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    1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops
    1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
    1523 – Gustav Vasa, the Swedish regent, is elected King of Sweden, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union. This is the Swedish national day.
    1586 – Francis Drake's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
    1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
    1654 – Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav.
    1674 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
    1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
    1752 – A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
    1762 – British forces begin a siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana.
    1808 – Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
    1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism. At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden.
    1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek – A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
    1822 – Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
    1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
    1833 – Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.
    1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
    1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway.
    1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
    1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis – Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
    1882 – More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
    1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    1892 – The Chicago "L" commuter rail system begins operation
    1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
    1909 – French troops capture Abιchι (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
    1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
    1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chβteau-Thierry.
    1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
    1921 – Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.
    1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1⁄4’/L) sold.
    1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
    1934 – New Deal: the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
    1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead.
    1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.
    1944 – World War II: the Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
    1946 – The National Basketball Association is created with eleven teams.
    1964 – Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume.
    1968 – Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Party senator from New York and brother of 35th President John F. Kennedy, dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5.
    1971 – Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched.
    1971 – A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
    1971 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
    1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
    1981 – Bihar train disaster: a passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the death toll is closer to 1,000.
    1982 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
    1982 – A British Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter is destroyed in a friendly fire incident, resulting in the loss of four lives.
    1984 – Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released in the USSR.
    1985 – The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
    1992 – The Fantoft Stave Church in Norway is destroyed by Varg Vikernes. This was the first in a string of church arsons in the Early Norwegian black metal scene
    1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
    1997 – Prom Mom incident: While attending her senior prom in Lacey Township, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler gives birth in a bathroom stall, leaves the baby to die in a trash can and then returns to the prom.
    2002 – Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
    2004 – Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
    2005 – In Gonzales v. Raich, the United States Supreme Court upholds a federal law banning cannabis, including medical marijuana.


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    Today's Canadian Headline....

    1994 VETS CELEBRATE D-DAY ANNIVERSARY
    Normandy France - Canadians join a contingent of 35,000 WW II Allied veterans (and even some Germans) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France.

    1944
    Normandy France - D-DAY: Operation Overlord's 60-mile front opens a new campaign in western Europe as about 14,000 Canadian soldiers join in the landing on Juno beach between Courseulles and St-Aubin-sur-Mer. RCN minesweepers help clear the lanes in, and RCAF bombers and fighters help soften up the German defenses. The main task of the Canadian Army is to push through the gap between Bayeux and Caen. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion red berets were part of the advance landing during the night, capturing a bridge near Caen with the British. At about 7:40 am, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd and 3rd Armoured, under Major-General R. F. L. Keller, start landing in rough seas. The 8th Brigade capture Berniθres-sur-Mer [in the picture] by 9:30 am but mines and German anti-tank guns hold up the advance inland, creating a traffic jam in the village streets; they take Bιny by evening. The 7th Brigade captures Courseulles, Ste-Croix and Banville, with heavy losses. The 9th Brigade make it through Bιny to Villons-les-Buissons, less than four miles from Caen, and nearly at their goal - Carpiquet airport. Canadian casualties that day are less than expected - 715 wounded, 359 dead.



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    1996 Denver Colorado -Peter Forsberg of the Avalanche scores a hat trick in the first period of Colorado's 8-1 win over Florida to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals; sixth player in Stanley Cup finals history to score three goals in a period. Colorado's Joe Sakic also had three assists in the second period tying a finals record.
    1995 Toronto Ontario - Belgian Brewer Omterbrew offers $2.7 billion for John Labatt Ltd., owner of the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Argonauts, the SkyDome and Labatt's brewery.
    1993 New York City - Canadian production of Kiss of the Spiderwoman awarded seven Tonys; Brent Carver named best actor in a musical.
    1992 Rio de Janeiro Brazil - John Crosbie welcomes 180-nation accord on sustainable fishing on the high seas; at UN Environmental Conference - the Earth Summit.
    1991 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court rules 6-1 that public servants can work on election campaigns; except for top bureaucrats, who must remain neutral.
    1990 Modena Italy - John Ralston Saul wins Italian book award, the Premio Litterario Internazionale Citta di Modena, for his adventure novel The Paradise Eater; published in English in 1988; Ottawa native.
    1990 St. John's Newfoundland - Newfoundland House of Assembly rescinds approval of the Meech Lake Accord; government of Clyde Wells essentially kills the Accord, which needed unanimous provincial assent.
    1979 Vancouver BC - BC Iongshoremen start 13-day strike, disrupting prairie wheat shipments.
    1974 Toronto Ontario - Ontario announces plans to examine health hazards in gold and uranium mines.
    1973 Alert Bay BC - Raising of the world's tallest totem pole, at 173 feet.
    1973 Eastport Maine - Canada bans US oil tankers from Canadian waters to reach planned oil refinery at Eastport, Maine.
    1973 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa starts program to help illegal immigrants become Canadian citizens; about 50,000 apply for landed immigrant status before Oct 15 deadline.
    1973 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes resolution for bilingual federal public service by 1978.
    1970 Ottawa Ontario - Black Watch of Canada retired from battle order.
    1966 Toronto Ontario - Presbyterian Church in Canada agreed to ordination of women as elders and ministers.
    1957 Toronto Ontario - CBC TV program Front Page Challenge first broadcast.
    1956 Ottawa Ontario - House of Commons passes the Trans-Canada pipeline bill.
    1945 Montreal Quebec - Provisional civil aviation organization established by 26 UN countries, including Canada.
    1929 Ottawa Ontario - CNR takes over Kent Northern; Inverness Ry & Coal Co; Montreal & Southern; Quebec Oriental; Atlantic, Quebec & Western; Saint John and Quebec railways.
    1929 Saskatchewan - Conservatives win Saskatchewan provincial election.
    1919 Ottawa Ontario - Government incorporates the Canadian National Railways Company; consolidating the Canadian Northern and Canadian Government Railways.
    1910 Rome Italy - Canada signs reciprocity agreements with Italy; mutual tariff reductions.
    1891 Ottawa Ontario - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 1821-1893 takes office on Macdonald's death; a Senator; Prime Minister to Nov. 24, 1892; Canada's 3rd Prime Minister, and first native-born PM.
    1891 Cornwall Ontario - Cornwall hit by a tornado that destroys 500 homes.
    1879 Toronto Ontario - Northern Railway of Canada becomes part of the Northern and Northwestern Railway, now part of Canadian National.
    1861 Niagara Falls Ontario - Maid of the Mist the first vessel to navigate the Niagara River's whirlpool rapids.
    1853 Montreal Quebec - Alessandro Gavazzi foments riots in Quebec after lecturing in the Presbyterian Church on the 'errors of Rome'; former Italian priest.
    1829 St. John's Newfoundland - Shanawdithit dies; last known survivor of the Beothuk Indians.
    1821 Montreal Quebec - Laying of cornerstone of Montreal General Hospital.
    1813 Stoney Creek Ontario - Lt.-Col. John Harvey finishes victory over two brigades of invading Americans, who retreat to Fort George by June 8; War of 1812.
    1771 Quebec Quebec - Hector Theophilus Cremahι 1720-1788 appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec; serves from Sept. 26, 1771 to May 23,1782.
    1707 Annapolis Nova Scotia - John March 1658-1712 attacks Port-Royal; Massachusetts militia colonel.
    1543 La Malbaie Quebec - Jean-Franηois de La Roque de Roberval 1500-1560 explores a short distance up the Saguenay River.

    End of C/P.


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