1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1494 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
1654 - Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1862 - The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
1880 - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
1893 - Mohandas Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.
1919 - Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.
1929 - The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Midway ends.
1948 - Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than sign the Ninth-of-May Constitution making his nation a Communist state.
1967 - Israeli forces enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
1975 - The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
2000 - The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
2006 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, is killed in an air-strike by the United States Air Force.
Famous Birthdays
1757 - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
1770 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1837 - Alois Hitler, civil servant, father of Adolf Hitler
1907 - Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg
1929 - John Napier Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
1942 - Muammar al-Gaddafi, Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya
1955 - William Forsythe, actor
1958 - Prince, singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor
1969 - HRH Prince Joachim of Denmark, Count of Monpezat
1976 - Cassidy Rae, actress
1981 - Anna Kournikova, tennis player
1985 - Charlie Simpson, singer-songwriter and musician
1993 - Jordan Fry, actor
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