1134: Death of St. Norbert
1288: Sa'd ad-Daula becomes Supreme Inspector of Taxes in Persia
1484: The Inquisition of Toledo writes for instructions in dealing with
cases of sorcery
1523: Coronation of Gustavus Vasa I Eriksson as King of Sweden
1533: Death of Ariosto
1536: The Inquisition is introduced into Mexico
1557: Death of John III, King of Portugal
1599: Baptisim of Velasquez
1641: Catalonia revolts against the Spanish Crown
1654: Abdication of Queen Christine of Sweden
1671: Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in
Moscow
1844: The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
1925: Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.
1933: The first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, New Jersey.
1934: The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
1942: Japanese forces retreated in the World War Two Battle of Midway.
1944: The "D-Day" invasion of Europe took place during World
War Two as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
1966: Black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked
along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.
1968: Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los
Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
1978: California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a
primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.
1982: Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation
Organization fighters out of the country. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)
1985: Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the
remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious "Angel of Death" of the Nazi
Holocaust.
1988: Morton Thiokol Incorporated, which had built the booster rocket
involved in the "Challenger" explosion in 1986, announced it would not bid for
the contract to build the next generation of rocket motors for the nation's manned space
shuttles.
1989: Burial services were held for Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini.
1989: On Capitol Hill, Thomas Foley was elected the 49th speaker of the
House of Representatives.
1990: A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., declared as obscene the
2 Live Crew album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be." (The decision was later
overturned on appeal.)
1991: The Soviet KGB released secret documents from 1941 that showed
that Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputy, was lured to the Duke of Hamilton's estate by British.
1992: "A.P. Indy" won the 124th running of the Belmont
Stakes.
1993: A Chinese freighter holding 300 illegal aliens ran aground off
New York; up to ten Chinese died after jumping overboard. At the Tony Awards, "Kiss
of the Spider Woman" won best musical; "Angels in America: Millennium
Approaches," won best play.
1994: President Clinton joined leaders from America's World War Two
allies to mark the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
1994: A Chinese passenger jet crashed, killing all 160 people on board.
1995: U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard, aboard the Russian space station
Mir, broke NASA's space endurance record of 84 days, one hour and 16 minutes.
1996: The Senate narrowly rejected a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution as outgoing Majority Leader Bob Dole and the Democrats clashed over deficit
reduction. A family of four became the first people to leave the Freemen ranch in Montana
since April.
1997: Timothy McVeigh's lawyer pleaded with a jury to spare the life of
the convicted Oklahoma City bomber, holding up his dress uniform and portraying him as a
model soldier deeply disturbed by his government's role in the disaster at Waco.
1998: "Real Quiet" was denied horse racing's Triple Crown as
"Victory Gallop" won the Belmont Stakes by a nose. .
1998: The UN Security Council demanded in a unanimous vote that India
and Pakistan refrain from further nuclear tests and sign nuclear control agreements.
1999: Space shuttle Discovery returned from a 10-day mission that
included a visit to the international space station.
1999: At the Tony Awards, Arthur Miller's "Death of a
Salesman" was named best revival, "Side Man" best play, and
"Fosse" best musical.
1999: In tennis, Andre Agassi won the French Open, defeating Andrei
Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
1999: In golf, Juli Inkster shot a final-round 1-under 71 for a
16-under 272 total to win the U.S. Women's Open.
2000: Unilever agreed to buy Bestfoods for $20.3 billion in a deal creating the world's biggest food company.
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