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On June 24th: 1812: Napoleon leads 700,000 men across the Nieman River, beginning the invasion of Russia 1932: peaceful revolution brings democracy to Thailand 1948: Stalin begins Berlin Blockade 1950: Group Areas Act formalises South African Apartheid 2022: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade 2023: failed insurrection against Russian government during Ukraine invasion
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On June 19th: 1862: US Congress bans slavery 1961: Kuwait declares independence 1964: US Congress approves Civil Rights Act after an 83-day filibuster 2006: Construction begins on the Global Seed Vault, which can hold 2.25 billion seed 2012: WikiLeaks found Julian Assange requests asylum to avoid trial
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On June 18th: 1264: first meeting of an Irish Parliament 1429: Joan of Arc leads French army to victory at Patay, turning the 100 Year's War against England 1815: Battle of Waterloo marks the end of Napoleon's European ambition 1858: Darwin chooses to publish On the Origin of Species
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On June 17th: 1789: Third Estate declares the French National Assembly 1939: last public guillotining in France 1944: Iceland independence 1952: Guatemala's Decree 900 redistributes unfarmed land, followed by US-backed coup in 1954 and civil war 1963: Valentina Tereschkova, first woman in space
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🇺🇸 On June 16th, the story of the USA, told in a day: 1579: Francis Drake lands just north of modern San Francisco, claims Nova Albion for England 1858: Lincoln warns America is becoming a “house divided” 1884: first US rollercoaster opens 1972: burglary attempt at the Democratic Party's Watergate HQ
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On June 15th: 1215: King John I signs the Magna Carta 1953: Xi Jinping's birthday 🤷🏻‍♀️
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On June 10th: 1682: first hanging of the Salem Witch Trials 1916: Arab Revolt begins, leading to the Sykes-Picot agreement 1964: USA Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster to pass the Civil Rights Act 73-27 1967: end of the Six-Day War 1977: Apple ships its first Apple II computers
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On June 8th: 793: Vikings raid Lindesfarne, starting the Viking Age in Europe 1793: Icelandic volcano Laki begins 8-month eruption, causes a 7-year famine (photo) 1949: George Orwell's '1984' is published It's also Kanye West (1977) and Tim Berners-Lee's (1955) birthdays today, whilst Prophet Muhammad died in 693
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On June 7th: 1099: Siege of Jerusalem begins in the First Crusade 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas, the start of colonialism 1753: British Museum opens 1914: Panama Canal opens (photo) 1958: Singer songerwriter Prince is born 1965: US Supreme Court legalises contraception
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On April 29th: 1429: Joan of Arc relieves the Siege of Orlean 1661: Chinese troops begin occupation of Taiwan (until 1895) 1707: England & Scotland become the United Kingdom (Act of Union) 1769: James Watt patents the steam engine 1967: Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" 1975: fall of Saigon, end of Vietnam War
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1253: Monk Nichiren effectively founds Nichiren Buddhism 1770: James Cook first lands in Australia 1945: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini executed 1967: Muhammad Ali refuses conscription, stripped of titles 1969: Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France 1989: Inflation-ridden Argentina runs out of money
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