>End of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Vienna\" >Congress of Vienna<\/a>: the new European political situation is set. Also, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luxembourg\" >Luxembourg<\/a> declares independence from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_French_Empire\" >French Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798\" >Irish Rebellion of 1798<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Arklow\" >Battle of Arklow<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Saintfield\" >Battle of Saintfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1762\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\" >British<\/a> forces begin the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Havana_%281762%29\" >Siege of Havana<\/a> and capture the city during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Years%27_War\" >Seven Years&#8217; War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1667\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Anglo-Dutch_War\" >Second Anglo-Dutch War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_on_the_Medway\" >Raid on the Medway<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands\" >Dutch<\/a> fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/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 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.singularitysymposium.com\/kevin-warwick.html\" >first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans<\/a> is carried out by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Warwick\" >Kevin Warwick<\/a> in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinwarwick.com\/\" >Kevin Warwick Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theiet.org\/communities\/robotics\/cybernetics\/warwick-projects.cfm\" >Cyborg projects 1.0 and 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a> suspends its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_strike\" >air strikes<\/a> after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107<\/a> agrees to withdraw <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbian<\/a> forces from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo\" >Kosovo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>Before fleeing his northern stronghold, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khmer_Rouge\" >Khmer Rouge<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pol_Pot\" >Pol Pot<\/a> orders the killing of his defense chief <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Son_Sen\" >Son Sen<\/a> and 11 of Sen&#8217;s family members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>Peace talks begin in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Ireland\" >Northern Ireland<\/a> without the participation of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinn_F%C3%A9in\" >Sinn F\u00e9in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1980\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_National_Congress\" >African National Congress<\/a> in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" >Nelson Mandela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_II\" >Apple II<\/a>, one of the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_computers\" >personal computers<\/a>, goes on sale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a> becomes a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works\" >Berne Convention<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copyright\" >copyright<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty\" >treaty<\/a>.<\/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> ends: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" >Syria<\/a> agree to a cease-fire.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/education.nationalgeographic.com\/education\/thisday\/jun10\/end-six-day-war\/?ar_a=1\" >June 10, 1967: The End of the Six-Day War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/US-Israel\/1967war7.html\" >State Department Documents from the 1967 War (June 8 \u2013 10, 1967) \u2013 Jewish Virtual Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/arab-israeli-war-1967\" >The 1967 Arab \u2013 Israeli War \u2013 U.S. Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unitedwithisrael.org\/6-day-war-day-by-day\/\" >\u201cThe Six Day War of 1967 was a miraculous victory for the State of Israel.\u201d \u2013 United with Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arij.org\/atlas40\/chapter1.3.html\" >40 Years of Israeli Occupation 1967 \u2013 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sixdaywar.org\/content\/northernfront.asp\" >The Six Day War: Syrian Front<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purple_Line_%28ceasefire_line%29\" >Purple Line (ceasefire line) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>United States Senate breaks a 75-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filibuster\" >filibuster<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964\" >Civil Rights Act of 1964<\/a>, leading to the bill&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963\" >Equal Pay Act of 1963<\/a> aimed at abolishing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wage\" >wage<\/a> disparity based on sex (see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gender_pay_gap\" >Gender pay gap<\/a>). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> as part of his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Frontier\" >New Frontier<\/a> Program<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/laws\/statutes\/epa.cfm\" >The Equal Pay Act of 1963 \u2013 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/employment.findlaw.com\/employment-discrimination\/equal-pay-and-discrimination-against-women.html\" >Equal Pay and Discrimination against Women<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/06\/10\/189280329\/50-years-after-the-equal-pay-act-gender-wage-gap-endures\" >50 Years After the Equal Pay Act, Gender Wage Gap Endures [written in 2013]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/clinton4.nara.gov\/WH\/EOP\/CEA\/html\/gendergap.html\" >Gender Wage Gap Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wageproject.org\/files\/ncwd.php\" >Wage Discrimination: WAGE Women Are Getting Even<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/civilrights.findlaw.com\/discrimination\/gender-discrimination.html\" >Gender Discrimination &#8211; FindLaw<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Australian_Imperial_Force\" >Australian Imperial Forces<\/a> land in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brunei_Bay\" >Brunei Bay<\/a> to liberate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brunei\" >Brunei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distomo\" >Distomo<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeotia\" >Boeotia<\/a>, Greece 218 men, women and children are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distomo_massacre\" >massacred by German troops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children are killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oradour-sur-Glane\" >Oradour-sur-Glane<\/a> Massacre in France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazism\" >Nazis<\/a> burn the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Czech_Republic\" >Czech<\/a> village of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lidice\" >Lidice<\/a> in reprisal for the killing of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinhard_Heydrich\" >Reinhard Heydrich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Norway surrenders to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> forces.<\/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>: <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\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> denounces Italy&#8217;s actions with his &#8220;Stab in the Back&#8221; speech at the graduation ceremonies of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Virginia\" >University of Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaco_War\" >Chaco War<\/a> ends: a truce is called between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolivia\" >Bolivia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguay\" >Paraguay<\/a> who had been fighting since <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1932\" >1932<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Smith_%28doctor%29\" >Robert Smith<\/a> takes his last drink, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcoholics_Anonymous\" >Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akron,_Ohio\" >Akron<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ohio\" >Ohio<\/a>, United States, by him and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_W.\" >Bill Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fascist\" >Fascists<\/a> kidnap and kill Italian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialism\" >Socialist<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giacomo_Matteotti\" >Giacomo Matteotti<\/a> in Rome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Hungarian_Navy\" >Austro-Hungarian<\/a> battleship <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SMS_Szent_Istv%C3%A1n\" >SMS\u00a0<em>Szent Istv\u00e1n<\/em><\/a> sinks off the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatian<\/a> coast after being torpedoed by an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Italy\" >Italian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MAS_%28ships%29\" >MAS<\/a> motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong>An <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_Revolt\" >Arab Revolt<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T._E._Lawrence\" >Lawrence of Arabia<\/a> breaks out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War\" >Spanish\u2013American War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marine_Corps\" >U.S. Marines<\/a> land on the island of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Tarawera\" >Mount Tarawera<\/a> in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pink_and_White_Terraces\" >Pink and White Terraces<\/a>. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17\u00a0km long fissure across the mountain peak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1878\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Prizren\" >League of Prizren<\/a> is established, to oppose the decisions of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_Berlin\" >Congress of Berlin<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_San_Stephano\" >Treaty of San Stephano<\/a>, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balkans\" >Balkans<\/a> were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a> and Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1871\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinmiyangyo\" >Sinmiyangyo<\/a>: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marine_Corps\" >US Marines<\/a> in a naval attack on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Han_River_%28Korea%29\" >Han River<\/a> forts on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanghwa_Island\" >Kanghwa Island<\/a>, Korea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1854\u00a0 <\/strong>The first class of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Naval_Academy\" >United States Naval Academy<\/a> students graduate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1838\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myall_Creek_massacre\" >Myall Creek massacre<\/a>: Twenty-eight <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aboriginal_Australian\" >Aboriginal Australians<\/a> are murdered.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/history\/myall-creek-massacre-1838#axzz3Z01tnVCW\" >HISTORY: Myall Creek Massacre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.convictcreations.com\/history\/myallcreek.html\" >Myall Creek Massacre: Causes and Consequences of Colonial Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_massacres_of_Indigenous_Australians\" >List of massacres of Indigenous Australians \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myallcreekmassacre.com\/Myall_Creek_Massacre\/Comment.html\" >Myall Creek Massacre &#8211; Comment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newagemultimedia.com\/isaacs\/MyallCrk.html\" >Myall Creek Massacre: 10 June 1838<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Indigenous_Australians\" >History of Indigenous Australians \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboriginalheritage.org\/history\/history\/\" >A Brief Aboriginal History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allenandunwin.com\/_uploads\/BookPdf\/Extract\/9781742370514.pdf\" >Aboriginal Australians: A History since 1788<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.creativespirits.info\/aboriginalculture\/history\/australian-aboriginal-history-timeline#axzz3Z01tnVCW\" >Australian Aboriginal history timeline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens\" >Cassini\u2013Huygens<\/a> makes its closest flyby of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn\" >Saturn<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Natural_satellite\" >moon<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoebe_%28moon%29\" >Phoebe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Meucci\" >Antonio Meucci<\/a> is acknowledged as the first inventor of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telephone\" >telephone<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >United States Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_McVeigh\" >Timothy McVeigh<\/a> is executed 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>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diane_Abbott\" >Diane Abbott<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Boateng\" >Paul Boateng<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernie_Grant\" >Bernie Grant<\/a> are elected as the first black Parliamentarians in Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richter_scale\" >Richter scale<\/a> 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\" >Iran<\/a>, kills at least 2,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Altaf_Hussain\" >Altaf Hussain<\/a> founds the students&#8217; political movement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Pakistan_Muhajir_Students_Organisation\" >All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation<\/a> (APMSO) in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi_University\" >Karachi University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong>The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas\" >Native American<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Alcatraz\" >Occupation of Alcatraz<\/a>, ending 19 months of control.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zG2wCpwQ-8\" >YouTube video (2 min. 14 sec.) \u2013 June 11 \u2013 This Day in American Indian History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=geOhZgqzPQ4\" >YouTube video: National Geographic \u2013 Alcatraz: No Way Out (2014) History Documentary HD (40 min. 27 sec.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1md5YYKl-9g\" >YouTube video (2 min. 39 sec.) \u2013 Occupation of Alcatraz, 11-29-1969<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-8RzUqtX8hY\" >YouTube video (10 min. 00 sec.) \u2013 \u201cYou Are On Indian Land\u201d; The 1969 Alcatraz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socialstudieswithasmile.com\/Tragedyfornativeamericans.html\" >Tragedy for Native Americans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_reservation\" >Indian reservation \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indianvillagemall.com\/indianlands.html\" >The History of American Indian Lands, by Ralph Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States\" >Native Americans in the United States &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2012\/may\/04\/us-stolen-land-indian-tribes-un\" >US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/law-library\/indian-lands.html\" >Indian Lands \u2013 FindLaw.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.valleyforward.org\/pdf\/ParksPrimer\/ArizonaNativeIndianLands.pdf\" >Arizona\u2019s Native American Lands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1970\u00a0 <\/strong>After being appointed on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_15\" >May 15<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Mae_Hays\" >Anna Mae Hays<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_P._Hoisington\" >Elizabeth P. Hoisington<\/a> officially receive their ranks as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >U.S. Army<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General\" >Generals<\/a>, becoming the first females to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964\" >Civil Rights Act of 1964<\/a> that would revolutionize American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>Buddhist monk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c\" >Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-immolation\" >burns himself<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gasoline\" >gasoline<\/a> in a busy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saigon\" >Saigon<\/a> intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Vietnam\" >South Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >American Civil Rights Movement<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Governors_of_Alabama\" >Governor<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama\" >Alabama<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Wallace\" >George Wallace<\/a> defiantly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door\" >stands at the door<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foster_Auditorium\" >Foster Auditorium<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Alabama\" >University of Alabama<\/a> in an attempt to block two black students, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vivian_Malone\" >Vivian Malone<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Hood\" >James Hood<\/a>, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Guard_of_the_United_States\" >National Guard<\/a> troops, they are able to register.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/black-history\/civil-rights-movement\" >Civil Rights Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281954%E2%80%9368%29\" >African-American civil rights movement (1954 \u2013 68) \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/119368\/American-civil-rights-movement\" >American civil rights movement \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sitinmovement.org\/history\/america-civil-rights-timeline.asp\" >America\u2019s Civil Rights Timeline \u2013 International Civil Rights Center &amp; Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>Start of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gal_Oya_riots\" >Gal Oya riots<\/a>, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_people\" >Sri Lankan Tamils<\/a> in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Missouri_%28BB-63%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Missouri<\/em><\/a>, the last <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battleship\" >battleship<\/a> built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender\" >Japanese Instrument of Surrender<\/a>, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ship_commissioning\" >commissioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwariiwarships\/p\/ussmissouri.htm\" >World War II: USS Missouri (BB63)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/japan-surrenders\" >Aboard the USS <em>Missouri<\/em> in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/garfieldsteamhouse.org\/History\/WWII\/Japanese-Surrender.php\" >Japanese Surrender Ceremonies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_France\" >Free French Forces<\/a> retreat from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bir_Hakeim\" >Bir Hakeim<\/a> after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The United States agrees to send <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lend-Lease\" >Lend-Lease<\/a> aid to the Soviet Union.<\/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\/Battle_of_Wuhan\" >Battle of Wuhan<\/a> starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Purge\" >Great Purge<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Stalin\" >Joseph Stalin<\/a> executes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Case_of_Trotskyist_Anti-Soviet_Military_Organization\" >eight army leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London_International_Surrealist_Exhibition\" >London International Surrealist Exhibition<\/a> opens.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosurreal.com\/history.htm\" >History of Surrealism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/peaceandwarpoetics.wikispaces.com\/Surrealism\" >Surrealism \u2013 peaceandwarpoetics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/Q\/How_does_surrealism_relate_to_world_war_1\" >How does surrealism relate to world war 1?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twistedhero.deviantart.com\/journal\/How-did-WWII-Affect-the-Surrealist-Movement-246881997\" >How did WWII Affect the Surrealist Movement?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nvam.org\/surrealism-war-artist-ehren-tool\/\" >Surrealism &amp; War Artist: Ehren Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/escolapau.uab.cat\/img\/programas\/musica\/peace_through_arts.pdf\" >Arts and Peace: PROMOTING PEACE THROUGH THE ARTS: THE ROLE OF ANTI-WAR AND PEACE ART IN BUILDING CULTURES OF PEACE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong>Inventor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Armstrong\" >Edwin Armstrong<\/a> gives the first public demonstration of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frequency_modulation\" >FM<\/a> broadcasting in the United States at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alpine,_New_Jersey\" >Alpine, New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_of_Greece\" >Alexander<\/a> assumes the throne of Greece after his father <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constantine_I_of_Greece\" >Constantine I<\/a> abdicates under pressure by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triple_Entente\" >allied<\/a> armies occupying <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1903\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of Serbian officers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/May_Coup_%28Serbia%29\" >stormed royal palace and assassinated<\/a> King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_I_of_Serbia\" >Alexander Obrenovi\u0107<\/a> and his wife queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Draga_Obrenovi%C4%87\" >Draga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1901\u00a0 <\/strong>The bountaries of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colony_of_New_Zealand\" >Colony of New Zealand<\/a> are extended by the UK to include the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cook_Islands\" >Cook Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hundred_Days%27_Reform\" >Hundred Days&#8217; Reform<\/a> is started by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangxu_Emperor\" >Guangxu Emperor<\/a> with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empress_Dowager_Cixi\" >Empress Dowager Cixi<\/a> after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_examination\" >Imperial examination<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1905\" >1905<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War\" >Spanish\u2013American War<\/a>: U.S. war ships set sail for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong>The Naval <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Riachuelo\" >Battle of Riachuelo<\/a> is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>), between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan_Navy\" >Paraguayan Navy<\/a> on one side and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Navy\" >Brazilian Navy<\/a> on the other. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazilian<\/a> victory was crucial for the later success of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_the_Triple_Alliance\" >Triple Alliance<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uruguay\" >Uruguay<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentina<\/a>) in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan_War\" >Paraguayan War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1837\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broad_Street_Riot\" >Broad Street Riot<\/a> occurs in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston\" >Boston<\/a>, fueled by ethnic tensions between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yankee\" >Yankees<\/a> and Irish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cornerstone\" >cornerstone<\/a> is laid for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Hamilton\" >Fort Hamilton<\/a> in New York City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1778\u00a0 <\/strong>Russian explorer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerasim_Izmailov\" >Gerasim Izmailov<\/a> reaches Alaska.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1776\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Congress\" >Continental Congress<\/a> appoints <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Jefferson\" >Thomas Jefferson<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Adams\" >John Adams<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Franklin\" >Benjamin Franklin<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Sherman\" >Roger Sherman<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_R._Livingston_%28chancellor%29\" >Robert R. Livingston<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Committee_of_Five\" >Committee of Five<\/a> to draft a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\" >declaration of independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1775\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\" >American Revolutionary War<\/a>&#8216;s first naval engagement, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Machias\" >Battle of Machias<\/a>, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1770\u00a0 <\/strong>British explorer Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Cook\" >James Cook<\/a> runs aground on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Barrier_Reef\" >Great Barrier Reef<\/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 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong>A disputed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009\" >presidential election<\/a> in Iran leads to wide ranging <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Iranian_election_protests\" >protests<\/a> in Iran and around the world.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iss.europa.eu\/publications\/detail\/article\/the-iranian-elections-and-the-aftermath\/\" >The Iranian election and aftermath \u2013 European Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cpdweb.org\/news\/20090707.shtml\" >Question &amp; Answer on the Iran Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pollster.com\/blogs\/roundup_analyses_of_fraud_in_i.html\" >Roundup: Analyses of Fraud in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8102406.stm\" >Who\u2019s who in Iran, by BBC News [2 March 2011]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1999\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_War\" >Kosovo War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Joint_Guardian\" >Operation Joint Guardian<\/a> begins when a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO\" >NATO<\/a>-led <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a> peacekeeping force (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KFor\" >KFor<\/a>) enters the province of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo\" >Kosovo<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Federal Republic of Yugoslavia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1244\" >United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/cgi-bin\/texis\/vtx\/rwmain?docid=3b00f27216\" >Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) [on the deployment of international civil and security presences in Kosovo]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/robert-bideleux\/kosovos-conflict\" >Kosovo\u2019s Conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lamar.colostate.edu\/~grjan\/kosovohistory.html\" >Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo, by G. Richard Jansen, Colorado State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kosova.com\/artikulli\/37510\" >The Truth about Kosovo: Arguments and fact for in support its independence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/inatl\/longterm\/balkans\/overview\/kosovo.htm\" >Kosovo: Jerusalem for Serbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kosovo\" >History of Kosovo &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/world\/countries\/kosovo.html\" >Kosovo \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unmikonline.org\/Pages\/about.aspx\" >UNMIK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/docket\/index.php?p1=3&amp;p2=4&amp;case=141\" >International Court of Justice: Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo (Request for Advisor Opinion)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1996\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia\" >Philadelphia<\/a>, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indecency\" >indecency<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet\" >internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicole_Brown_Simpson\" >Nicole Brown Simpson<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Goldman\" >Ronald Goldman<\/a> are murdered outside her home in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles,_California\" >Los Angeles, California<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O.J._Simpson\" >O.J. Simpson<\/a> is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrongful_death_claim\" >wrongful death<\/a> civil suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong>An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibrahim_Babangida\" >Ibrahim Babangida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1991_Kokkadichcholai_massacre\" >1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lankan_Army\" >Sri Lankan Army<\/a> massacres 152 minority <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_people\" >Tamil<\/a> civilians in the village <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kokkadichcholai\" >Kokkadichcholai<\/a> near the eastern province town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Batticaloa\" >Batticaloa<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" >Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong>Russians elect <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Yeltsin\" >Boris Yeltsin<\/a> as the president of the republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia_Day\" >Russia Day<\/a>: The parliament of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia\" >Russian Federation<\/a> formally declares its sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brandenburg_Gate\" >Brandenburg Gate<\/a> <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\/Ronald_Reagan\" >Ronald Reagan<\/a> publicly challenges <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mikhail_Gorbachev\" >Mikhail Gorbachev<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tear_down_this_wall%21\" >tear down<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_Wall\" >Berlin Wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_African_Republic\" >Central African Republic<\/a>&#8216;s former Emperor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa\" >Jean-B\u00e9del Bokassa<\/a> is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong>Anti-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartheid\" >apartheid<\/a> activist and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_National_Congress\" >ANC<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" >Nelson Mandela<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela#Arrest_and_Rivonia_trial\" >sentenced to life in prison<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabotage\" >sabotage<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" >South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_%281955%E2%80%931968%29\" >Civil rights<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medgar_Evers\" >Medgar Evers<\/a> is murdered in front of his home in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jackson,_Mississippi\" >Jackson, Mississippi<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ku_Klux_Klan\" >Ku Klux Klan<\/a> member <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Byron_De_La_Beckwith\" >Byron De La Beckwith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Pius_XII\" >Pope Pius XII<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canonization\" >canonises<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominic_Savio\" >Dominic Savio<\/a>, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint\" >saint<\/a>, making him the youngest un<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyr\" >martyred<\/a> saint in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Catholic_Church\" >Roman Catholic Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>American <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paratroopers\" >paratroopers<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/101st_Airborne_Division\" >101st Airborne Division<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Carentan\" >secure<\/a> the town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carentan\" >Carentan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>Holocaust: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a> liquidates the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_quarter_%28diaspora%29\" >Jewish Ghetto<\/a> in Brze\u017cany, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berezhany\" >Berezhany<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukraine\" >Ukraine<\/a>). Around 1,180 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jews\" >Jews<\/a> are led to the city&#8217;s old Jewish graveyard and shot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Frank\" >Anne Frank<\/a> receives a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diary\" >diary<\/a> for her thirteenth birthday.<\/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>: Thirteen thousand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >British<\/a> and French troops surrender to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_General\" >Major General<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Rommel\" >Erwin Rommel<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint-Valery-en-Caux\" >Saint-Valery-en-Caux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence\" >Philippine Declaration of Independence<\/a>: General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emilio_Aguinaldo\" >Emilio Aguinaldo<\/a> declares the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" >Philippines<\/a>&#8216; independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" >Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1860\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_Bank_of_the_Russian_Empire\" >State Bank of the Russian Empire<\/a> is established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1798\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798\" >Irish Rebellion of 1798<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Ballynahinch\" >Battle of Ballynahinch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1758\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_and_Indian_War\" >French and Indian War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Louisbourg_%281758%29\" >Siege of Louisbourg<\/a> \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Wolfe\" >James Wolfe<\/a>&#8216;s attack at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisbourg,_Nova_Scotia\" >Louisbourg, Nova Scotia<\/a> commences.<\/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 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong>A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/13_June_2012_Iraq_attacks\" >series of bombings<\/a> across <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" >Iraq<\/a>, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad\" >Baghdad<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillah\" >Hillah<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kirkuk\" >Kirkuk<\/a>, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> withdraws from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/2002\/06\/12\/anti-ballistic-missile-treaty-expires\/\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Expires \u2013 Fox News June 12, 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1795.html\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 United States History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/nuke\/control\/abmt\/\" >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty \u2013 The Nuclear Information Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italy<\/a> pardons <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mehmet_Ali_Agca\" >Mehmet Ali Agca<\/a>, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_II\" >John Paul II<\/a> in 1981.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kim_Dae_Jung\" >Kim Dae Jung<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Korea\" >South Korea<\/a> meets <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kim_Jong-il\" >Kim Jong-il<\/a>, leader of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a>, for the beginning of the first ever inter-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korea\" >Korea<\/a> summit, in the northern capital of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyongyang\" >Pyongyang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1997\u00a0 <\/strong>A jury sentences <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_McVeigh\" >Timothy McVeigh<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >death<\/a> for his part in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995\" >1995<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma_City_bombing\" >Oklahoma City bombing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1994\u00a0 <\/strong>A jury in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anchorage,_Alaska\" >Anchorage, Alaska<\/a>, blames recklessness by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exxon\" >Exxon<\/a> and Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Hazelwood\" >Joseph Hazelwood<\/a> for the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exxon_Valdez\" >Exxon Valdez<\/a><\/em> disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong>First day of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_1990_Mineriad\" >June 1990 Mineriad<\/a> in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceausescu\" >Ceausescu<\/a> elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israeli_Defense_Forces\" >Israeli Defense Forces<\/a> withdraw from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1971\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_War\" >Vietnam War<\/a>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times\" >The New York Times<\/a><\/em> begins publication of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pentagon_Papers\" >Pentagon Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/p\/pentagon_papers\/index.html\" >Pentagon Papers \u2013 The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/pentagon-papers\/\" >Pentagon Papers \u2013 National Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/vietnam-war\/pentagon-papers\" >Pentagon Papers \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h1871.html\" >Pentagon Papers \u2013 United States History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nsarchive.gwu.edu\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB48\/\" >The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Audiotapes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Governors_of_Texas\" >Governor of Texas<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Preston_Smith_%28governor%29\" >Preston Smith<\/a> signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas_Instruments\" >Texas Instruments<\/a>, into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas\" >University of Texas at Dallas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> nominates Solicitor-General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thurgood_Marshall\" >Thurgood Marshall<\/a> to become the first black justice on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Supreme_Court\" >U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Supreme_Court\" >United States Supreme Court<\/a> rules in <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miranda_v._Arizona\" >Miranda v. Arizona<\/a><\/em> that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/a> launches a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V1_Flying_Bomb\" >V1 Flying Bomb<\/a> attack on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/England\" >England<\/a>. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: German combat elements &#8211; reinforced by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/17th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Division\" >17th SS Panzergrenadier Division<\/a> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Bloody_Gulch\" >launch a counterattack<\/a> on American forces near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carentan\" >Carentan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944<\/strong>\u00a0 Nazi Germany begins <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-1_flying_bomb\" >V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) flying bomb<\/a> (doodle-bugs) attacks.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/artillerysiegeweapons\/p\/v1.htm\" >World War II: V-1 Flying Bomb \u2013 Military History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fiddlersgreen.net\/models\/Aircraft\/V1.html\" >WWII V-1 Doodle Bug Flying Bomb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>: The deadliest German air raid on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a> during World War I is carried out by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gotha_G\" >Gotha G<\/a> bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1774\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhode_Island\" >Rhode Island<\/a> becomes the first of Britain&#8217;s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.<\/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 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2002\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Near-Earth_object\" >Near-Earth asteroid<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2002_MN\" >2002 MN<\/a> misses the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth\" >Earth<\/a> by 75,000 miles (121,000\u00a0km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\" >Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fallingstar.com\/danger.php\" >The Danger from Asteroid Impact<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sploid.gizmodo.com\/threat-of-asteroid-hitting-earth-is-way-more-likely-tha-1459846910\" >Risk of asteroid hitting Earth is <em>ten times<\/em> higher than we thought<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/04\/22\/study_shows_dangerous_asteroid_impacts_hit_earth_every_six_months\/\" >Asteroids as powerful as NUCLEAR BOMBS strike Earth TIWICE YEARLY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu\/public\/asteroid-threat\/asteroid_threat.html\" >The Threat to Earth from Asteroids &amp; Comets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TWA_Flight_847\" >TWA Flight 847<\/a> is hijacked by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lebanon\" >Lebanese<\/a> Islamist organization <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hezbollah\" >Hezbollah<\/a> shortly after take-off from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Athens\" >Athens<\/a>, Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falklands_War\" >Falklands War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" >Argentine<\/a> forces in the capital <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley,_Falkland_Islands\" >Stanley<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conditional_surrender\" >conditionally surrender<\/a> to British forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> tests its first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydrogen_bomb\" >hydrogen bomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1966\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Curia\" >Vatican<\/a> announces the abolition of the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum\" >Index Librorum Prohibitorum<\/a><\/em> (&#8220;index of prohibited books&#8221;), which was originally instituted in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1557\" >1557<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1962\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Space_Research_Organisation\" >European Space Research Organisation<\/a> is established in Paris \u2013 later becoming the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/European_Space_Agency\" >European Space Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1959\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of Dominican exiles depart from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a> and land in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a> with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Trujillo\" >Rafael Trujillo<\/a>. All but four are killed or executed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chile\" >Chile<\/a> becomes a signatory to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires_Convention\" >Buenos Aires copyright treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\" >Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> signs a bill into law that places the words &#8220;under God&#8221; into the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pledge_of_Allegiance\" >Pledge of Allegiance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keel\" >keel<\/a> is laid for the nuclear submarine <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29\" >USS\u00a0<em>Nautilus<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ussnautilus.org\/nautilus\/\" >History of USS Nautilus (SSN 571)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/subs\/history\/subsbeforenuc\/revolution\/nautilus.html\" >USS Nautilus (SSN 571)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Sunshine_%28USS_Nautilus%29\" >Operation Sunshine (USS <em>Nautilus<\/em>) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1951\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNIVAC_I\" >UNIVAC I<\/a> is dedicated by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Bureau_of_the_Census\" >U.S. Census Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilocos_Sur\" >Ilocos Sur<\/a> and start the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Bessang_Pass\" >Battle of Bessang Pass<\/a> in Northern Luzon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Perch\" >Operation Perch<\/a>, its plan to capture the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a>-occupied town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caen\" >Caen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_deportation\" >June deportation<\/a>: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonians<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\" >Latvians<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\" >Lithuanians<\/a>, begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarn%C3%B3w\" >Tarn\u00f3w<\/a> become the first residents of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >Auschwitz concentration camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_mass_transport_to_Auschwitz_concentration_camp\" >First mass transportation to Auschwitz concentration camp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/asset-viewer\/tarn%C3%B3w-the-first-transport-of-prisoners-sent-to-auschwitz-concentration-camp-asmo-negative-number-10071\/DAE3KJSlQJUrUA?hl=en\" >Tarn\u00f3w. The first transport of prisoners sent to Auschwitz concentration camp \u2013 <em>June 14, 1940<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/35196\/Former-Auschwitz-I-Concentration-Camp\" >Former Auschwitz \u01c0 Concentration Camp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boutiquetourism.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/auschwitz-concentration-camp-in-poland.html\" >Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland \u2013 Boutique Tourism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1940_Soviet_ultimatum_to_Lithuania\" >presents an ultimatum to Lithuania<\/a> resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Lithuania\" >History of Lithuania &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/lithuania-history.html\" >Lithuania: History \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/lithuania\/3.htm\" >Lithuania, The Soviet Republic \u2013 countrystudies.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/coldwarsites.net\/country\/lithuania\/\" > Some Historic Remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/lithuania-proclaims-its-independence\" >March 11, 1990: Lithuania proclaims its independence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/lithuania-rejects-soviet-demand-to-renounce-its-independence\" >March 17, 1990: Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence<\/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>: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1937\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S. House of Representatives passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937\" >Marihuana Tax Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1926\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" >Brazil<\/a> leaves the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Nations\" >League of Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcock_and_Brown\" >John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown<\/a> depart from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland\" >St. John&#8217;s, Newfoundland<\/a> on the first nonstop <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transatlantic_flight\" >transatlantic flight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1907\u00a0 <\/strong>Norway grants women the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women%27s_suffrage\" >right to vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichstag_%28German_Empire%29\" >Reichstag<\/a> approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Territory_of_Hawaii\" >Hawaii<\/a> becomes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_territory\" >United States territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Hawaii\" >History of Hawaii \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gohawaii.com\/en\/statewide\/travel-tips\/history\/\" >History of Hawaii \u2013 gohawaii.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deephawaii.com\/hawaiianhistory.htm\" >A brief history of Hawaii 300 AD &#8211; 1900<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/hawaii\" >Hawaii \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1846\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bear_Flag_Revolt\" >Bear Flag Revolt<\/a> begins \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >Anglo<\/a> settlers in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonoma,_California\" >Sonoma, California<\/a>, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Republic\" >California Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1830\u00a0 <\/strong>Beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Algeria\" >French colonization of Algeria<\/a>: 34,000 French soldiers begin their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Algiers_in_1830\" >invasion of Algiers<\/a>, landing 27 kilometers west at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidi_Fredj\" >Sidi Fredj<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1822\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Babbage\" >Charles Babbage<\/a> proposes a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Difference_engine\" >difference engine<\/a> in a paper to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Astronomical_Society\" >Royal Astronomical Society<\/a> entitled &#8220;Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>______________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Satoshi Ashikaga is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>, originally from Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em> (Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong><em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_8\" >http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_8<\/a> to June_14; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/day\/june\/8?p=2\" >http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/day\/june\/8?p=2<\/a> to june\/14;<\/em> <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_8.html\" >http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_8.html<\/a> to june_14.html; and other pertinent web sites and\/or documents, mentioned above.<strong>)<\/strong> <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 contents, information, or whatsoever contained in these websites and\/or documents.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 8-14 &#8211; QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cMy strength didn\u2019t come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up every time I was knocked down.\u201d  &#8211; Unknown<\/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-58941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58941","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=58941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}