1674 - Sivaji crowned himself King of India.
1813 - The U.S. invasion of Canada was halted at Stony Creek, Ontario.
1924 - The German Reichtag accepted the Dawes Plan. It was an American plan to help Germany pay off its war debts.
1942 - Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway. The battle had begun on June 4.
1944 - The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
1968 - U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1982 - Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an effort to drive PLO guerrillas out of Beirut.
1985 - The body of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele was located and exhumed near Sao Paolo, Brazil. Mengele was known as the "Angel of Death."
1993 - Mongolia held its first direct presidential elections.
Famous Birthdays:
1606 - Pierre Corneille, Dramatist
1755 - Nathan Hale, Soldier for Continental Army during American Revolutionary War, America's first spy
1903 - Aram Khachaturian, Composer
1932 - David Scott, NASA astronaut
1934 - Roy Innis, Civil Rights Activist
1956 - Bjorn Borg, Tennis player
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