Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.

Sack of Rome (455)Vandals

The Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr took place in the context of the Fitna of al-Andalus resulting in a defeat for the Caliphate of Córdoba.

Battle of Aqbat al-BakrFitna of al-AndalusCaliphate of Córdoba

First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.

First CrusadeSiege of Antioch

The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.

RécolletMissionariesQuebec CityRouen

Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.

Franco-Dutch WarKingdom of FranceBattle of Palermo

Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.

Bridget BishopSalem witch trialsSalem, Massachusetts

Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

Pontiac's RebellionMackinaw City, MichiganChippewaFort MichilimackinacLacrosse

Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.

Intolerable ActsQuartering ActThirteen Colonies

French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.

French RevolutionFrançois HanriotGirondistJean-Paul MaratReign of Terror

Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.

Napoleonic WarsFirst French EmpireEnlightenment in SpainBattle of Diamond RockFort-de-France

P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.

P. T. Barnum

The Slavic congress in Prague begins.

Prague Slavic Congress, 1848Prague

The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.

Fenian BrotherhoodBattle of RidgewayBattle of Fort Erie (1866)

Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.

Guglielmo MarconiPatentWireless telegraphy

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

Alfred DeakinPrime Minister of Australia

Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.

Charles RollsRolls-Royce LimitedEnglish Channel

Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.

Anarchism1919 United States anarchist bombings

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.

Calvin CoolidgeIndian Citizenship ActCitizenshipNative Americans in the United States

World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.

World War IIFallschirmjäger (World War II)Massacre of Kondomari

Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.

Italian constitutional referendum, 1946ReferendumItalyMonarchyRepublic

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth IIHead of the Commonwealth

The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.

Soviet UnionSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaBelgrade declaration1948

During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.

1962 FIFA World CupChile national football teamItaly national football teamBattle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)Association football

Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.

Surveyor programSurveyor 1Oceanus ProcellarumMoonSpacecraft

Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.

Luis MongeCapital punishment in ColoradoGas chamberFurman v. Georgia

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

West BerlinShahIranBenno OhnesorgTerrorism

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released in the United States.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles

Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

Pope John Paul IIPopeCommunist

After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.

Air Canada Flight 797Flashover

The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreakIllinoisIndianaKentuckyOhio