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TUESDAY, June 10, 2025

1190-Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem 1786-A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China 1898-U.S. Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War 1916-Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz rise up against the ruling Ottoman Empire in the Great Arab Revolt of World War I 1963-U.S. Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy 1977-Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers 2003-The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission

Jun 9, 2025

Monday, June 9, 2025

68-Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging 721-Odo of Aquitaine defeats a Umayyad Muslim army at the Battle of Toulouse, checks Arab expansion in Western Europe 1549-Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England 1815-End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set 1856-500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts 1977-Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks 2019-Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong over proposed new laws for extradition to China in one of largest-ever protests in the city

Jun 8, 2025

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025

1523-Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union 1716-French transport the first African slaves to Louisiana 1916-The death of Yuan Shikai, ruler of much of China since 1912, causes central government to virtually collapse in the face of pressure from warlords, and from political reformers including Sun Yat-Sen 1944-Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II 1982-30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out the PLO

Jun 5, 2025

THURSDAY, June 5, 2025

1873-Sultan Bargash bin Said under British pressure closes the infamous slave market of Zanzibar in modern day Tanzania 1947-U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the "Marshall Plan" to rebuild Western Europe 1963-State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 1967 Six-Day War begins between Israel and the neighboring Arab states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria 1968-Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert F. Kennedy, shooting him 3 times and wounding 5 others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy dies the next day. 1981-AIDS Epidemic officially begins when U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles 1984-Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh's holiest site, the Golden Temple in Amritsar

Jun 4, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 4, 2025

1760-The Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive in Nova Scotia, Canada, to claim land taken from the Acadians 1940-British complete the "Miracle of Dunkirk" by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats 1989-Eastern Europe's first partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power 1989-Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000 2020-Memorial for George Floyd led by Rev. Al Sharpton, killed in police custody, in Minneapolis, as 10th night of protests at his death held around the country

Jun 3, 2025

TUESDAY, June 3, 2025

1621-Dutch West India Company receives charter for The West Indies (The Americas, Caribbean and West Africa) 1929 -Chile and Peru sign the Treaty of Lima, finally resolving their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Chile keeps Arica and Peru regains Tacna. 1943-A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots 1979-Ixtoc I rig in the Gulf of Mexico blows, spilling 3 million barrels of oil in one of the worst oil spills in history 1989-Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing 1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history

Jun 2, 2025

MONDAY, June 2, 2025

455-King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days 1862-Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War 1896-Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi applies for the first ever patent for a system of wireless telegraphy in the United Kingdom 1953-Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England 1979-John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a Communist country (Poland) 1989-10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy 1994-Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"

Jun 1, 2025

FRIDAY, May 30, 2025

1814-Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. 1949-East German constitution approved 1958-Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington 1965-France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) 1966-A total of 300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1967-Argentinian author Gabriel García Márquez's most important work "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is published in Buenos Aires 1984-Bomb explodes in rebel leader Edén Pastora's headquarters in Nicaragua 1997-Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set on fire by 12-year-old grandson

May 29, 2025

THURSDAY, May 29, 2025

1453-Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years 1592-Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle ship 1660-On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end 1851-Sojourner Truth addresses the first Black Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio 1953-Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition 1982-Pentagon plans first strategy to fight a nuclear war 1989-Student pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty, naming it the Goddess of Democracy 2011-Hong Kong student activist group Scholarism started by Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam

May 28, 2025

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025

1431-Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution 1588-King Philip II dispatches the Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina-Sidonia from Lisbon, Portugal to invade England 1830-U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears 1936-Alan Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publication, in which he set out the theoretical basis for modern computers. 1972-White House "plumbers" first break in at the Democratic National Headquarters and install listening devices at Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. 1998-Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. 1999-In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display 20

May 27, 2025

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