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    411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
    53 – The Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
    68 – The Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
    721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
    747 – Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani, Arab military leader, begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.
    1311 – Duccio's Maestΰ Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
    1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
    1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
    1667 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
    1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
    1762 – British forces begin the Siege of Havana and capture the city during the Seven Years' War.
    1772 – The British schooner Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
    1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
    1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.
    1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
    1862 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
    1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
    1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
    1885 – Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    1900 – Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in a British prison under mysterious circumstances.
    1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
    1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    1930 – A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
    1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
    1944 – World War II: 99 civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
    1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
    1946 – King Ananda Mahidol is found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
    1948 – Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
    1953 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
    1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
    1957 – First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
    1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London's Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
    1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
    1965 – The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quαt, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
    1965 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoΰi, one of the largest battles in the war.
    1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
    1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
    1972 – Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
    1973 – In horseracing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
    1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
    1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
    1979 – The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
    1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
    1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
    2006 – 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession.


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    1977 JOEY RESIGNS
    St. John's Newfoundland -Joey Smallwood resigns from the House of Assembly; Newfoundland Premier 1949-72; brought the province into Confederation in 1949.

    1944
    Norrey France -D-Day +3; Kurt Meyer withdraws his defeated 12th SS Panzer Grenadiers to Rots, then throws his last fresh Panther tank company in broad daylight against the Regina Rifles position at Norrey; but the 17-pounder Sherman Firefly tanks of the 1st Hussars drive him back. Later in the day, the Queens Own Rifles and 1st Hussars capture the village of Le Mesnil-Patry, seven miles forward of Norrey; attacked by 88s, they lose 19 of the Hussar Shermans in fifteen minutes; the Queen's Own Rifles have 87 casualties, the 1st Hussars 60. Later in the day, the SS executes 18 more Canadian POWs at Abbey d'Ardenne, Kurt Meyer's HQ, on his orders.



    In Other Events....

    1995 Toronto Ontario - Inco Ltd. pays $700 million to buy 30% of Diamond Fields Resources Inc.'s metal deposit at Voisey Bay, Labrador; will eventually acquire control.
    1993 Los Angeles California - Alexis Smith 1921-1993 dies; born Gladys Smith at Penticton, BC in 1921; Smith was a leading film actress in the 1940 and 1950s; also won a Tony for her performance in the Sondheim musical Follies (1971); played J. R. Ewing's enemy Lady Jessica Montford on the TV show Dallas from 1984 to 1990.
    1993 Montreal Quebec - Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 to clinch their 24th Stanley Cup title in the 100th anniversary season; goalie Patrick Roy wins Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP.
    1990 Hull Quebec - Brian Mulroney 1939- reaches compromise with 10 provincial Premiers over the Meech Lake Accord; series of agreement and add-ons.
    1989 Cold Lake Alberta - Jane Foster and Deanna Brasseur pass course to become Canada's first two female fighter pilots available for combat roles; possibly the world's first.
    1988 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada denies Newfoundland's 12-year quest for a better contract with Quebec for power from the Churchill Falls Hydro project.
    1984 Halifax Nova Scotia - Fleet of tall ships arrives at Halifax; celebrating the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's discovery of Quebec; will visit several Canadian cities before arriving at Quebec.
    1984 Montreal Quebec - Pittsburgh Penguins pick Mario Lemieux as their number one draft choice in the NHL Entry draft.
    1980 Ottawa Ontario - Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- decides with the 10 Premiers that federal-provincial ministers will negotiate a list of 12 items of constitutional change; announces the next day that Ottawa might act unilaterally.
    1979 Vancouver BC - Fred (Cyclone) Taylor dies; born at Tara, Ont. June 23, 1885; played for the Ottawa Senators (1908), the Renfrew Millionaires (1909-11) and the Vancouver Millionaires (1913-21), scoring 194 goals in 186 games; elected first living member of the Hockey Hall of Fame at the charter meeting in 1947.
    1973 Belmont New York - New Brunswick jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to victory in the 105th Belmont Stakes in a world record time for a 1 1/2 mile course (2:24) and a record for the largest margin of victory in the Belmont (31 lengths); also takes horse racing's Triple Crown, the first winner in 25 years.
    1971 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa founds Canada Development Corporation; to help develop Canadian-owned and managed companies.
    1969 British Columbia - BC Premier W. A. C. Bennett 1900-1979 dedicates the Keenleyside Dam on the Columbia River.
    1968 Toronto Ontario - Canadian political party leaders debate policy on television for the first time (Pierre Trudeau, Robert Stanfleld, Tommy Douglas and RŽal Caouette).
    1947 Ottawa Ontario - Government ends wartime control and rationing of dairy products.
    1942 Valetta Malta - George 'Buzz' Beurling 1921-1948 reaches Malta; starts rise to top rank of Canadian fighter pilots; the Montrealer will shoot down 15 enemy aircraft while with the Royal Air Force.
    1935 Richmond Hill Ontario - First observations made at the University of Toronto's David Dunlap Observatory.
    1919 Winnipeg Manitoba - Winnipeg City Council dismisses Police Force during Winnipeg General Strike.
    1900 Charlottetown PEI - Prince Edward Island first province to bring in prohibition; not repealed until 1948.
    1866 Sherbrooke Quebec - British Army soldier Timothy O'Hea enters a burning Grand Trunk Railway boxcar, rips the lids from munition boxes, and douses the flames with buckets of water; the Irish Private will become the only person to earn the Victoria Cross for an incident In Canada.
    1853 Montreal Quebec - Alessandro Gavazzi foments another riot in Montreal; troops fire on crowd, leaving ten dead; former Italian priest.
    1846 Hamilton Ontario - Hamilton gets city charter.
    1846 St. John's Newfoundland - Fire destroys the wharves and most of the houses in St. John's, leaving thousands of people homeless.
    1841 Kingston Ontario - Charles Poulett Thomson, Lord Sydenham 1799-1841 appoints Legislative Council of 24 members, which holds its first meeting on June 11.
    1829 Montreal Quebec - Thirty Montrealers 'take the pledge' to abstain from alcohol at first temperance meeting in Canada.
    1818 Quebec Quebec - founding of the Bank of Quebec, with £75,000 in capital.
    1793 Toronto Ontario - Assembly passes law prohibiting the importation of slaves into Upper Canada.
    1790 Manitoba - David Thompson 1770-1857 leaves Cumberland House to survey the Saskatchewan River.
    1775 Quebec Quebec - Guy Carleton, Baron Dorchester 1724-1808 proclaims martial law and calls out militia to augment 800 British regular troops; suspends administration of the Quebec Act to meet the American invasion.
    1643 Montreal Quebec - Iroquois ambush and kill five farmers and inhabitants of Montreal.
    1537 Rome Italy - Pope Paul III declares in his encyclical Veros homines that 'Indians are human beings, with the qualities and faults of human beings.'
    1534 Quebec - Jacques Cartier sails into the mouth of the St. Laurence River; looking for gold and a northwest passage to the Orient; names the river for St. Lawrence on his feast day.

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