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    173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
    631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
    786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.
    1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
    1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
    1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
    1429 – Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
    1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King.
    1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
    1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
    1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
    1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
    1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
    1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
    1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
    1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
    1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
    1865 – The Naval Battle of Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
    1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
    1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris is sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race".
    1898 – Spanish–American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
    1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.
    1901 – The bountaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
    1903 – A group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
    1907 – George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
    1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
    1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
    1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
    1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
    1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
    1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
    1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
    1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
    1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
    1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
    1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
    1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
    1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
    1963 – American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
    1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
    1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionize American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.
    1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
    1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens distinguishing cells of different lineages, introducing the concept of cell surface antigens that could differentiate different cell types.
    1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
    1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
    1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
    1981 – A Richter scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
    1982 – The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa, Singapore.
    1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black Parliamentarians in Great Britain.
    1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
    2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
    2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
    2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
    2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.


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    1992 Ottawa Ontario - Joe Clark 1939- closes 3 months of constitutional talks; says all except Newfoundland like Senate reform ideas; suggests possible referendum.
    1992 Martensville Saskatchewan - Police charge couple Ron and Linda Sterling and son Travis, 6 others with 170 counts of sexual assault, forcibly confining children; operators of unlicensed babysitting service; most charges quashed.
    1992 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops calls for change to prevent sexual abuse by priests; says dioceses should check allegations, support victims.
    1990 Toronto Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- tells Globe & Mail interviewers he intended to stall the first ministers talks until the last minute; says it is important to know 'when to roll all the dice'.
    1990 St. John's Newfoundland - Premier Clyde Wells, who promised only to seek the judgment of the people of Newfoundland on the Meech Lake Accord, concedes there isn't time to arrange a referendum by June 23; told by Ottawa the deadline can't be extended, he opts for a free vote in the House of Assembly.
    1990 Ottawa Ontario - Stanley Waters named to Senate by P.M. Mulroney; after Don Getty promised no further elections until studies done; Getty held Canada's first Senate election in Oct 1989 to push reform.
    1978 Temiskaming Ontario - High waves swamp canoeing expedition from St. John's school in Claremont, Ontario; 12 students and a teacher drowned in Lake Temiskaming on the Ontario-Quebec border.
    1977 Ottawa Ontario - Electoral boundary changes increase number of seats in House of Commons by 18 to 282; at next general election.
    1976 Ottawa Ontario - National Energy Board cuts oil exports to the US by 12%.
    1976 Vancouver BC - United Nations Habitat conference on human settlements ends in Vancouver.
    1974 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa grants $55 million in aid to flood victims on the Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers.
    1971 Washington DC - Canada and US agree to pollution control program in the Great Lakes.
    1966 San Diego California - Torontonian David Bailey 1945- first Canadian to break four-minute mile (3:59.1).
    1964 Hungary - Canada and Hungarian People's Republic sign three-year trade pact; first between two countries in postwar era.
    1962 Nelson BC - Start of preliminary hearing against 72 Sons of Freedom Doukhobors for incidents between 1958 and 1961; conspiracy charges will be dismissed August 7.
    1945 Canada - William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 wins Canada's twentieth federal general election 125 seats to 67; CCF 28; Social Credit 13; Independents 12; defeats John Bracken with 40.9% of popular vote.
    1943 Hot Springs Georgia - Canada signs international agreement on post-war relief; origin of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
    1941 Ottawa Ontario - DBS issues census results, showing Canada's population has reached 11,506,655.
    1940 Ottawa Ontario - Princess Juliana of the Netherlands arrives in Canada to seek refuge during the Second World War; will settle in Ottawa.
    1936 Quebec Quebec - Joseph-Adélard Godbout becomes Liberal Premier of Quebec.
    1934 Flin Flon Manitoba - Miners in Flin Flon go on strike until July 14.
    1931 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament votes to proclaim Remembrance Day, November 11, as a general holiday.
    1917 Ottawa Ontario - Borden's Union government introduces the Conscription Act in the Commons, then calls an election to get a mandate; election that followed passage of the bill one of the most divisive in Canadian history.
    1917 Ottawa Ontario - Cabinet creates the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners, to be established in Regina.
    1889 Toronto Ontario - D'Alton McCarthy 1836-1898 founds Equal Rights Association in Toronto to argue for repeal of Quebec's Jesuits Estate Act, claims government let Roman Catholic Church control political decision-making; Conservative MP backed by Orange Order also agitated against Catholic separate schools in Manitoba and the Northwest.
    1847 King William Island NWT - Rear Admiral John Franklin 1786-1847 dies in his ice-bound ship; command goes to Francis Crozier; James Fitzjames second-in-Command; 14 others already dead; remainder sick from eating tainted canned rations.
    1847 Lapierre House Yukon - Alexander Murray 1818-1874 sets out from Lapierre House on the Bell River to build Fort Yukon for the Hudson's Bay Company.
    1782 Halifax Nova Scotia - William Black preaches his first sermon in Canada, as first Canadian Methodist minister.
    1759 Quebec Quebec - Royal Highland Regiment soldiers issued two quarts of spruce beer daily.
    1638 Trois-Rivières Quebec - Jesuit Relations describe first recorded earthquake in Canada; tremors for six months, from Gaspé to Montreal, but no casualties reported.
    1636 Quebec Quebec - Charles Huault de Montmagny c1583-c1653 arrives in Quebec as Governor and Lieutenant General of New France; to 1648; first Governor in title; builds upper town; forbids French to sell firearms to Indians.
    1611 Hudson Bay, off Northern Quebec - Hendrick Hudson's ship, the Half Moon freed from the ice; heads north for home.
    1603 Saguenay Quebec - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 explores 56 km up Saguenay River; hears of salt sea to the north, but doesn't believe it is the Pacific.
    1583 Plymouth England - Humphrey Gilbert c1537-1583 leaves Plymouth on second voyage with five ships; Delight, Raleigh, Golden Hind, Swallow and Squirrel; chartered to search for the Northwest Passage, and a patent from the English crown to explore and colonize America.

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