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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[350]] – The [[Roman usurper]] [[Nepotianus]], of the [[Constantinian dynasty]], proclaims himself [[Roman emperor]], entering Rome at the head of a group of [[gladiator]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Samuel N. C. Lieu|author2=Dominic Montserrat|title=From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views : a Source History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnTNWtBmhv8C&pg=PA210|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-09335-4|pages=210}}</ref> * [[713]] – The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Philippikos Bardanes|Philippicus]] is [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]], deposed and sent into [[exile]] by conspirators of the [[Opsikion]] army in [[Thrace]]. He is succeeded by [[Anastasios II]], who begins the reorganization of the [[Byzantine army]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Oliver Nicholson|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A09WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1185|date=19 April 2018|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-256246-3|pages=1185}}</ref> *[[1098]] – After a five-month siege during the [[First Crusade]], the Crusaders seize [[Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter Malclm|last=Holt|title=The Crusader States and Their Neighbours, 1098-1291|publisher=Pearson Longman|year=2004|isbn=978-0-582-36931-3}}</ref> *[[1140]] – The French scholar [[Peter Abelard]] is found guilty of [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Gillingham | first = John | title = Anglo-Norman Studies 24: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2001 | publisher = Boydell & Brewer | location = Woodbridge | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780851158860 | page=106}}</ref> *[[1326]] – The [[Treaty of Novgorod (1326)|Treaty of Novgorod]] delineates borders between Russia and Norway in [[Finnmark]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Noel Stagg|title=North Norway, a History|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=1952|page=62}}</ref> *[[1539]] – [[Hernando de Soto]] claims [[Florida]] for Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lawrence A. Clayton|author2=Edward C. Moore|author3=Vernon James Knight|title=The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 & 2: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCPkAV8a2B0C&pg=PA186|date=30 May 1995|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-0824-7|pages=186}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – An English naval force defeats a fleet of Spanish [[galley]]s, and captures a large Portuguese [[carrack]] at the [[Battle of Sesimbra Bay]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Rodger|first=N.A.M.|title=The Safeguard of the Sea|date=17 November 1999|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-31960-6|page=292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNKKupCv4VwC&q=1602+leveson+carrack&pg=RA3-PR35}}</ref> *[[1608]] – [[Samuel de Champlain]] lands at [[Tadoussac, Quebec]], in the course of his third voyage to [[New France]], and begins erecting fortifications.<ref>{{cite book|title=Canadian Social Trends|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U25-XeXgGhAC|year=2006|publisher=Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada|page=62}}</ref> *[[1621]] – The [[Dutch West India Company]] receives a charter for [[New Netherland]]. *[[1658]] – [[Pope Alexander VII]] appoints [[François de Laval]] [[Apostolic vicariate|vicar apostolic]] in New France. *[[1665]] – [[James II of England|James Stuart, Duke of York]] (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch [[Naval fleet|fleet]] off the coast of [[Lowestoft]]. *[[1781]] – [[Jack Jouett]] begins his midnight ride to warn [[Thomas Jefferson]] and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid. *[[1839]] – In [[Humen (town)|Humen, China]], [[Lin Zexu]] destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a ''casus belli'' to open hostilities, resulting in the [[First Opium War]]. *[[1844]] – The last pair of [[great auk]]s is killed.<ref name="newton">{{cite journal|last=Newton|first=Alfred|year=1861|title=Abstract of Mr. J. Wolley's Researches in Iceland respecting the Gare-fowl or Great Auk (Alea impennis, Linn.)|journal=Ibis|volume=3|issue=4|pages=374–399|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1861.tb08857.x|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1447659}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Philippi (1861)|Battle of Philippi]] (also called the Philippi Races): [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces rout [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops in [[Barbour County, West Virginia|Barbour County, Virginia]], now [[West Virginia]]. *[[1863]] – American Civil War: [[Robert E. Lee]] and his [[Army of Northern Virginia]] begin marching to invade the [[Northern United States#American Civil War|North]] for a second time, starting the [[Gettysburg campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reardon|first=Carol|date=October 2019|title=The Gettysburg Campaign|location= Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=225–226|isbn=9781316563168}}</ref> *[[1864]] – American Civil War: Union forces under [[Ulysses S. Grant]] sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the [[Battle of Cold Harbor]] in [[Hanover County, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Album of Orleans County, N.Y.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMsTnCyh4qMC&pg=PA134-IA4|year=1879|publisher=Sanford|pages=134}}</ref> *[[1885]] – In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the [[Cree]] leader, [[Big Bear]], escapes the [[North-West Mounted Police]]. *[[1889]] – The first long-distance [[electric power transmission]] line in the United States is completed, running {{convert|14|mi|km}} between a generator at [[Willamette River|Willamette Falls]] and downtown [[Portland, Oregon]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – The [[National Defense Act]] is signed into law, increasing the size of the [[United States National Guard]] by 450,000 men. *[[1935]] – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a [[On-to-Ottawa Trek|protest trek]] to Ottawa. *[[1937]] – The [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] marries [[Wallis Simpson]]. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of France]], the [[Luftwaffe]] [[Operation Paula|bombs]] [[Paris in World War II|Paris]]. * 1940 – [[Franz Rademacher]] proposes [[Madagascar Plan|plans]] to make [[Madagascar]] the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist [[Theodor Herzl]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Herbert A. Strauss|author2=Norbert Kampe|title=Jewish Immigrants of the Nazi Period in the U. S. A.: Jewish Immigration from Germany, 1933-1945, a Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2J2AAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=K. G. Saur|isbn=978-3-598-08009-8|page=700}}</ref> *[[1941]] – World War II: The [[Wehrmacht]] [[Razing of Kandanos|razes]] the Greek village of [[Kandanos]] to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. *[[1942]] – World War II: [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] begins the [[Aleutian Islands Campaign]] by [[Battle of Dutch Harbor|bombing]] [[Unalaska Island]]. *[[1943]] – In [[Los Angeles]], California, white [[U.S. Navy]] sailors and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] attack Latino youths in the five-day [[Zoot Suit Riots]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|title=Zoot Suit Riots {{!}} Summary, Causes, Significance, & Facts|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927133424/https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|archive-date=September 27, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Maurice Herzog|Herzog]] and [[Louis Lachenal|Lachenal]] of the [[1950 French Annapurna expedition|French Annapurna expedition]] become the first climbers to reach the summit of an [[Eight-thousander|8,000-metre]] peak. *[[1962]] – At Paris [[Orly Airport]], [[Air France Flight 007]] overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130. *[[1963]] – Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army [[Huế chemical attacks|attack]] protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. *[[1965]] – The launch of [[Gemini 4]], the first multi-day space mission by a [[NASA]] crew. [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]], a crew member, performs the first American [[extravehicular activity|spacewalk]]. *[[1969]] – [[Melbourne–Evans collision]]: off the coast of [[South Vietnam]], the Australian aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer {{USS|Frank E. Evans|DD-754|6}} in half; resulting in 74 deaths. *[[1973]] – A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[supersonic]] [[Tupolev Tu-144]] [[1973 Paris Air Show crash|crashes]] near [[Goussainville, Val-d'Oise|Goussainville]], France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. *[[1979]] – A blowout at the [[Ixtoc I]] oil well in the southern [[Gulf of Mexico]] causes at least {{convert|3000000|oilbbl|m3}} of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental [[oil spill]] ever recorded. *[[1980]] – The [[1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak]] hits [[Nebraska]], United States, causing five deaths and $300 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|300|1980}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}) worth of damage. *[[1982]] – The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, [[Shlomo Argov]], is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. *[[1984]] – [[Operation Blue Star]], a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at [[Harmandir Sahib]], also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for [[Sikhs]], in [[Amritsar]]. The operation continues until [[June 6]], with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. *[[1989]] – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of [[Tiananmen Square]] after seven weeks of occupation. *[[1991]] – [[Mount Unzen]] erupts in [[Kyūshū]], Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. *[[1992]] – Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in ''[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)]]'', a case brought by Torres Strait Islander [[Eddie Mabo]] which led to the ''[[Native Title Act 1993]]'' overturning the long-held colonial assumption of ''[[terra nullius]]''. *[[1998]] – After suffering a mechanical failure, [[Eschede train disaster|a high speed train derails]] at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people. *[[2006]] – The union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] comes to an end with [[Montenegro]]'s formal declaration of independence. *[[2012]] – A plane carrying 153 people [[Dana Air Flight 992|crashes]] in a residential neighborhood in [[Lagos, Nigeria]], killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120603-0|title=Accident description|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> * 2012 – The [[Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant|pageant]] for the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] takes place on the [[River Thames]]. *[[2013]] – The [[United States v. Manning|trial]] of United States Army private [[Chelsea Manning]] for leaking classified material to [[WikiLeaks]] begins in [[Fort Meade, Maryland]]. * 2013 – At least 119 people are [[Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire|killed in a fire]] at a poultry farm in [[Jilin Province]] in northeastern China.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/asia/scores-die-in-fire-at-chinese-poultry-plant.html?_r=0 | title=More Than 100 Die in Fire at Chinese Poultry Plant | work=New York Times | date=2013-06-03 | accessdate=2013-06-03 | author=Buckley, Chris}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Khartoum massacre]]: In [[Sudan]], over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by [[Janjaweed]] militiamen storm and open fire on a [[2018–19 Sudanese protests|sit-in protest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl/index.html |title = Sudan death roll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors |author= Kareem Khadder and Julia Hollingsworth |website = CNN |date = 5 June 2019 |access-date = 6 June 2019}}</ref>
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