TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JUNE 7
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the new world along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa
1546 The Peace of Ardes ends the war between France and England.
1654 Louis XIV is crowned king of France.
1712 The Pennsylvania Assembly bans the importation of slaves.
1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky
1863 Mexico City is captured by French troops.
1892 Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
1903 Professor Pierre Curie reveals the discovery of Polonium.
1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1932 Over 7,000 war veterans march on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus pay for service in World War I.
1942 The Japanese invade Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.
1965 The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples
1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem
1981 Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroy Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.
1983 The U.S. ordered Nicaragua to close all six of its consulates and informed 21 Nicaraguan consular officials that they could not longer remain in the U.S.
1994 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared the RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) salvor-in-possession of the wreck and the wreck site of the RMS Titanic.
2003 Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.
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