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    763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
    923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
    1184 – King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
    1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
    1219 – Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
    1246 – With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
    1300 – The city of Bilbao is founded.
    1312 – At the Battle of Rozgony, King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba.
    1389 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
    1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
    1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
    1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
    1580 – Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
    1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
    1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
    1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
    1776 – Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
    1785 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
    1804 – New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
    1808 – Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
    1815 – The Duchess of Richmond's ball is held in Brussels, "the most famous ball in history".
    1836 – Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
    1846 – The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
    1859 – Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
    1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
    1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
    1867 – Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
    1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    1896 – The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
    1905 – Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
    1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
    1913 – The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
    1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
    1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
    1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
    1920 – A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
    1934 – The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
    1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
    1937 – A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
    1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
    1944 – World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
    1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
    1945 – The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    1954 – UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
    1970 – Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
    1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
    1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
    1985 – Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
    1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
    1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
    1994 – Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
    1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
    2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
    2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.


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    Today's Canadian Headline....

    1995 WEBER & MLAKHOV FIRST TO POLE ALONE
    NWT -Richard Weber of Chelsea, Quebec and Russian MD Mikhail Mlakhov reach Ward Hunt Island, Canada's northernmost point of land, becoming the first to ski to the North Pole and back without support teams or outside help; started 1500 km trek Feb. 13; proved that Robert Peary could not have reached the Pole.

    1944
    Regina Saskatchewan - Baptist Minister T.C. Tommy Douglas 1904-1986 takes 47 of 55 seats, to the liberals 5, to win the Saskatchewan election for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; forms Canada's first socialist (CCF) government; Douglas resigned his Commons seat to run; he will be Premier for the next 17 years, resigning to become first head of the New Democratic Party.



    In Other Events....

    1995 New York City - Moody's lowers Quebec's credit rating due to political uncertainty and high taxes.
    1993 Alberta - Ralph Klein leads provincial Conservatives to 7th majority win in a row; Party trailed in opinion polls under former leader and Premier Don Getty, before electing Klein, a former Liberal, mayor of Calgary.
    1992 Sarajevo Bosnia - Lewis MacKenzie Canadian General optimistic about latest ceasefire in capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina; UN Chief of Staff trying to reopen airport to aid flights.
    1992 Ottawa Ontario - Commons passes new sexual assault legislation - the 'no means no' rape law; defines consent by requiring voluntary agreement by the woman; no consent if incapacitated, given by third person, or under abuse of authority.
    1991 Fredericton NB - Dennis Cochrane elected Leader of the Progressive Conservatives in New Brunswick, beating Bev Lawrence 955 to 166; replaces Barbara Filliter, who resigned after 17 months in office.
    1990 Winnipeg Manitoba - Elijah Harper blocks Premier Gary Filmon's attempt to introduce the Meech Lake resolution in the Manitoba Legislature; puts in procedural roadblocks until June 20; says Meech Lake did not address native concerns.
    1990 Ottawa Ontario - Patrick Nowlan resigns PC caucus to protest Mulroney's 'highly manipulative' handling of Meech Lake negotiations; veteran Nova Scotia MP.
    1988 Ottawa Ontario - Canada expels eight Soviet diplomats for industrial espionage; not made public until June 21.
    1987 Toronto Ontario - Ontario passes North America's first pay equity legislation.
    1985 New York City - Bryan Adams has a No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit with Heaven.
    1985 Ottawa Ontario - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announces temporary closure of the Canadian embassy in Beirut.
    1980 Canada - Bob Nolan dies at 72; country singer, poet, songwriter born Robert Clarence Nobles Apr. 1, 1908; of Sons of the Pioneers.
    1977 Toronto Ontario - Judy LaMarsh issues Report of the Ontario Royal Commission on Violence in the Media; rejects greater censorship; advises stricter control over print and broadcast media.
    1974 New York City - Gordon Lightfoot has a No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit with Sundown.
    1973 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa restricts export of gasoline and heating oil to slow down increase in export of these products.
    1962 Wallops Island Virginia - Canada launches first space vehicle, 11.3 kg non-orbiting instrument package.
    1951 Montreal Quebec - Fire kills 35 elderly persons at l'Hospice Ste-Cunégond.
    1951 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament amends Northwest Territories Act to provide for partly elective NWT Council.
    1944 France - First RCAF fighter wings move into France after D-Day.
    1940 France - Canadians withdraw from France over a two day period.
    1919 Clifden, County Galway, Ireland - British Army Captain John Alcock and Royal Flying Corps Lt. Arthur Brown make a nose-down landing in a peat bog in their Vickers Vimy bomber, a two-motor biplane, completing the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 16 hours, 20 minutes; they win the £10,000 prize offered by the London Daily Mail, and are both awarded knighthoods.
    1915 Givenchy France - Lt. Frederick William Campbell of the 1st Bn. Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force moves two machine-gun detachments forward under heavy fire at Givenchy; reaches the German front line trench with one gun after nearly all his detachment killed or wounded; holds back German counter-attack by advancing further and firing off 1,000 more rounds before getting hit by fire; dies four days later at age 48; awarded Victoria Cross posthumously Aug. 23, 1915.
    1905 St. John's Newfoundland - Newfoundland bans sale of bait and granting of licenses to Canadian and foreign fishing fleets.
    1902 Canada - Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time.
    1900 Ottawa Ontario - Manitoba Catholics ask Ottawa for relief from Manitoba law abolishing separate schools.
    1900 Victoria BC - James Dunsmuir becomes Premier of British Columbia, succeeding Joseph Martin; serves to Nov. 21, 1902.
    1891 Ottawa Ontario - J.J.C. Abbott sworn in as Prime Minister after being chosen leader of Conservative Party.
    1887 Niagara Falls Ontario - Carlisle D Graham survives his second ride over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel.
    1875 Montreal Quebec - Founding of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.
    1873 Cypress Hills Saskatchewan - Renegade American whisky/fur traders massacre Assiniboine Indians in their camp; leads to formation of the North-West Mounted Police.
    1863 London England - Robert Benson acquires control of the Hudson's Bay Company for the International Financial Society, a syndicate of bankers.
    1859 Washington USA - Hudson Bay Company pig breaks into potato patch of American squatter; nearly triggers British-American war over ownership of one of the San Juan Islands.
    1846 Washington DC - U.S. President James Polk signs the Oregon Treaty (Treaty of Washington), declaring the 49th parallel and the Strait of Juan de Fuca the boundary between Oregon and British America; Queen Victoria signs the Treaty two days later. The treaty was a compromise - the British claimed Oregon and the Americans claimed all of the west coast up to the southern limit of the Russian territory of Alaska - 54/40 - the slogan 'Fifty-four forty or fight' was a Democratic Party slogan in the 1844 election.
    1815 Red River Manitoba - Most Selkirk settlers, who had grown dependent on buffalo for survival, forced to leave for Upper Canada because of harassment by Metis hunters; North West Company traders wanting to challenge the authority of the Hudson's Bay Company were backing the Metis nationalists; settlement reestablished the following August.
    1814 Port Dover Ontario - Major General Jacob Brown leads 500 American raiders across Lake Erie to burn and loot Port Dover and Long Point; War of 1812.
    1811 Vancouver Island BC - John Jacob Astor's ship Tonquin attacked by local Nootka who kill the sailors and destroy the ship the next day; end of New York fur trader's hopes for northwest coast trade in competition with North West Company.
    1790 Manitoba Canada - David Thompson 1770-1857 reaches mouth of Saskatchewan River; travels from Cumberland House.
    1776 Montreal Quebec - American General Benedict Arnold orders Montreal burnt as the Army of the Continental Congress retreats south; citizens put the fire out.
    1676 Quebec Quebec - Chief citizens of Quebec hold meeting to fix price of bread.
    1673 Arkansas USA - Marquette & Joliet arrive at upper reaches of Mississippi, after paddling more than 800 km; explore south; believe Mississippi empties into Gulf of Mexico.
    1629 Gaspé Quebec - Brothers David, Lewis and Thomas Kirke reach Gaspé on a second privateering expedition with nine ships; plan to capture Quebec and the St. Lawrence River trade; accompanied by Sir William Alexander, Jr., proprietor of Nova Scotia, who sails directly south for Port Royal, while the Kirkes found a settlement at Port aux Baleines.
    1616 Tadoussac Quebec - Récollet friar Pacifique Duplessis opens first school for Indian children at Tadoussac; later Trois-Rivières.
    1605 Nova Scotia - Pontgravé arrives at St. Croix.
    1534 Cabot Strait Newfoundland - Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 steers southward along west coast of Newfoundland to Cabot Strait, then turns west.

    End of C/P.


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