{"id":59634,"date":"2015-06-22T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=59634"},"modified":"2015-06-15T05:54:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T04:54:27","slug":"this-week-in-history-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/06\/this-week-in-history-29\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>June 22-28<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/quotes\/l\/leonardoda120053.html\" ><em>\u201cI love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. &#8216;Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.\u201d<\/em><\/a> \u2013 Lonardo da Vinci<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>JUNE 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paraguayan\" >Paraguayan<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_Lugo\" >Fernando Lugo<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment_of_Fernando_Lugo\" >removed from office<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impeachment\" >impeachment<\/a> and succeeded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federico_Franco\" >Federico Franco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Optional_Protocol_to_the_Convention_against_Torture\" >Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture<\/a> (aka <em>OPCAT<\/em>) enters into force. See also the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture\" ><em>Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment<\/em>, (signed on December 10, 1984; in force on June 26, 1987)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/OPCAT.aspx\" >Full text of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apt.ch\/en\/opcat\/\" >OPCAT: Opening up places for detention \u2013 Association for the Prevention of Torture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Checkpoint_Charlie\" >Checkpoint Charlie<\/a> is dismantled in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin\" >Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 &#8211;<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/people\/nelson-mandela\" >Nelson Mandela<\/a> addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anc.org.za\/show.php?id=4827\" >Speech by Mandela at a special meeting of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid, on June 22, 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/speeches\/nelson-mandela-gathers-support-to-abolish-apartheid#adam-clayton-powell-rallies-congregation\" >Nelson Mandela Gathers Support to Abolish Apartheid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuyahoga_River\" >Cuyahoga River<\/a> catches fire in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleveland,_Ohio\" >Cleveland, Ohio<\/a>, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clean_Water_Act\" >Clean Water Act<\/a> and the creation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Environmental_Protection_Agency\" >Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1957\u00a0 <\/strong>The Soviet Union launches an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R-12_Dvina\" >R-12 missile<\/a> for the first time (in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kapustin_Yar\" >Kapustin Yar<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Okinawa\" >Battle of Okinawa<\/a> comes to an end.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands\" >History of Ryukyu Islands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rca.open.ed.jp\/web_e\/history\/index.html\" >History of Okinawa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okinawan-shorinryu.com\/okinawa\/history.html\" >A Brief History of Okinawa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/battle-of-okinawa\" >Battle of Okinawa \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/p\/battle-of-okinawa.htm\" >World War II: Battle of Okinawa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militaryhistoryonline.com\/wwii\/okinawa\/default.aspx\" >Battle of Okinawa by Laura Lacey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nisei.hawaii.edu\/object\/io_1149316185200.html\" >Battle of Okinawa by Ted Tsukiyama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong><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> signs into law the Servicemen&#8217;s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G.I._Bill\" >G.I. Bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>Opening day of the Soviet Union&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Bagration\" >Operation Bagration<\/a> against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_Group_Centre\" >Army Group Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pledge_of_Allegiance\" >Pledge of Allegiance<\/a> formally adopted by Congress<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erwin_Rommel\" >Erwin Rommel<\/a> is promoted to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Field_Marshal_%28Germany%29\" >Field Marshal<\/a> after the capture of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tobruk\" >Tobruk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania\" >June Uprising in Lithuania<\/a> begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Germany invades the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Barbarossa\" >Operation Barbarossa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong>France is forced to sign the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice_with_France_%28Second_Compi%C3%A8gne%29\" >Second Compi\u00e8gne<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice\" >armistice<\/a> with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1911\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >George V<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_of_Teck\" >Mary of Teck<\/a> are crowned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_British_monarchs\" >King<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_British_consorts\" >Queen<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\" >United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland<\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Marines\" >United States Marines<\/a> land in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cuba\" >Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1839\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherokee\" >Cherokee<\/a> leaders <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_Ridge\" >Major Ridge<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Ridge\" >John Ridge<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elias_Boudinot_%28Cherokee%29\" >Elias Boudinot<\/a> are assassinated for signing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_New_Echota\" >Treaty of New Echota<\/a>, which had resulted in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherokee_removal\" >Trail of Tears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1825\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom\" >British Parliament<\/a> abolishes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feudalism\" >feudalism<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seigneurial_system_of_New_France\" >seigneurial system<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_North_America\" >British North America<\/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 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2014\u00a0 <\/strong>The last of Syria&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria_chemical_weapons_program\" >declared chemical weapons<\/a> are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destruction_of_Syria%27s_chemical_weapons\" >shipped out for destruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1985\u00a0 <\/strong>A terrorist bomb aboard <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_India_Flight_182\" >Air India Flight 182<\/a> brings the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_747\" >Boeing 747<\/a> down off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ireland\" >Ireland<\/a> killing all 329 aboard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Title_IX\" >Title IX<\/a> of the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964\" >Civil Rights Act of 1964<\/a> is amended to prohibit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexism\" >sexual discrimination<\/a> to any educational program receiving <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_government_of_the_United_States\" >federal<\/a> funds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1972\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_Scandal\" >Watergate Scandal<\/a>: U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_M._Nixon\" >Richard M. Nixon<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House\" >White House<\/a> Chief of Staff <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._R._Haldeman\" >H. R. Haldeman<\/a> are taped talking about using the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\" >Central Intelligence Agency<\/a> to obstruct the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" >Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a>&#8216;s investigation into the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal\" >Watergate<\/a> break-ins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Software_Industry\" >Software Industry<\/a> IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Cold War: U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> meets with Soviet Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexei_Kosygin\" >Alexei Kosygin<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glassboro,_New_Jersey\" >Glassboro, New Jersey<\/a> for the three-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glassboro_Summit_Conference\" >Glassboro Summit Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Cold War: U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyndon_B._Johnson\" >Lyndon B. Johnson<\/a> meets with Soviet Premier <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexei_Kosygin\" >Alexei Kosygin<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glassboro,_New_Jersey\" >Glassboro, New Jersey<\/a> for the three-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glassboro_Summit_Conference\" >Glassboro Summit Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1961\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cold_War\" >Cold War<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctic_Treaty\" >Antarctic Treaty<\/a>, which sets aside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antarctica\" >Antarctica<\/a> as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continent\" >continent<\/a>, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960<\/strong>\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S.%E2%80%93Japan_Status_of_Forces_Agreement\" >SOFA (Status of Force Agreement between the United States and Japan)<\/a> comes into effect.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S.%E2%80%93Japan_Status_of_Forces_Agreement\" >Full text of SOFA (formally, the &#8220;<em>Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan&#8221;<\/em>)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extraterritoriality\" >Extraterritoriality \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction\" >Extraterritorial jurisdiction &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2012\/07\/31\/reference\/sofa-a-source-of-sovereign-conflicts\/#.VVYGvJOufX4\" >SOFA: a source of sovereign conflicts \u2013 Weak jurisdiction over U.S. \u2013 linked crimes, crash sites driving Japan\u2019s call for revisions \u2013 Japan Times July 31, 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Mutual_Cooperation_and_Security_between_the_United_States_and_Japan\" >Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1958\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_Reformed_Church\" >Dutch Reformed Church<\/a> accepts women ministers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_National_Assembly\" >French National Assembly<\/a> takes the first step in creating the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Community\" >French Community<\/a> by passing the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loi_Cadre\" >Loi Cadre<\/a>, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_West_Africa\" >French West Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate\" >United States Senate<\/a> follows the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_House_of_Representatives\" >United States House of Representatives<\/a> in overriding U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Truman\" >Harry Truman<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Veto\" >veto<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taft-Hartley_Act\" >Taft-Hartley Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >British<\/a> destroyers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Eclipse_%28H08%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Eclipse<\/em><\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Laforey_%28G99%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Laforey<\/em><\/a> sink the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Submarine\" >submarine<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/600-Serie_Adua_class_submarine\" ><em>Ascianghi<\/em><\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean\" >Mediterranean<\/a> after she torpedoes the cruiser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Newfoundland_%2859%29\" >HMS\u00a0<em>Newfoundland<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Germany&#8217;s latest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fighter_aircraft\" >fighter<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190\" >Focke-Wulf Fw 190<\/a>, is captured intact when it <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armin_Faber\" >mistakenly lands<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RAF_Pembrey\" >RAF Pembrey<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wales\" >Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The first selections for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gas_chamber\" >gas chamber<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auschwitz\" >Auschwitz<\/a> take place on a train full of Jews from Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuanian_Activist_Front\" >Lithuanian Activist Front<\/a> declares <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania\" >independence<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> and forms the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Government_of_Lithuania\" >Provisional Government of Lithuania<\/a>; it lasts only briefly as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Occupation_of_Lithuania_by_Nazi_Germany\" >Nazis will occupy Lithuania<\/a> a few weeks later.<\/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\/Nazi_Germany\" >German<\/a> leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" >Adolf Hitler<\/a> surveys newly defeated Paris in now occupied France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonian_War_of_Independence\" >Estonian War of Independence<\/a>: the decisive defeat of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baltische_Landeswehr\" ><em>Baltische Landeswehr<\/em><\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cesis_%281919%29\" >Battle of Cesis<\/a>. This day is celebrated as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victory_Day\" >Victory Day<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\" >Estonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_Revolution\" >Mexican Revolution<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pancho_Villa\" >Pancho Villa<\/a> takes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zacatecas\" >Zacatecas<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoriano_Huerta\" >Victoriano Huerta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Balkan_War\" >Second Balkan War<\/a>: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greeks<\/a> defeat the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgarians<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Doiran_%281913%29\" >Battle of Doiran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1887\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocky_Mountains_Park_Act\" >Rocky Mountains Park Act<\/a> becomes law in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\" >Canada<\/a> creating the nation&#8217;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_park\" >national park<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banff_National_Park\" >Banff National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1868\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Typewriter\" >Typewriter<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Latham_Sholes\" >Christopher Latham Sholes<\/a> received a patent for an invention he called the &#8220;Type-Writer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong>Beginning of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Days_Uprising\" >June Days Uprising<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" >Paris<\/a>, <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 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>Former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Italy\" >Italian Prime Minister<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silvio_Berlusconi\" >Silvio Berlusconi<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Silvio_Berlusconi_conviction\" >found guilty<\/a> of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2012\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lonesome_George\" >Lonesome George<\/a>, the last known individual of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chelonoidis_nigra_abingdonii\" >Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii<\/a>, a subspecies of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gal%C3%A1pagos_tortoise\" >Gal\u00e1pagos tortoise<\/a>, dies.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rare_species\" >Rare species<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endangered_species_recovery_plan\" >Endangered species recovery plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depensation#Critical_depensation\" >Critical depensation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rare_Species_Conservation_Centre\" >Rare Species Conservation Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2004\u00a0 <\/strong>In New York, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_punishment\" >capital punishment<\/a> is declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiang_Zemin\" >Jiang Zemin<\/a> succeeds <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhao_Ziyang\" >Zhao Ziyang<\/a> to become the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China\" >General Secretary of the Communist Party of China<\/a> after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1989_Tiananmen_Square_Protests\" >1989 Tiananmen Square Protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack\" >UpStairs Lounge arson attack<\/a> takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>The United Kingdom grants <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zanzibar\" >Zanzibar<\/a> internal self-government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Indochina_War\" >First Indochina War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Mang_Yang_Pass\" >Battle of Mang Yang Pass<\/a> \u2014 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietminh\" >Vietminh<\/a> troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/An_Kh%C3%AA\" >An Kh\u00ea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>Start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_Blockade\" >Berlin Blockade<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> makes overland travel between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Germany\" >West Germany<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\" >West Berlin<\/a> impossible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Arnold\" >Kenneth Arnold<\/a> makes the first widely reported <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Arnold_Unidentified_Flying_Object_Sighting\" >UFO sighting<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Rainier\" >Mount Rainier<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_%28state%29\" >Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lucian.uchicago.edu\/blogs\/around1948\/files\/2012\/09\/1947-Statement-on-Human-Rights-American-Anthropological-Association.pdf\" >American Anthropological Association issues a statement on human rights: <em>\u201cThe problem faced by the Commission of Human Rights of the United Nations in preparing its Declaration of the Rights of Man must be approached from two points of view\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Also see the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ftp.learner.org\/workshops\/primarysources\/census\/docs\/aaas.html\" >American Anthropological Association\u2019s statement on human race, on May 17, 1998: <em>\u201c\u2026\u2019Race\u2019 thus evolved as a worldview, a body of prejudgments that distorts our ideas about human differences and group behavior. Racial beliefs constitute myths about the diversity in the human species and about the abilities and behavior of people homogenized into \u2018racial\u2019 categories. The myths fused behavior and physical features together in the public mind, impeding our comprehension of both biological variations and cultural behavior, implying that both are genetically determined. Racial myths bear no relationship to the reality of human capabilities or behavior&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/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>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Collar_%28commando_raid%29\" >Operation Collar<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Commandos\" >British Commando<\/a> raid on occupied France, by No 11 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Independent_Company\" >Independent Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1939\u00a0 <\/strong>Siam is renamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plaek_Pibulsonggram\" >Plaek Pibulsonggram<\/a>, the country&#8217;s third <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_minister\" >prime minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong>Pieces of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meteor\" >meteor<\/a>, estimated to have weighed 450 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metric_ton\" >metric tons<\/a> when it hit the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and exploded, land near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicora,_Pennsylvania\" >Chicora, Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2013\/02\/15\/russia-meteorite\/1921991\/\" >NASA: Largest meteor more than 100 years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/15353-meteor-showers-facts-shooting-stars-skywatching-sdcmp.html\" >Meteor Showers and Shooting Stars: Formation, Facts and Discovery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/meteorcrater.com\/\" >Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1932\u00a0 <\/strong>A bloodless <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siamese_Revolution_of_1932\" >Revolution<\/a> instigated by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khana_Ratsadon\" >People&#8217;s Party<\/a> ends the absolute power of King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prajadhipok\" >Prajadhipok<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rattanakosin_Kingdom\" >Siam<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thailand\" >Thailand<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong>USSR &amp; Afghanistan sign neutrality treaty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1931\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2timelines.com\/1931\/june\/06241931.htm\" >USSR and Germany renewed the Treaty of Berlin (German-Soviet Neutrality and Nonaggression Pact of April 1926).<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritus-temporis.com\/treaty-of-berlin-1926-\/\" ><em>German-Soviet Neutrality and Nonagression Pact of April 1926<\/em> (aka Treaty of Berlin of 1926)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stalinsociety.org\/2015\/05\/20\/full-text-of-the-1939-german-soviet-non-aggression-pact-including-the-so-called-secret-protocols-which-many-historian-believe-are-bogus\/\" >Full text of the <em>Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Somme\" >Battle of the Somme<\/a> begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >German Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1916\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Pickford\" >Mary Pickford<\/a> becomes the first female film star to sign a million dollar <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contract\" >contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1913\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greece<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a> annul their alliance with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bulgaria\" >Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1894\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Francois_Sadi_Carnot\" >Marie Francois Sadi Carnot<\/a> is assassinated by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sante_Geronimo_Caserio\" >Sante Geronimo Caserio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1866\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Custoza_%281866%29\" >Battle of Custoza<\/a>: an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austrian_Empire\" >Austrian<\/a> army defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italian<\/a> army during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Prussian_War\" >Austro-Prussian War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1859\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Solferino\" >Battle of Solferino<\/a> (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sardinia\" >Sardinia<\/a> and France defeat <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\" >Austria<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solferino\" >Solferino<\/a>, northern <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" >Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1821\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Carabobo\" >Battle of Carabobo<\/a> takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" >Venezuela<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" >Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1813\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Beaver_Dams\" >Battle of Beaver Dams<\/a>: a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >British<\/a> and Indian combined force defeats the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1812\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleonic_Wars\" >Napoleonic Wars<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon_I_of_France\" >Napoleon&#8217;s<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Grande_Arm%C3%A9e\" >Grande Arm\u00e9e<\/a> crosses the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neman_River\" >Neman River<\/a> beginning the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleon%27s_Invasion_of_Russia\" >invasion<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia\" >Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1793\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Constitution_of_1793\" >first Republican constitution<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a> is adopted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1762\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Wilhelmsthal\" >Battle of Wilhelmsthal<\/a>: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1717\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Premier_Grand_Lodge_of_England\" >Premier Grand Lodge of England<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freemasonry\" >Masonic<\/a> Grand Lodge in the world (now the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Grand_Lodge_of_England\" >United Grand Lodge of England<\/a>), is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1622\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Macau\" >Battle of Macau<\/a>: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macau\" >Macau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1597\u00a0 <\/strong>The first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands\" >Dutch<\/a> voyage to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Indies\" >East Indies<\/a> reaches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bantam_%28city%29\" >Bantam<\/a> (on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Java_%28island%29\" >Java<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1571\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miguel_Lopez_de_Legazpi\" >Miguel Lopez de Legazpi<\/a> founds <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manila\" >Manila<\/a>, the capital of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_the_Philippines\" >Republic of the Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1531\u00a0 <\/strong>The city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Juan_del_R%C3%ADo\" >San Juan del R\u00edo<\/a>, Mexico, is founded.<\/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 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani\" >Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani<\/a> becomes the 8th <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_emirs_of_Qatar\" >Emir of Qatar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1993\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienna_Declaration_and_Programme_of_Action\" >Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action<\/a> is adopted by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Conference_on_Human_Rights\" >World Conference on Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatia\" >Croatia<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a> declare their independence from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslavia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>The Beginning of the Breakup of Yugoslavia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-collapse-of-yugoslavia-1991-1999-alastair-finlan\/1006344402?ean=9781841768052\" >The Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991 -1999<\/a> (Essential Histories Series)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/europe\/yugoslavia.php\" >The Violent Breakup of Yugoslavia \u2013 HistoryOrb.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/europe\/1995-03-01\/last-ambassador-memoir-collapse-yugoslavia\" >The Last Ambassador: The Memoir of the Collapse of Yugoslavia, by Warren Zimmermann \u2013 <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chnm.gmu.edu\/1989\/exhibits\/collapse\/essay\" >Case Studies: The Collapse of Yugoslavia \u2013 Making the History of 1989<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Slovenia and the Ten-Day War:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovenija2001.gov.si\/10years\/path\/documents\/declaration\/\" >Declaration of Independence of Slovenia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ten-Day_War\" >Ten-Day War of Slovenia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Independence of Croatia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.studiacroatica.org\/jcs\/28\/2807.htm\" >Declaration of Independence of Croatia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Independence_of_Croatia\" >Independence of Croatia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croatian_War_of_Independence\" >Croatia War of Independence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Ethnic Minority Issues of Croatia and Slovenia:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbs_of_Croatia\" >Serbs of Croatia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina\" >Republic of Serbian Krajina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/History\/pre-wwOne\/Krajina-Serbs.html\" >\u201cCroatian\u201d Serbs (Krajina Serbs)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpska-mreza.com\/library\/facts\/krajina.html\" >Krajina Serbs \u2013 Srpska Mreza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theremustbejustice.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/04\/the-last-genocide-of-krajina-serbs-operation-storm-joint-croatian-and-usa-criminal-enterprise\/\" >There Must Be Justice \u2013 The Last Genocide of Krajina Serbs: Operation STORM, joint Croatian and USA criminal enterprise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/emperors-clothes.com\/articles\/mahon\/croatia.htm\" >Report on the Conditions of Serbs in Croatia by Alice Mahon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dosfan.lib.uic.edu\/ERC\/democracy\/1995_hrp_report\/95hrp_report_eur\/Croatia.html\" >1995 Human Rights Report: Croatia by U.S. Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/1995\/19951109.sc6122.r1.html\" >9 November 1995 \u2013 Security Council Condemns Continued Grave Human Rights Violations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia \u2013 United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hri.org\/docs\/USSD-Rights\/93\/Slovenia93.html\" >Slovenia Human Rights Practices, 1993 \u2013 U.S. Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/dosfan.lib.uic.edu\/ERC\/democracy\/1995_hrp_report\/95hrp_report_eur\/Slovenia.html\" >Slovenia Human Rights Practices, 1995 \u2013 U.S. Department of State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/our-work\/countries\/europe\/slovenia\" >Slovenia Human Rights: The \u201cErased\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1982\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\" >Greece<\/a> abolishes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Head_shaving\" >head shaving<\/a> of recruits in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military\" >military<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft\" >Microsoft<\/a> is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_%28state%29\" >Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1978\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rainbow_flag_%28LGBT_movement%29\" >rainbow flag<\/a> representing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gay_pride\" >gay pride<\/a> is flown for the first time in the San Francisco <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_Pride\" >Gay Freedom Day Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missouri\" >Missouri<\/a> Governor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kit_Bond\" >Kit Bond<\/a> issues an executive order rescinding the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extermination_Order_%28Mormonism%29\" >Extermination Order<\/a>, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latter_Day_Saint_movement\" >The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong>Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indira_Gandhi\" >Indira Gandhi<\/a> has a state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Emergency_%28India%29\" >internal Emergency<\/a> declared in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1975\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" >Mozambique<\/a> achieves independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong>Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Our_World_%28International_TV_special%29\" ><em>Our World<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>Two <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryptography\" >cryptographers<\/a> working for the United States <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Security_Agency\" >National Security Agency<\/a> left for vacation to Mexico, and from there <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_and_Mitchell_Defection\" >defected to the Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jfkcountercoup2.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/nsa-defectors-martin-and-mitchell.html\" >NSA Defectors Martin and Mitchell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ecu.edu\/sites\/cwis\/2013\/09\/first-nsa-defection-1960\/\" >Cold War Internal Security Collection (CWIS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/nsa-secrets-revealed--in-1960\/2013\/06\/21\/35e0f072-d509-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html\" >NSA Secrets Revealed 1960<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a> begins with the invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Korea\" >South Korea<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/korean-war\" >Korean War: Facts and Summary \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/battleswars1900s\/tp\/The-Korean-War.htm\" >The Korean War \u2013 Overview and Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/322419\/Korean-War\" >Korean War: 1950 \u2013 1953 \u2013 Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/koreanwar\/\" >The Korean War \u2013 The United States Army<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/bomb\/peopleevents\/pandeAMEX58.html\" >The Korean War \u2013 pbs.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search;_ylt=A0LEVzerQF9V7xEAw5BXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTFhYWMwY2thBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjAwMThfMQRzZWMDcGFnaW5hdGlvbg--?p=korean+war&amp;ei=UTF-8&amp;fr=yfp-t-901&amp;fp=1&amp;b=11&amp;pz=10&amp;pstart=5\" >Korean War \u2013 World History International<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1947\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl\" ><em>The Diary of a Young Girl<\/em><\/a> (better known as <em>The Diary of Anne Frank<\/em>) is published.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readanybook.com\/ebook\/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-42\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 readanybook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onread.com\/book\/The-Diary-Of-A-Young-Girl-191048\/\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 onread.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/publicdomaine-books.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/read-diary-of-young-girl-by-anne-frank.html\" >The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank \u2013 publicdomain-books.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fullbooks.com\/A-Young-Girl-s-Diary.html\" >A Young Girl\u2019s Diary \u2013 fullbooks.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfmuseum.org\/war\/45.html\" >President Harry S Truman arrived for the signing of the U.N. Charter at the ninth and closing plenary sessions of the United Nations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\" >United States Navy<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" >Royal Navy<\/a> ships <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg\" >bombard<\/a> Cherbourg to support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army\" >United States Army<\/a> units engaged in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Cherbourg\" >Battle of Cherbourg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala\" >Battle of Tali-Ihantala<\/a>, the largest battle ever fought in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nordic_Countries\" >Nordic Countries<\/a>, begins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1943\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Holocaust\" >The Holocaust<\/a>: Jews in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cz%C4%99stochowa_Ghetto\" >Cz\u0119stochowa Ghetto<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a> stage <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cz%C4%99stochowa_Ghetto_Uprising\" >an uprising<\/a> against the Nazis.<\/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>: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1938\u00a0 <\/strong>Dr. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_Hyde\" >Douglas Hyde<\/a> is inaugurated as the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Ireland\" >President of Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1935\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diplomatic_relations\" >Diplomatic relations<\/a> between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombia\" >Colombia<\/a> are established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igor_Stravinsky\" >Igor Stravinsky<\/a>&#8216;s ballet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Firebird\" ><em>The Firebird<\/em><\/a> is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1910\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress\" >United States Congress<\/a> passes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mann_Act\" >Mann Act<\/a>, which prohibits interstate transport of females for \u201cimmoral purposes\u201d; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1900\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taoism\" >Taoist<\/a> monk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wang_Yuanlu\" >Wang Yuanlu<\/a> discovers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunhuang_manuscripts\" >Dunhuang manuscripts<\/a>, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mogao_Caves\" >Mogao Caves<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunhuang\" >Dunhuang<\/a>, China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1876\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn\" >Battle of the Little Bighorn<\/a> and the death of Lieutenant Colonel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Armstrong_Custer\" >George Armstrong Custer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1741\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria\" >Maria Theresa of Austria<\/a> is crowned <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_rulers_of_Hungary\" >Queen of Hungary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1678\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Venice\" >Venetian<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia\" >Elena Cornaro Piscopia<\/a> is the first woman awarded a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doctor_of_Philosophy\" >doctorate of philosophy<\/a> when she graduates from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Padua\" >University of Padua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1658\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\" >Spanish<\/a> forces fail to retake <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\" >Jamaica<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo_%281658%29\" >Battle of Rio Nuevo<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Spanish_War_%281654%E2%80%9360%29\" >Anglo-Spanish War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1530\u00a0 <\/strong>At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diet_of_Augsburg\" >Diet of Augsburg<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Augsburg_Confession\" >Augsburg Confession<\/a> is presented to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holy_Roman_Emperor\" >Holy Roman Emperor<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lutheran\" >Lutheran<\/a> princes and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince-elector\" >Electors<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\" >Germany<\/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 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdullah_bin_Nasser_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani\" >Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani<\/a> became Prime Minister of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qatar\" >Qatar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_2013_Shanshan_riots\" >Riots<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >China<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xinjiang\" >Xinjiang<\/a> region kill at least 36 people and injuring 21 others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2013\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\" >U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_v._Windsor\" >rules<\/a> that Section 3 of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Defense_of_Marriage_Act\" >Defense of Marriage Act<\/a> is unconstitutional and in violation of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\" >Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benedict_XVI\" >Benedict XVI<\/a> reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive 2\/3 of the votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mari_Alkatiri\" >Mari Alkatiri<\/a>, the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_East_Timor\" >Prime Minister of East Timor<\/a>, resigns after weeks of political unrest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_II\" >John Paul II<\/a> reveals the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Secrets_of_F%C3%A1tima\" >third secret of F\u00e1tima<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2000\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Clinton\" >President Clinton<\/a> announces the completion of the first survey of the entire <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_genome\" >human genome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1995\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_al-Thani\" >Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani<\/a> deposes his father <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khalifa_bin_Hamad_al-Thani\" >Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emir\" >Emir<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qatar\" >Qatar<\/a>, in a bloodless <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coup\" >coup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ten-Day_War\" >Ten-Day War<\/a>: The Yugoslav people&#8217;s army begins the Ten-Day War in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Convention_against_Torture\" ><em>Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment<\/em><\/a> (aka <em>UN Convention Against Torture<\/em> or <em>CAT<\/em>) enters into force. See also the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kenyalaw.org\/treaties\/treaties\/191\/Optional-Protocol-to-the-Convention-against-Torture\" ><em>Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture<\/em><\/a> (adopted on December 18, 2002; in force on June 22, 2006).<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/CAT.aspx\" >Full text:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/CAT\/Pages\/CATIndex.aspx\" >UN Committee Against Torture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/legal-encyclopedia\/how-apply-convention-against-torture-protection.html\" >How to Apply for Apply for Convention Against Torture Protection \u2013 NOLO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/2014\/10\/the-convention-against-torture-extraterritorial-application-and-application-to-military-operations\/\" >The Convention Against Torture: Extraterritorial Application and Application to Military Operations &#8211; Lawfare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/faq-convention-against-torture?redirect=national-security\/faq-convention-against-torture\" >FAQ \u2013 Convention Against Torture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/georgewashington2.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/when-we-torture-somebody-it-hardens.html\" >Real Men Don\u2019t Torture \u2013 GeorgeWashington2.BlogSpot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2009\/04\/torture-reduced-us-national-security.html\" >Torture REDUCES National Security \u2013 WashingtonsBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/investmentwatchblog.com\/isis-is-run-by-former-iraqi-generals-many-are-members-of-saddam-husseins-secular-baath-party-who-converted-to-radical-islam-in-american-prisons\/\" >ISIS Is Run By Former Iraqi Generals \u2026 Many Are Members Of Saddam Hussein\u2019s Secular Baath Party Who Converted To Radical Islam In American Prisons \u2013 InvestmentWatchBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/10\/fbi-interrogator-tor.html\" >FBI interrogator: Torture doesn\u2019t work, breeds jihad \u2013BoingBoing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Paul_II\" >Karol Wojty\u0142a<\/a> (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Paul_VI\" >Pope Paul VI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Levi_Eshkol\" >Levi Eshkol<\/a> becomes the Israeli Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1963\u00a0 <\/strong>U.S. President <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" >John F. Kennedy<\/a> gave his &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner\" >Ich bin ein Berliner<\/a>&#8221; speech, underlining the support of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> for democratic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Germany\" >West Germany<\/a> shortly after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet<\/a>-supported <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Germany\" >East Germany<\/a> erected the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin_Wall\" >Berlin Wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madagascar\" >Madagascar<\/a> gains its independence from France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1960\u00a0 <\/strong>The former British Protectorate of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Somaliland\" >British Somaliland<\/a> gains its independence as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somaliland\" >Somaliland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1955\u00a0 <\/strong>The South African Congress Alliance adopts the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_Charter\" >Freedom Charter<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congress_of_the_People_%281955%29\" >Congress of the People<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kliptown\" >Kliptown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan-Malayan_Labour_Party\" >Pan-Malayan Labour Party<\/a> is founded in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_of_Malaya\" >Malaya<\/a>, as a union of statewide labour parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The Western allies begin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Berlin_Airlift\" >an airlift to Berlin<\/a> after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> blockades <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Berlin\" >West Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/berlin-airlift\" >Berlin airlift \u2013 history.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1945-1952\/berlin-airlift\" >The Berlin Airlift 1948 \u2013 1949 \u2013 U.S. Department of State Office of Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritoffreedom.org\/airlift.html\" >The Berlin Airlift \u2013 Spiritoffreedom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/62154\/Berlin-blockade-and-airlift\" >Berlin blockade and airlift: Europe [1948 \u2013 1949] \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/62154\/Berlin-blockade-and-airlift\" >Berlin Airlift \u2013 United States American History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/whistlestop\/study_collections\/berlin_airlift\/large\/\" >Truman Library: The Berlin Airlift Online Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/berlin-blockade\" >Berlin Blockade \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations_Charter\" >United Nations Charter<\/a> is signed in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/documents\/charter\/index.shtml\/\" >Charter of the United Nations<\/a> and the Covenant of the League of Nations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of the United Nations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1937-1945\/un\" >The Formation of the United Nations: 1937 \u2013 1945 \u2013 U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/journal-iostudies.org\/sites\/journal-iostudies.org\/files\/JIOSfinal_9_0.pdf\" >On the Origins of the United Nations: When and How Did it Begin? by Klaas Dykmann, Roskilde University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/aboutun\/history\/charter_history.shtml\" >History of the United Nations Charter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/united-nations-history.html\" >United Nations History \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Atlantic Charter of 1941:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/atlantic.asp\" >Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/totallyhistory.com\/atlantic-charter\/\" >Atlantic Charter \u2013 Totallyhistory.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_Charter\" >Atlantic Charter \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1937-1945\/atlantic-conf\" >Milestones: 1937 \u2013 1945: Atlantic Conference and Charter, 1941<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/atlantic-charter\" >Atlantic Charter \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/aboutun\/history\/dumbarton_yalta.shtml\" >Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta \u2013 History of the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumbarton_Oaks_Conference\" >Dumbarton Oaks Conference \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/173472\/Dumbarton-Oaks-Conference\" >Dumbarton Oaks Conference \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumbarton_Oaks\" >Dumbarton Oaks \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yalta_Conference\" >Yalta Conference \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-ii\/yalta-conference\" >Yalta Conference \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/651424\/Yalta-Conference\" >Yalta Conference World War II \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1937-1945\/yalta-conf\" >Milestones 1937 \u2013 1945: Yalta Conference \u2013 U.S. Department of State, Office of Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/militaryhistory.about.com\/od\/worldwarii\/p\/yalta.htm\" >World War II: Yalta Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/yalta-conference.html\" >Yalta Conference \u2013 infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.u-s-history.com\/pages\/h2072.html\" >Yalta Conference \u2013 United States History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/wwii\/yalta.asp\" >The Yalta Conference, February 1945<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>San Francisco Conference: April 26 \u2013 June 26, 1945:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationsencyclopedia.com\/United-Nations\/The-Making-of-the-United-Nations-THE-SAN-FRANCISCO-CONFERENCE-25-APRIL-26-JUNE-1945.html\" >The Making of the United Nations \u2013 the San Francisco Conference \u2013 Encyclopedia of Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/meetings-events\/.%C2%A0\/watch\/san-francisco-1945\/4018283569001\" >San Francisco 1945 \u2013 UN Web TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voxo.webs.com\/\" >1945 United Nations Conference on International Organsation UNICIO held in San Francisco from 25 April to 26 June<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/521161\/San-Francisco-Conference\" >San Francisco Conference \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/oralhistory\/category\/un-conference-on-international-organization\/\" >UN 1945 Conference \u2013 Category Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/aboutun\/history\/sanfrancisco_conference.shtml\" >San Francisco Conference \u2013 History of the United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/muntr.org\/sanfranciscoconference1945\/\" >The San Francisco Conference 1945 \u2013 muntr.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/ws\/index.php?pid=12188\" >Harry S. Truman\u2019s speech in San Francisco at the Closing Session of the United Nations on 26 June 1945<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1944\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Osuchy\" >Battle of Osuchy<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osuchy\" >Osuchy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II\" >Polish resistance forces<\/a>, ends with the defeat of the latter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong>The first flight of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grumman\" >Grumman<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F6F_Hellcat\" >F6F Hellcat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>World War II: Soviet planes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ko%C5%A1ice_attack\" >bomb Kassa, Hungary<\/a> (now <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ko%C5%A1ice\" >Ko\u0161ice<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovakia\" >Slovakia<\/a>), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.<\/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>: Under the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact\" >Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> presents an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_1940_Soviet_Ultimatum\" >ultimatum<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a> requiring it to cede <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bessarabia\" >Bessarabia<\/a> and the northern part of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bukovina\" >Bukovina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1934\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >President<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_D._Roosevelt\" >Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/a> signs the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Credit_Union_Act\" >Federal Credit Union Act<\/a>, which establishes credit unions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1924\u00a0 <\/strong>American occupying forces leave the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominican_Republic\" >Dominican Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Occupation by the United States 1916 \u2013 24<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic_%281916%E2%80%9324%29\" >United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916 -24)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic_%281916%E2%80%9324%29\" >The US Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916 \u2013 24)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/dominican-republic\/11.htm\" >The Era of Trujillo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1918\u00a0 <\/strong>World War I, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Front_%28World_War_I%29\" >Western Front<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_for_Belleau_Wood\" >Battle for Belleau Wood<\/a> \u2013 Allied Forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_J._Pershing\" >John J. Pershing<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Harbord\" >James Harbord<\/a> defeat Imperial German Forces under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince\" >Wilhelm, German Crown Prince<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1917\u00a0 <\/strong>The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" >Britain<\/a> and France against Germany in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1889\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bangui\" >Bangui<\/a> is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Congo\" >French Congo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1886\u00a0 <\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Moissan\" >Henri Moissan<\/a> isolated elemental <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fluorine\" >Fluorine<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1848\u00a0 <\/strong>End of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_Days_Uprising\" >June Days Uprising<\/a> in Paris.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1843\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Nanking\" >Treaty of Nanking<\/a> comes into effect, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hong_Kong_Island\" >Hong Kong Island<\/a> is ceded to the British &#8220;in perpetuity&#8221;.<\/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 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong>In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwean_presidential_election,_2008\" >highly scrutizined election<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Zimbabwe\" >President of Zimbabwe<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Mugabe\" >Robert Mugabe<\/a> is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morgan_Tsvangirai\" >Morgan Tsvangirai<\/a> had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%E2%80%93_Tsvangirai\" >his party<\/a>&#8216;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Military_Police\" >Brazilian Military Police<\/a> invades the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Favela\" ><em>favelas<\/em><\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Complexo_do_Alem%C3%A3o\" >Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a> in an episode which is remembered as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Complexo_do_Alem%C3%A3o_massacre\" >Complexo do Alem\u00e3o massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2007\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Blair\" >Tony Blair<\/a> resigns as British <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister\" >Prime Minister<\/a>, a position he had held since 1997.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1991\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\" >Slovenia<\/a>, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia\" >Yugoslav<\/a> troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ten-Day_War\" >Ten-Day War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Ten-Day_War\" >The Ten-Day War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1991-06-26\/news\/mn-1188_1_federal-parliament\" >Slovenia, Croatia Declare Freedom From Yugoslavia : Balkans Federal Parliament reacts angrily and orders the army to \u2018prevent the division\u2019 of the nation. \u2013 Los Angels Times 26 June 1991<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local-life.com\/ljubljana\/articles\/ten-day-war\" >Slovenian War of Independence \u2013 The Ten-Day War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onwar.com\/aced\/chrono\/c1900s\/yr90\/fslovenia1991.htm\" >Slovenian War of Independence 1991<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1989-1992\/breakup-yugoslavia\" >The Breakup of Yugoslavia 1990 \u2013 1992 \u2013 U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slovenia.si\/slovenia\/history\/the-independent-state\/\" >The Independent State \u2013 Slovenia.si<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/politicalgeography\/a\/fmryugoslavia.htm\" >The Former Yugoslavia \u2013 Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Bosnia, by Matt Rosenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-17847681\" >Slovenia profile \u2013 Timeline \u2013 BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.achpr.org\/instruments\/achpr\/\" >African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights<\/a> (in force on 21 October 1986) is adopted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also see the following Protocols to the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.achpr.org\/instruments\/women-protocol\/\" >Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa<\/a> (aka <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maputo_Protocol\" >Maputo Protocol<\/a>), signed on 11 July 2003; in force on 25 November 2005.<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.achpr.org\/instruments\/court-establishment\/\" >Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, into force on 25 January 2004.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.au.int\/en\/sites\/default\/files\/PROTOCOL_STATUTE_AFRICAN_COURT_JUSTICE_AND_HUMAN_RIGHTS.pdf\" >Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.african-court.org\/\" >Official website of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ju.edu.et\/jl\/sites\/default\/files\/1%20Qgwezzy%20M.C..pdf\" >Challenges and Prospects of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, by Ogwezzy Michael C. (Ph.D)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China\" >Central Committee of the Communist Party of China<\/a> issues its &#8220;Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China&#8221;, laying the blame for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_Revolution\" >Cultural Revolution<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mao_Zedong\" >Mao Zedong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1977\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" >France<\/a> grants independence to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Djibouti\" >Djibouti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1974\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\" >U.S.<\/a> president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon<\/a> visits the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slicethelife.com\/2012\/06\/27\/nixon-visits-the-soviet-union-this-day-in-1974\/\" >Nixon Visits the Soviet Union \u2013 This Day in 1974<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/news\/article\/brezhnev-tried-to-lift-nixons-spirits\/193364.html\" >Brezhnev Tried to Life Nixon\u2019s Spirits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nixonlibrary.gov\/forresearchers\/find\/textual\/special\/smof\/personal.php\" >President\u2019s Personal File \u2013 Nixon Presidential Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" >Richard Nixon \u2013 Military Wikia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tdl.org\/txlor-dspace\/bitstream\/handle\/2249.3\/193\/12_nix_cld_wr.htm\" >Nixon and the Cold War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/1974\/06\/27\/archive\/protests-for-soviet-jews-mount-on-eve-of-nixon-moscow-visit\" >Protests for Soviet Jews Mount on Eve of Nixon Moscow Visit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1973\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_Uruguay\" >President of Uruguay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Mar%C3%ADa_Bordaberry\" >Juan Mar\u00eda Bordaberry<\/a> dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1954\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant\" >Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>&#8216;s first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nuclear_power_station\" >nuclear power station<\/a>, opens in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obninsk\" >Obninsk<\/a>, near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow\" >Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1952\u00a0 <\/strong>Guatemala passes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Decree_900\" >Decree 900<\/a>, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" >United States<\/a> decides to send troops to fight in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-korea-2\" >Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0612\/77840.html\" >Truman orders U.S. forces to repel North Korean invasion June 27, 1950<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/27\/june-27-1950-truman-orders-u-s-forces-to-fight-in-korean-war\/comment-page-1\/?_r=0\" >June 27, 1950 \u01c0 Truman Orders U.S. Forces to Fight in Korean War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thisdaythen.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/27th-june-1950-us-enters-korean-war.html\" >27<sup>th<\/sup> June 1950 \u2013 The US enters the Korean War \u2013 This Day Then<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.army.mil\/reference\/Korea\/KW-P1.pdf\" >Korean War Phase 1: June 27 \u2013 15 September 1950<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumanlibrary.org\/whistlestop\/study_collections\/korea\/large\/korea62750.htm.bak\" >The Korean War \u2013 Week of Decision: June 27, 1950 \u2013 Truman Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/facts.randomhistory.com\/korean-war-facts.html\" >62 Interesting Facts About the Korean War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/cgi-bin\/texis\/vtx\/rwmain?docid=3b00f20a2c\" >UN Security Council Resolution 83 (1950) of 27 June 1950 (S\/RES\/83)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1946\u00a0 <\/strong>In the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Citizenship_Act_1946\" >Canadian Citizenship Act<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parliament_of_Canada\" >Parliament of Canada<\/a> establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>German troops capture the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bia%C5%82ystok\" >Bia\u0142ystok<\/a> during <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Barbarossa\" >Operation Barbarossa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1941\u00a0 <\/strong>Romanian governmental forces, allies of Nazi Germany, launch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ia%C5%9Fi_pogrom\" >one of the most violent pogroms<\/a> in Jewish history in the city of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ia%C5%9Fi\" >Ia\u015fi<\/a>, (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a>), resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1927\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister_of_Japan\" >Prime Minister of Japan<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanaka_Giichi\" >Tanaka Giichi<\/a> leads a conference to discuss <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan\" >Japan<\/a>&#8216;s plans for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" >China<\/a>; later, a document detailing these plans, the &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanaka_Memorial\" >Tanaka Memorial<\/a>&#8221; is leaked, although it is now considered a forgery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1905\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_battleship_Potemkin\" >Battleship <em>Potemkin<\/em> uprising<\/a>: sailors start a mutiny aboard the battleship <em>Potemkin<\/em>, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1898\u00a0 <\/strong>The first solo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circumnavigation\" >circumnavigation<\/a> of the globe is completed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Slocum\" >Joshua Slocum<\/a> from Briar Island, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nova_Scotia\" >Nova Scotia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1844 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Smith,_Jr.\" >Joseph Smith, Jr.<\/a>, founder of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latter_Day_Saint_movement\" >Latter Day Saint movement<\/a>, and his brother <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyrum_Smith\" >Hyrum Smith<\/a>, are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr.\" >murdered by a mob<\/a> at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carthage,_Illinois\" >Carthage, Illinois<\/a> jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1806\u00a0 <\/strong>British forces take <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a> during the first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_invasions_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >British invasions of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1760\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherokee\" >Cherokee<\/a> warriors defeat <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Empire\" >British<\/a> forces at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Echoee\" >Battle of Echoee<\/a> near present-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto,_North_Carolina\" >Otto, North Carolina<\/a> during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Cherokee_War\" >Anglo-Cherokee War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1759\u00a0 <\/strong>General <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Wolfe\" >James Wolfe<\/a> begins the siege of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec\" >Quebec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1743\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession\" >War of the Austrian Succession<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Dettingen\" >Battle of Dettingen<\/a>: On the battlefield in Bavaria, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_II_of_Great_Britain\" >George II<\/a> personally leads troops into battle. The last time that a British monarch would command troops in the field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1556\u00a0 <\/strong>The thirteen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stratford_Martyrs\" >Stratford Martyrs<\/a> are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burned_at_the_stake\" >burned at the stake<\/a> near <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/London\" >London<\/a> for their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protestant\" >Protestant<\/a> beliefs.<\/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 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2009\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduras\" >Honduran<\/a> president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Zelaya\" >Manuel Zelaya<\/a> is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat\" >ousted<\/a> by a local military coup following a failed request to hold <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduran_fourth_ballot_box_referendum\" >a referendum<\/a> to rewrite the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduran_Constitution\" >Honduran Constitution<\/a>. This was the start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_Honduran_political_crisis\" >2009 Honduran political crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2008\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vidovdan\" >The inaugural meeting<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Community_Assembly_of_Kosovo_and_Metohija\" >Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2006\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" >Montenegro<\/a> is announced as the 192nd member state of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" >United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2001\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vidovdan\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 is deported<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ICTY\" >ICTY<\/a> to stand trial.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.icty.org\/cases\/party\/738\/4\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s case \u2013 ICTY website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tpiy.org\/sid\/8197\" >Milosevic Trial: Order Concerning the Preparation and Presentation of the Defence Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hrp.bard.edu\/slobodan-milosevic-trial-public-archive\/\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 Trial Public Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/component\/content\/article\/163\/28696.html\" >The Trial of Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2006\/12\/13\/icty-milosevic-trial-exposed-belgrade-s-role-wars\" >ICTY: Milo\u0161evi\u0107 Trial Exposed Belgrade\u2019s Role in Wars \u2013 hrw.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1990\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vidovdan\" >An amendment is brought<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution_of_Croatia\" >Constitution of Croatia<\/a> changing the status of Serbs from constituent people (<em>konstitutivni narod<\/em>) of the Croatian nation to national minority.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_Act_on_the_Rights_of_National_Minorities_in_the_Republic_of_Croatia\" >Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities of the Republic of Croatia &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/540199\/Croatian_Constitutional_Law_on_the_Rights_of_National_Minorities\" >Croatian Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities by Antonija Petri\u010du\u0161i\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usefoundation.org\/view\/167\" >Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities of Croatia \u2013 U.S. English Foundation Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usefoundation.org\/view\/155\" >Croatia \u2013 Legislation \u2013 U.S. English Foundation Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/4954ce1ec.html\" >World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Croatia: Overview &#8211; Refworld<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/t\/dghl\/monitoring\/minorities\/3_fcnmdocs\/PDF_1st_SR_Croatia_en.pdf\" >Report submitted by Croatia pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, revised on March 1999 &#8211; ACFC\/SR(1999)005<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/webfolder.eurac.edu\/EURAC\/Publications\/edap\/2004_edap06.pdf\" >Wind of Change: The Croatian Government\u2019s Turn towards a Policy of Ethnic Reconciliation, European Diversity and Autonomy Papers, EDAP 6\/2004, by Antonja Petri\u010du\u0161i\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1989\u00a0 <\/strong>On the 600th anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, Serbian leader <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107<\/a> delivers the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gazimestan_speech\" >Gazimestan speech<\/a> on the site of the historic battle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Milo\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s Gazimestan speech:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hirhome.com\/yugo\/bbc_milosevic.htm\" >Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s Gazimestan speech at Kosovo Polje in 1989, in English translation, translated by BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slobodan-milosevic.org\/spch-kosovo1989.htm\" >Speech by Slobodan Milosevic, delivered to 1 million people at the central celebration marking the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, held at Gazimestan on 28 June, 1989. \u00a0Compiled by the National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce of the U.S.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p8QwHrRzpeo\" >YouTube video: Slobodan Mili\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s Gazimestan speech with the English subtitle: His speech begins from 3 min. 18 sec. of this video.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gazimestan_speech\" >Gazimestan speech &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Why Is Kosovo Important to Serbs?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.b92.net\/eng\/news\/society.php?yyyy=2012&amp;mm=06&amp;dd=28&amp;nav_id=81009\" >What is Vidovdan, and why is it so important to Serbs?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ptt.rs\/korisnici\/i\/v\/ivstar\/quickhistory.htm\" >Why Kosovo so important for Serbs?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slavisaristic.com\/blog\/kosovo-is-serbia\/\" >Why is Kosovo important for Serbs more than Serbia?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>History of Kosovo and Kosovo Serbs:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Kosovo\" >History of Kosovo \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lamar.colostate.edu\/~grjan\/kosovohistory.html\" >Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo: An Abbreviated History, by G. Richard Jansen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/serbian-and-albanian-contrasting-history\" >Serbian and Albanian Contrasting History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cotf.edu\/earthinfo\/balkans\/kosovo\/KVtopic3.html\" >History of Kosovo up to 1918<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/world\/kosovo-history.html\" >Kosovo History \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/robert-bideleux\/kosovos-conflict\" >Kosovo\u2019s Conflict \u2013 Historytoday.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/first\/v\/vickers-serb.html\" >Between Serb and Albanian \u2013 A History of Kosovo, by Miranda Vickers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/1380469\/Kosovo-conflict\" >Kosovo Conflict 1998 \u2013 1999 \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/best-selling-kosovo-history-upsets-albanians-and-serbs\" >Best-Selling Kosovo History Upsets Albanians and Serbs (19 June 2012) \u2013 Balkaninsight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1987\u00a0 <\/strong>For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sulfur_mustard\" >chemical attack<\/a> when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sardasht,_West_Azerbaijan\" >Sardasht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyandheadlines.com\/june-28-1987-first-use-chemical-weapons-civilians\/\" >June 28, 1987: First Use of Chemical Weapons Against Civilians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/wmd\/world\/iran\/cw.htm\" >Chemical Weapons &#8211; Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/military.wikia.com\/wiki\/Chemical_weapon\" >Chemical Weapon \u2013 Military Wiki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.campaigniran.org\/casmii\/index.php?q=node\/623\" >The Chemical Victims of Iran: the forgotten casualties of the Iran-Iraq war<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chemical Weapon Convention:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_Weapons_Convention\" >Chemical Weapon Convention \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opcw.org\/chemical-weapons-convention\/articles\/\" >Chemical Weapon Convention full text \u2013 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/factsheets\/cwcsig\" >Chemical Weapon Convention Signatories and State-Parties \u2013 Arms Control Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opcw.org\/about-opcw\/non-member-states\/\" >Non-State Members to the Chemical Weapon Convention \u2013 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/unep.org\/chemicalsandwaste\/\" >Chemicals \u2013 United Nations Environmental Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1981\u00a0 <\/strong>A powerful <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hafte_tir_bombing\" >bomb explodes<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehran\" >Tehran<\/a>, killing 73 officials of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Republic_Party\" >Islamic Republic Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1976\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angola\" >Angolan<\/a> court sentences US and UK <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercenaries\" >mercenaries<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_sentence\" >death sentences<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prison\" >prison<\/a> terms in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luanda_Trial\" >Luanda Trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1969\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stonewall_Riots\" >Stonewall Riots<\/a> begin in New York City, marking the start of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gay_Rights_Movement\" >Gay Rights Movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1967\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" >Israel<\/a> annexes East <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem\" >Jerusalem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Jerusalem\" >East Jerusalem &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/jerusalem\" >Background of East Jerusalem \u2013 Bitselem.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six-Day_War\" >Six-Day War &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/tags\/East%20Jerusalem-1.476991\" >Pertinent articles on East Jerusalem &#8211; HAARETZ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1964\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malcolm_X\" >Malcolm X<\/a> forms the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_of_Afro-American_Unity\" >Organization of Afro-American Unity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1956\u00a0 <\/strong>In <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pozna%C5%84\" >Pozna\u0144<\/a>, workers from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._Cegielski_%E2%80%93_Pozna%C5%84\" >HCP factory<\/a> went to the streets, sparking one of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pozna%C5%84_1956_protests\" >first major protests against communist government<\/a> both in Poland and Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>Korean War: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korean_Army\" >North Korean Army<\/a> conducted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seoul_National_University_Hospital_Massacre\" >Seoul National University Hospital Massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Korean_army\" >South Korean forces<\/a> blow up the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hangang_Bridge_bombing\" >Hangang Bridge<\/a> to in attempt to slow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >North Korea&#8217;s<\/a> offensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong>Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bodo_League_massacre\" >Bodo League massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1950\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Korean_War\" >Korean War<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seoul\" >Seoul<\/a> is captured by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" >North Korean<\/a> troops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1948\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cominform\" >Cominform<\/a> circulates the &#8220;Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia&#8221;; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/yugoslavia-expelled-from-cominform\" >Yugoslavia expelled from COMINFORM June 28, 1948 \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/espressostalinist.com\/2013\/06\/26\/why-yugoslavia-was-expelled-from-the-cominform-2\/\" >Why Yugoslavia was Expelled from the Cominform \u2013 The Espresso Stalinist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/encyclopedia\/history\/cominform.html\" >Cominform \u2013 Infoplease.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tito%E2%80%93Stalin_Split\" >Tito-Stalin Split &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johndclare.net\/cold_war6_Yugoslavia.htm\" >Tito and Yugoslavia \u2013 Johndclare.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weegy.com\/?ConversationId=WACCUEHU\" >Yugoslavia was expelled from Cominform because it wanted to a. remain democratic. c. join the UN. b. resist Soviet domination. d. accept Marshall Plan aid. \u2013 Weegy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1945\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poland\" >Poland<\/a>&#8216;s Soviet-allied <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity\" >Provisional Government of National Unity<\/a> is formed over a month after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-E_Day\" >V-E Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1942\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" >World War II<\/a>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" >Nazi Germany<\/a> started its strategic summer offensive against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a>, codenamed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Case_Blue\" >Case Blue<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1940\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" >Romania<\/a> cedes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bessarabia\" >Bessarabia<\/a> (current-day <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moldova\" >Moldova<\/a>) to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" >Soviet Union<\/a> after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina\" >facing an ultimatum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1936\u00a0 <\/strong>The Japanese puppet state of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mengjiang\" >Mengjiang<\/a> is formed in northern China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1926\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes-Benz\" >Mercedes-Benz<\/a> is formed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gottlieb_Daimler\" >Gottlieb Daimler<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Benz\" >Karl Benz<\/a> merging their two companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1922\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Civil_War\" >Irish Civil War<\/a> begins with the shelling of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Courts\" >Four Courts<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dublin\" >Dublin<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Free_State\" >Free State<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1921\u00a0 <\/strong>The Serbian King <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia\" >Alexander I<\/a> proclaims the new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitution\" >Constitution<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Serbs,_Croats_and_Slovenes\" >Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes<\/a>, known thereafter as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vidovdan_Constitution\" >Vidovdan Constitution<\/a> (<em>Vidovdanski ustav<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Vidovdan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vidovdan\" >Vidovdan &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/historyandthesockmerchant.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/significance-of-vidovdan-28.html\" >The Significance of Vidovdan 28<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>King Alexander I:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royalfamily.org\/dynasty\/hm-king-alexander-i-of-yugoslavia\/\" >HM King Alexander I \u2013 The Royal Family of Serbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/14042\/Alexander-I\" >Alexander I King of Yugoslavia \u2013 Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenagain.info\/WebChron\/EastEurope\/YugoKingdom.CP.html\" >Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is founded 1919<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1647077\/CREATION_OF_THE_KINGDOM_OF_THE_SERBS_CROATS_AND_SLOVENES_1914-1918\" >Creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1914 \u2013 1918, by Vladislav B. Sotirovi\u0107<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2969836\/The_Legacy_of_King_Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia_the_Unifier\" >The Legacy of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, the Unifier, by Slobodan G. Markovich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.firstworldwar.com\/bio\/alexander_serbia.htm\" >Who\u2019s Who: King Alexander I \u2013 The First World War.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1919\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Versailles\" >Treaty of Versailles<\/a> is signed ending World War I.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1914\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Ferdinand,_Archduke_of_Austria\" >Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria<\/a> and his wife <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Hohenberg\" >Sophie<\/a> are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand\" >assassinated<\/a> in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gavrilo_Princip\" >Gavrilo Princip<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casus_belli\" ><em>casus belli<\/em><\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" >World War I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/net.lib.byu.edu\/~rdh7\/wwi\/comment\/sarajevo.html\" >Sarajevo, June 28, 1914<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated\" >Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated \u2013 This Day in History \u2013 History.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/graphics.france24.com\/assassination-sarajevo-1914-archduke-princip-photos\/index.html\" >June 28, 1914, Two Gunshots, One World War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwar1.com\/tlsara.htm\" >28-Jun-1914 &#8211; Assassination in Sarajevo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1895\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Salvador\" >El Salvador<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduras\" >Honduras<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicaragua\" >Nicaragua<\/a> form the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_Republic_of_Central_America\" >Greater Republic of Central America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1882\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-French_Convention_of_1882\" >Anglo-French Convention of 1882<\/a> marks the territorial boundaries between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinea\" >Guinea<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sierra_Leone\" >Sierra Leone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1881\u00a0 <\/strong>Secret treaty between <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austria\" >Austria<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbia\" >Serbia<\/a>. \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/krishantheorthodoxsingh.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/28\/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD-on-vidovdan-day\/\" >June 28, 1881, a secret treaty between Austria-Hungary and Serbia is signed with Serbia earning the right to be recognized as a monarchy in exchange of surrendering its independence to the Habsburg Empire.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/ian-armour\/roots-sarajevo-austria-hungary-and-serbia-1867-81\" >The Roots of Sarajevo: Austria-Hungary and Serbia, 1867 &#8211; 81<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1865\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1865\" >1865<\/a> \u2013 The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_of_the_Potomac\" >Army of the Potomac<\/a> is disbanded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1807\u00a0 <\/strong>Second <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_invasions_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata\" >British invasion of the R\u00edo de la Plata<\/a>; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Whitelock\" >John Whitelock<\/a> lands at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ensenada,_Buenos_Aires\" >Ensenada<\/a> on an attempt to recapture <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buenos_Aires\" >Buenos Aires<\/a> and is defeated by the locals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1745\u00a0 <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession\" >War of the Austrian Succession<\/a>: A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_England\" >New England<\/a> colonial army captures <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisbourg_%28community%29\" >Louisbourg<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_France\" >New France<\/a>, after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siege_of_Louisbourg_%281745%29\" >forty-seven-day siege<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Style\" >New Style<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1389\u00a0 <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" >Ottoman Empire<\/a> defeated the Serbian army in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Kosovo\" >Battle of Kosovo<\/a> on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_field_%28region%29\" >Kosovo field<\/a>. Both Sultan Murad and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Lazar\" >Prince Lazar<\/a> were slain in battle. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kosovo_Myth\" >Kosovo Myth<\/a> became important in forming Serbian identity.<\/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>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>(Sources and references:<\/em><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_22\" ><em>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/June_22<\/em><\/a><em> to 28; <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/june\/22\" ><em>http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/events\/june\/22<\/em><\/a><em> to 28; <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_22.html\" ><em>http:\/\/www.brainyhistory.com\/days\/june_22.html<\/em><\/a><em> to 28.html; and other pertinent web sites and\/or documents, mentioned above.<strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The views expressed in the cited or quoted websites and\/or documents in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the author 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 Transcend Media Service (TMS) is responsible for the contents, information, or whatsoever contained in these websites and\/or documents.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>One of the primary purposes of this article is to provide the readers with opportunities to think about \u201cpeace\u201d, including positive peace and negative peace as well as external\/outer peace and internal\/inner peace, and more, directly or indirectly, from various angles and\/or in the broadest sense, through historical events. It is because this article is prepared specifically for the TMS whose main objective is to address \u201cpeace\u201d through peace journalism.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 22-28 &#8211; QUOTE OF THE WEEK: \u201cI love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. &#8216;Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.\u201d \u2013 Lonardo da Vinci<\/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-59634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59634","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=59634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}