193 | | The Roman emperor, Marcus Didius, is murdered in his palace. |
1533 | | Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's new queen, is crowned. |
1774 | | The British government orders the port of Boston closed. |
1789 | | The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths becomes law. |
1812 | | American navy captain James Lawrence, mortally wounded in a naval engagement with the British, exhorts to the crew of his vessel, the Chesapeake, "Don't give up the ship!" |
1862 | | General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate army outside Richmond after General Joe Johnston is injured at Seven Pines. |
1864 | | The Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, begins as Confederate general Robert E. Lee tries to turn Union general Ulysses S. Grant's flank. |
1868 | | James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, dies. |
1877 | | U.S. troops are authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico. |
1915 | | Germany conducts the first zeppelin air raid over England. |
1916 | | The National Defense Act increases the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men. |
1921 | | A race riot erupts in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing 85 people. |
1939 | | The Douglas DC-4 makes its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York. |
1941 | | The German Army completes the capture of Crete as the Allied evacuation ends. |
1942 | | America begins sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union. |
1958 | | Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France. |
1963 | | Governor George Wallace vows to defy an injunction ordering integration of the University of Alabama. |
1978 | | The U.S. reports finding wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow. |
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