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henric
06-01-2015, 11:58 PM
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Events:C/P.

455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
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 Cordoba.
1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7.
1615 – The first R้collet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
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 go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Found guilty, she is hanged on June 10.
1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1793 – French Revolution: Fran็ois Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
1835 – P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1848 – The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1855 – The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
1866 – Fenian raids: The Fenians are victorious over Canadian forces in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie.
1876 – Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
1886 – The U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention, the radio.
1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1910 – Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
1919 – Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1924 – The U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1941 – World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1953 – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
1955 – The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
1962 – During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
1966 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1967 – Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana, is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with six deaths.
1995 – United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.
1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was executed four years later.
1999 – The Bhutan Broadcasting Service brings television transmissions to the Kingdom for the first time.
2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
2012 – The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
2014 – Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India.

henric
06-02-2015, 12:00 AM
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Today's Canadian Headline....

1997 CHRETIEN TO PRESIDE OVER PIZZA PARLIAMENT
Canada -Jean Chr้tien wins re-election for the Liberals with 155 seats, to 60 Reform, 44 Bloc Quebecois, 21 NDP, 20 PC and 1 Independent; major bloc voting and the regionalization of parties sees the Liberals strong in Ontario and West Quebec, and Reform in Western Canada. Preston Manning's Reform Party will form the Official Opposition in the so-called Pizza Parliament.

1917
Germany - William Avery 'Billy' Bishop 1894-1956 seriously damages a German aerodrome and airfield and destroys three German planes far behind enemy lines, an action that wins him the Victoria Cross; most successful Canadian airman in the Royal Flying Corps, with 72 kills.



In Other Events....

1991 Ottawa Ontario - RCMP unfurls its official flag.
1987 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney hosts all-night negotiations to iron out the remaining Meech Lake wrinkles; first ministers agree unanimously to present the Accord to their legislatures.
1986 Ottawa Ontario - The 10 premiers agree that Ottawa can carry on free trade-talks with the US without direct participation by the provinces.
1984 New York City - NBC-TV special Welcome To The Fun Zone stars Canadians Howie Mandel and John Candy.
1977 Quebec Quebec - Quebec raises provincial minimum wage from $3.00 to $3.15 per hour; highest in Canada.
1970 Peru - Canada gives $1 million in emergency relief assistance to Peruvian earthquake victims; sends aircraft to ferry services, tents, and flour.
1965 Ottawa Ontario - Government sets retirement age for Senators at 75.
1953 London England Britain - Queen Elizabeth II 1926- crowned in Westminster Abbey 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI; marked by official ceremonies across Canada; first coronation to be televised.
1952 Montreal Quebec - TV broadcasting starts in Canada when Radio Canada's Channel 2 shows a test pattern.
1929 Guelph Ontario - Severe tornado hits Guelph, knocking out some city services for almost three years.
1925 Saskatchewan - Charles Avery Dunning 1885-1958 leads Liberals to re-election victory in Saskatchewan provincial election.
1916 Mount Sorrel France - Canadian troops see action at Mount Sorrel; to June 13.
1913 Canada - Trade agreement with British West Indies comes into effect; about 50 Canadian products get 20% tariff reduction.
1889 Portland Maine - CPR opens Short Line Railroad through Maine to connect Montreal with Saint John.
1887 Ottawa Ontario - Edward Blake 1833-1912 resigns as leader of Liberal opposition in Parliament; replaced by Laurier on June 7.
1886 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes an Act establishing the Dominion Experimental Farm.
1866 Fort Erie Ontario - John O'Neill 1834-1878 leads 700 Fenians against raw Canadian militia at the Battle of Ridgeway; militia units panic, but stout defense eventually turns Fenians back.
1855 Fort Resolution NWT - James Anderson & James Stewart leave Fort Resolution to confirm Rae's report on Franklin; find articles from Franklin's ships at Back River, more relics at Montreal River.
1847 Montreal Quebec - Opening of third session of second Parliament of Canada; meets until July 28; control of Post Office; duties lowered on American imports; British imports raised to uniform 7.5%.
1847 Montreal Quebec - John Alexander Macdonald 1815-1891 enters cabinet for the first time as Receiver-General.
1800 Trinity, Newfoundland - John Clinch administers the first smallpox vaccination in North America.
1800 Toronto Ontario - Fourth session of second Parliament of Upper Canada meets until July 4; introduction of British criminal law into the Canadas.
1794 Toronto Ontario - Third session of first Parliament of Upper Canada meets until July 9; sets up Court of King's Bench; passes Act restraining domestic animals.
1776 Chambly Quebec - John Thomas 1725-1776 dies of smallpox which is ravaging the invading American army; succeeded by John Sullivan.
1763 Michilimackinac Michigan - Pontiac takes Fort Michilimackinac.
1755 Fort Beausejour Nova Scotia - Robert Monckton 1726-1782 lands over 2,000 troops at mouth of Missaguash River in Acadia; attacks Vergor at Fort Beausejour.
1671 Montreal Quebec - Daniel de R้my de Courcelle 1626-1698 leaves Montreal on peace mission to the Iroquois on Lake Ontario.
1615 Quebec Quebec - First R้collet missionaries arrive from Rouen (Fathers Denis Jamet, Jean Dolbeau and Joseph Le Caron, with Brother Pacifique Duplessis); build first monastery and chapel.

End of C/P.