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Jun 7, 1893: Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience .
In an event that would have dramatic repercussions for the people of India, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refuses to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and is forcibly ejected at Pietermaritzburg.
Born in India and educated in England, Gandhi traveled to South Africa in early 1893 to practice law under a one-year contract. Settling in Natal, he was subjected to racism and South African laws that restricted the rights of Indian laborers. Gandhi later recalled one such incident, in which he was removed from a first-class railway compartment and thrown off a train, as his moment of truth. From thereon, he decided to fight injustice and defend his rights as an Indian and a man.
When his contract expired, he spontaneously decided to remain in South Africa and launch a campaign against legislation that would deprive Indians of the right to vote. He formed the Natal Indian Congress and drew international attention to the plight of Indians in South Africa. In 1906, the Transvaal government sought to further restrict the rights of Indians, and Gandhi organized his first campaign of satyagraha, or mass civil disobedience. After seven years of protest, he negotiated a compromise agreement with the South African government.
In 1914, Gandhi returned to India and lived a life of abstinence and spirituality on the periphery of Indian politics. He supported Britain in the First World War but in 1919 launched a new satyagraha in protest of Britain's mandatory military draft of Indians. Hundreds of thousands answered his call to protest, and by 1920 he was leader of the Indian movement for independence. Always nonviolent, he asserted the unity of all people under one God and preached Christian and Muslim ethics along with his Hindu teachings. The British authorities jailed him several times, but his following was so great that he was always released.
After World War II, he was a leading figure in the negotiations that led to Indian independence in 1947. Although hailing the granting of Indian independence as the "noblest act of the British nation," he was distressed by the religious partition of the former Mogul Empire into India and Pakistan. When violence broke out between Hindus and Muslims in India in 1947, he resorted to fasts and visits to the troubled areas in an effort to end India's religious strife. On January 30, 1948, he was on one such prayer vigil in New Delhi when he was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist who objected to Gandhi's tolerance for the Muslims.
Known as Mahatma, or "the great soul," during his lifetime, Gandhi's persuasive methods of civil disobedience influenced leaders of civil rights movements around the world, especially Martin Luther King, Jr., in the United States.
Jun 7, 1942: Battle of Midway ends
On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway--one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan--comes to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy.
In six months of offensives, the Japanese had triumphed in lands throughout the Pacific, including Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and numerous island groups. The United States, however, was a growing threat, and Japanese Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto sought to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet before it was large enough to outmatch his own. A thousand miles northwest of Honolulu, the strategic island of Midway became the focus of his scheme to smash U.S. resistance to Japan's imperial designs. Yamamoto's plan consisted of a feint toward Alaska followed by an invasion of Midway by a Japanese strike force. When the U.S. Pacific Fleet arrived at Midway to respond to the invasion, it would be destroyed by the superior Japanese fleet waiting unseen to the west. If successful, the plan would eliminate the U.S. Pacific Fleet and provide a forward outpost from which the Japanese could eliminate any future American threat in the Central Pacific.
Unfortunately for the Japanese, U.S. intelligence broke the Japanese naval code, and the Americans anticipated the surprise attack. Three heavy aircraft carriers of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were mustered to challenge the four heavy Japanese carriers steaming toward Midway. In early June, U.S. command correctly recognized a Japanese movement against Alaska's Aleutian Islands as a diversionary tactic and kept its forces massed around Midway. On June 3, the Japanese occupation force was spotted steaming toward the island, and B-17 Flying Fortresses were sent out from Midway to bomb the strike force but failed to inflict damage. Early in the morning on June 4, a PBY Catalina flying boat torpedoed a Japanese tanker transport, striking the first blow of the Battle of Midway.
Later that morning, an advance Japanese squadron numbering more than 100 bombers and Zero fighters took off from the Japanese carriers to bomb Midway. Twenty-six Wildcat fighters were sent up to intercept the Japanese force and suffered heavy losses in their heroic defense of Midway's air base. Soon after, bombers and torpedo planes based on Midway took off to attack the Japanese carriers but failed to inflict serious damage. The first phase of the battle was over by 7:00 a.m.
In the meantime, 200 miles to the northeast, two U.S. attack fleets caught the Japanese force entirely by surprise. Beginning around 9:30 a.m., torpedo bombers from the three U.S. carriers descended on the Japanese carriers. Although nearly wiped out, they drew off enemy fighters, and U.S. dive bombers penetrated, catching the Japanese carriers while their decks were cluttered with aircraft and fuel. The dive-bombers quickly destroyed three of the heavy Japanese carriers and one heavy cruiser. The only Japanese carrier that initially escaped destruction, the Hiryu, loosed all its aircraft against the American task force and managed to seriously damage the U.S. carrier Yorktown, forcing its abandonment. At about 5:00 p.m., dive-bombers from the U.S. carrier Enterprise returned the favor, mortally damaging the Hiryu. It was scuttled the next morning.
Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto still had numerous warships at his command, but without his carriers and aircraft he was forced to abandon his Midway invasion plans and begin a westward retreat. On June 5, a U.S. task force pursued his fleet, but bad weather saved it from further destruction. On June 6, the skies cleared, and U.S. aircraft resumed their assault, sinking a cruiser and damaging several other warships. After the planes returned to their carriers, the Americans broke off from the pursuit. Meanwhile, a Japanese submarine torpedoed and fatally wounded the Yorktown, which was in the process of being salvaged. It finally rolled over and sank at dawn on June 7, bringing an end to the battle.
At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties. Japan's losses hobbled its naval might--bringing Japanese and American sea power to approximate parity--and marked the turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. In August 1942, the great U.S. counteroffensive began at Guadalcanal and did not cease until Japan's surrender three years later.
Jun 7, 1948: Czechoslovakian president Benes resigns
Eduard Benes resigns as president of Czechoslovakia rather than sign a new constitution that would make his nation into a communist state. His resignation removed the last remnant of democratic government in Czechoslovakia and cleared the way for a communist-controlled regime.
Benes, a popular national figure in Czechoslovakia, had been elected "president for life" in 1946. Almost immediately, however, he faced a challenge from the Communist Party, which pushed for him to adopt a pro-Soviet foreign policy and communist economic practices. Throughout 1946 and 1947, the Communist Party grew in strength, helped by the economic and political turmoil left over from the recently ended war and also by ham-handed U.S. policies that threatened the Benes regime with economic sanctions if it did not purge the communist elements from Czechoslovakia. In February 1948, the communists staged a political coup, and pushed opposition parties from the government. The communists allowed Benes to remain in power, however, perhaps with the belief that his stature and popularity would be of use to them in their consolidation of power. In May 1948, the communist-controlled Parliament produced a new constitution patently designed to serve the interests of the Communist Party. For Benes, this was apparently the last straw. On June 7, 1948, he issued a letter of resignation. In it, he cited poor health as the primary reason for his decision, but the conclusion of the letter strongly suggested his disgust with the proposed constitution. He expressed his "wish that the Republic be spared all disaster and that they can live and work together in tolerance, love and forgiveness. Let them grant freedom to others and enjoy freedom themselves." Shortly after Benes' resignation, the communist premier, Klement Gottwald, took over as president.
In the West, Benes' resignation was accepted as the regrettable but inevitable climax of communist machinations in Czechoslovakia. Both the United States and Great Britain expressed their remorse at the passing of the Benes regime and strongly condemned the tactics of the Communist Party. Beyond military intervention, which was never even considered, there was nothing either nation could do to change the situation. The Communist Party dominated Czechoslovakia until the so-called "Velvet Revolution" of 1989 brought about a restoration of democratic government.
Jun 7, 1866: Chief Seattle dies near the city named for him
Thirteen years after American settlers founded the city named for him, Chief Seattle dies in a nearby village of his people.
Born sometime around 1790, Seattle (Seathl) was a chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes who lived around the Pacific Coast bay that is today called Puget Sound. He was the son of a Suquamish father and a Duwamish mother, a lineage that allowed him to gain influence in both tribes.
By the early 1850s, small bands of Euro-Americans had begun establishing villages along the banks of Puget Sound. Chief Seattle apparently welcomed his new neighbors and seems to have treated them with kindness. In 1853, several settlers moved to a site on Elliott Bay to establish a permanent town--since Chief Seattle had proved so friendly and welcoming, the settlers named their tiny new settlement in his honor.
The Euro-American settlers picked the site because of the luxuriant forest on the bluff behind the new village. The Gold Rush in California had created a booming market for timber, and soon most of the villagers were at work cutting the trees and "skidding" them down a long chute to a newly constructed sawmill. The chute became known as "skid road," and in time, it became the main street in Seattle, though it kept its original name. When the Seattle business district later moved north, the area became a haven for drunks and derelicts. Consequently, "skid road" or "skid row" became lingo for the dilapidated area of any town.
Not all the Puget Sound Indians, however, were as friendly toward the white settlers as Chief Seattle. War broke out in 1855, and Indians from the White River Valley south of Seattle attacked the village. Although he believed the whites would eventually drive his people to extinction, Chief Seattle argued that resistance would merely anger the settlers and hasten the Indians' demise. By 1856, many of the hostile Indians had concluded that Chief Seattle was right and made peace.
Rather than fight, Seattle tried to learn white ways. Jesuit missionaries introduced him to Catholicism, and he became a devout believer. He observed morning and evening prayers throughout the rest of his life. The people of the new city of Seattle also paid some respect to the chief's traditional religion. The Suquamish believed the mention of a dead man's name disturbs his eternal rest. To provide Chief Seattle with a pre-payment for the difficulties he would face in the afterlife, the people of Seattle levied a small tax on themselves to use the chief's name. He died in 1866 at the approximate age of 77.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
555 - Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
1340 - Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1413 - King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
1420 - Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine,
ending the independenceo f the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide
America
1527 - Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's
armies
1546 - England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
1557 - England declares war on France
1614 - 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no
legislation
1628 - English King Charles I ratifies the Petition of
Rights
1654 - Louis XIV crowned King of France
1672 - Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats
French/English fleet
1692 - Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
1694 - English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches
Brest
1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of
Kentucky
1776 - Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in
Continental Congress
1780 - Anti-Catholic riot in London, hundreds die
1788 - Masses stone French army at Grenoble
Frontiersman Daniel BooneFrontiersman Daniel Boone 1798 -
Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1800 - David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan
River in Manitoba.
1832 - Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish
immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1839 - Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
1860 - Workmen start laying track for Market Street
Railroad, SF
1862 - Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
1862 - Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he
removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1862 - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the
slave trade.
1863 - Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home
burnt
1863 - Mexico City captured by French troops
1864 - Abraham Lincoln renominated for US President by
Republican Party
1866 - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec
1866 - 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United
States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg,
Quebec.
1873 - 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in
3:01.75
1880 - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and
capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto
(Desert Campaign).
1881 - 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in
2:47
1887 - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert
Lanston, Wash DC
1892 - John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a
baseball game
1892 - Republican convention in Minneapolis begins
Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma GandhiPacifist and
Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1893 - Gandhi's first act of civil
disobedience.
1898 - Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national
convention, Chicago
1900 - Boer general Christian de Law occupies British rail
depot at Roodewal
1905 - Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since
1814)
1906 - Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY
Giants 19-0
1906 - Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
1909 - Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16.
1912 - St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South
America"
1912 - US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1916 - Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1919 - Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
1924 - 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in
2:18.8
1924 - George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's
summit
1926 - Swedish government of Ekman forms
Mountain Climber George MalloryMountain Climber George
Mallory 1929 - Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)
1929 - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1930 - 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in
2:31.6
1930 - NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in
"Negro"
1932 - Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an
extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1933 - George Balanchine/Kurt Weills "7 Deadly
Sins" premiers in Paris
1936 - Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a
strikeout
1938 - 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast,
"Susan & God"
1938 - Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie
Allen)
1938 - The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1939 - George VI & Elizabeth become the 1st king &
queen of Britain to visit USA
1939 - Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game
without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees
1940 - British/French troops evacuate Narvik
1941 - 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at
Colonial Club Fort Worth
1941 - 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in
2:31 (triple crown)
US Admiral Chester NimitzUS Admiral Chester Nimitz 1942 -
Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 - Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 - Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
1944 - Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1944 - Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux
1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler
1946 - Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than
play the Giants
1946 - US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate
travel
1948 - Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres
Bernes resigns
1948 - KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election
1952 - "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark
Hellinger NYC after 94 perfs
1952 - 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4
1952 - 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in
2:30.2
1953 - 1st color network telecast in compatible color
(Boston Mass)
1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi
Germany Adolf Hitler 1953 - Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in
Wash DC restaurants
1953 - WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre,
PA (CBS) begins
1954 - 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick
NJ)
1955 - "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV
1955 - 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
1955 - India premier Nehru visit USSR
1956 - Singapore government of Marshall resigns
1957 - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v
Northants
1958 - 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in
2:30.2
1958 - Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break
out
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf
Tournament
1959 - KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to
KEWB (now KNEW)
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15
to 31,580 m
1963 - 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars)
& release 1st single, "Come on"
1964 - Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
1965 - Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1965 - Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs
power
1965 - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder,
priced at $995
1965 - The Supreme Court of the United States decides on
Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by
married couples.
1966 - NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve
Chilcott #1
1967 - 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to
deliquency of minors
1967 - Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem,
Jericho & Bethlehem
1967 - NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
1968 - Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy
assassination
1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F.
Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Country Singer Johnny CashCountry Singer Johnny Cash 1969 -
"Johnny Cash Show" debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts &
Letters wins in 2:28.8
1969 - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole
Opry TV special
1969 - Tommy James & Shondells release "Crystal
Blue Persuasion"
1969 - Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1
1970 - 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young &
Susan Hampshire win
1970 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with
his 6,033 win
1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 - The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's
Lincoln Center
1971 - Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to
orbiting Salyut
1972 - "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC
for 3,388 performances
1972 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1972 - Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination
ceremony in America
1972 - Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres
1-0 in 18th
1973 - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde
#1
Singer-Songwriter Bob DylanSinger-Songwriter Bob Dylan 1974
- Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
1975 - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John
Denver hits #1
1975 - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan
World Cup
1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy
Connors in 3 sets
1975 - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket
World Cup
1975 - Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder
for sale to the public.
1976 - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David
Brinkley, premieres
1977 - Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami
gay rights law
1977 - White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
1978 - 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea
Supersonics, 4 games to 3
1978 - Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
1979 - 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins
spelling maculature
1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology
satellite, launched
1979 - Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
1979 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
1980 - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at
Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
1980 - "Cars" by Gary Numan hits #9
1980 - 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill
wins in 2:29.8
Tennis Player Björn BorgTennis Player Björn Borg 1980 - 50th
French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980 - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
1981 - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus & 42nd Street win
1981 - 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl
(61 46 62 36 61)
1981 - Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium
production facility
1981 - Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic
1982 - 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1982 - Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
1982 - LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000
consecutive games
1982 - NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell &
Randy Myers
1982 - US President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen
Elizabeth II
1982 - Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
& goes 0-for-4
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his
3,552 strike out
1986 - 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect
wins in 2:29.8
264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1986 - 56th
French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
1986 - Madonna's single "Live to Tell" goes #1
1986 - Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
1987 - 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
1987 - 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats
Wilander (75 62 36 76)
1987 - Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of
double header
1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1988 - Aluminum contaminates Cornwall's water supply
1989 - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner
Zola Budd retires
1989 - Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for
the Falcons
1989 - For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45,
6-7-89
1989 - Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo
Airport killing 173
1989 - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in
10 years
1989 - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end
indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, &
beat Brewers 4-2
1990 - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
King of Pop Michael JacksonKing of Pop Michael Jackson 1990
- South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
1991 - Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
1992 - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box
Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1992 - 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda
(75 62 61)
1992 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1992 - EUVE Launch
1993 - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
& Vince Gill
1993 - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame
1993 - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v
Australia, Old Trafford
1993 - Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name
to a symbol
1994 - A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th
career base
1995 - The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United
Airlines
1996 - Julia & Noah wed on "All My Children"
1997 - 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins
in 2:28.8
1997 - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina
Hingis (64 62)
Tennis Player Martina HingisTennis Player Martina Hingis
1997 - Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers
1998 - 68th French Mens Tennis:
1998 - James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen
Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a
racially-motivated hate crime.
1998 - 52nd Tony Awards: The Lion King & 'Art' win
2001 - Tony Blair's Labour Party wins another landslide
victory in the General Election
2003 - 135th Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Empire Maker wins
in 2:28.26
2006 - British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down
due to anthrax alert.
2008 - 140th Belmont: Alan Garcia aboard Da Tara wins in
2:29.65
2009 - 63rd Tony Awards: Billy Elliot the Musical & God
of Carnage win
2012 - 16th century archaeology remains of the Curtain
Theatre, where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed, were found
under a pub in London
2012 - Credit rating agency Fitch downgrades Spain's credit
rating to BBB in the wake of international bailout speculation
2012 - A bus falls into a ravine in La Paz, Bolivia, killing
16 and injuring 32 people
2013 - 42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus
catches fire in Xiamen, China
2013 - 18 people are killed and 14 are injured after a bus
plunges off a mountain road in Himachel Pradesh, India
1494 - Spain and Portugal divided the new lands they had discovered between themselves. 1498 - Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of exploration. 1546 - Peace of Ardes ended the war between France and England. 1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France. 1712 - The Pennsylvania Assembly banned the importation of slaves. 1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States. 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. 1863 - Mexico City was captured by French troops. 1892 - J.F. Palmer patented the cord bicycle tire. 1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game. 1900 - Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Peking and Tientsin in China. 1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium. 1909 - Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in "The Violin Maker of Cremona." 1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome. 1932 - Over 7,000 war veterans marched on Washington, DC, demanding their bonuses. 1935 - Pierre Laval received emergency powers to save the franc. 1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes. 1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in the U.S. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch. 1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties. 1942 - Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. The U.S. invaded and recaptured the Alutians one year later. 1944 - Off of the coast of Normandy, France, the Susan B. Anthony sank. All 2,689 people aboard survived. 1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia. 1955 - "The $64,000 Question" premiered. 1966 - Sony Corporation unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder. The black and white only unit sold for $995. 1965 - In the U.S., the Gemini 4 mission was completed. The mission featured the first spacewalk by an American. 1968 - In Operation Swift Saber, U.S. Marines swept an area 10 miles northwest of Danang in South Vietnam. 1976 - "The NBC Nightly News", with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time. 1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor. 1983 - The U.S. ordered Nicaragua to close all six of its consulates and informed 21 Nicaraguan consular officials that they could not longer remain in the U.S. 1994 - The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared the RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) salvor-in-possession of the wreck and the wreck site of the RMS Titanic. 2000 - U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
1494 Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries. 1654 Louis XIV was crowned king of France. 1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence. 1892 Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision. 1929 Vatican City became a sovereign state. 1948 President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed. 1967 Dorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died. 2003 Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
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