Today in History, 11 June
Today in History, 11 June Holidays on 11 june American Evacuation Day (Libya) Birthday of Prince Henrik (Denmark) Brazilian Navy
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Today in history, 4 june
eduguru 0 Comments 000 troops from Dunkirk in France, 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries, 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan, 1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession, 1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon), 1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, 1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain, 1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, 1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U, 1825 – General Lafayette, 1855 – Major Henry C, 1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, 1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title, 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, 1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage, 1913 – Emily Davison, 1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia, 1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E, 1919 – Women's rights: The U, 1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris, 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, 1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile, 1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St, 1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338, 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins, 1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo, 1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U, 1944 – World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, 1961 – Cold War: In the Vienna summit, 1967 – England: 72 people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport, 1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom, 1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, 1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown, 1983 – Gordon Kahl, 1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel, 1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, 1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, 1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds, 1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing, 2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, 4 june, 500, 500 metres altitude (estimated), a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, a suffragette, after a four-month manhunt, after already being turned away from Cuba, along with a local sheriff, and dies four days later, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe), and gives it a successful test run, and reached 1, and sends it to the U, and the independence of Tonga from the British protectorate in 1970. (Tonga), Arkansas, Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim & Flag Day celebration of the Finnish Defence Forces (Finland), British and French access to East Berlin, Buffalo, Camel Corps, Canada, Christian feast day, commemorates the abolition of serfdom in Tonga by King George Tupou in 1862, Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, defeat the Austrian army, during his visit to the United States, Elliott, Emancipation Day or Independence Day, Filippo Smaldone, Flag Day (Estonia), Forced to return to Europe, Francis Caracciolo, giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights, Gorky Oblast, Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, Herbert B, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech, his first gasoline-powered automobile, Holidays and observances, in the United States, International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (International), is assassinated by Japanese agents, is denied permission to land in Florida, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, It was a Cluster mission, Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days, June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), killing 91 and injuring about 1, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Louis, Maude H, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps, National Unity Day (Hungary), Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century, never regains consciousness, North Dakota on February 13, only to the House of Commons, Optatus, Petroc of Cornwall, Quirinus of Sescia, Richards, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby, Russia, s, Saturnina, She is trampled, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, state, states for ratification, Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World, taken from the Acadians, Tennessee, the first Axis capital to fall, the first law in the U, the French army, The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory, the medieval cathedral of London, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day (International), To rally the morale of the country, Today in History, Today in history 4 june, under Louis-Napoleon, USSR, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City, Victor Emmanuel, Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U, which guarantees suffrage to women, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, Winston Churchill delivers, with at least 241 dead, Zhang Zuolin
Today in history, 4 june Events on 4 june 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the
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Today in history, 2 June
eduguru 0 Comments [1] 1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, 1010 – The Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr took place in the context of the Fitna of al-Andalus resulting in a defeat for the Caliphate of Córdoba, 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later, 1615 – The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, 1619: England and Netherlands signed a treaty about business in the Indies, 1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo, 1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, 1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, 1785: Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, 1793 – French Revolution: François Hanriot, 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, 1835 – P, 1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins, 1866 – The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, 1875: James Augustine Healey became the first Black Catholic Bishop in the United States, 1875: The first transmission was made by Alexander Graham Bell, 1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph, 1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time, 1910 – Charles Rolls, 1919 – Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U, 1924 – U, 1924: US citizenship was granted to all American Indians, 1931: Suspension Bridge collapsed at its opening, 1941 – World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari, 1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, 1949: Transjordan was renamed Jordan, 1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953: Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned as the Queen of England, 1955 – The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, 1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed, 1966: First US space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon, 1967 – Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, 1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, 1967 – Sgt, 1974: Mali adopted constitution, 1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, 1979: NASA launched space vehicle S-198, 1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, 1985: English Soccer Clubs were banned from European countries following a riot by Liverpool fans who were blamed for the tragedy at Brussels' Heysel stadium which resulted in the death of 39 people, 1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, 1997 – In Denver, 2 June, 2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, 2007: Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. 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Ju. died, 2012 – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, 2012: Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee began, 2014 – Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, After the referendum, Alexander (martyr), allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, and Ohio, and plunder the city for two weeks, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, Australia, barns, Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States, Because of this incident, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country, becoming the first U, but the raids end soon after, Canada, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, Christian feast day, cities, Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan), Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan), Day of Hristo Botev (Bulgaria), Decoration Day (Canada), died, discontinued since 1948, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer, Elmo, Felix of Nicosia, Festa della Repubblica (Italy), France, from Rouen, from the British, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States, He was executed four years later, His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June, Holidays Children's Day (North Korea), in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States, in which 168 people died, including Blandina, Indiana, International Sex Workers Day, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic, June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Kentucky, killing 12, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled, leader of the Parisian National Guard, Marcellinus and Peter, Mars, Martyrs of Lyon, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged, Michigan, Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, numerous new safety regulations are put in place, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided, outhouses, Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released in the United States, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history, Pope Eugene I, Pothinus, President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, s, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror, Social Forestry Day (Bhutan), spacecraft to soft-land on another world, T), The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the first major international event to be televised, the French mathematician, then chasing a ball into the fort, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P, Today in History, Today in history 2 June, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open, What is La Festa della Repubblica, What is on the 2nd of June, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Who was born on June 2
June 2 is actually the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are
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