| 2012 | Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament |
| 2012 | 2012 U.S. presidential candiate, Newt Gingrich suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination |
| 2011 | The news of Osama bin Laden's death is received positively by international leaders, including Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari |
| 2011 | Nabil al-Araby, Foreign Minister of Egypt, calls for the U.S. to support and independent Palestine |
| 2010 | The European Union and International Monetary Fund present Greece with 120 billion Euro bailout package to help rid them of their sovereign debt |
| 1998 | 124th Kentucky Derby |
| 1997 | Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating |
| 1997 | Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber |
| 1997 | Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders |
| 1995 | "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 121 performances |
| 1995 | Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning |
| 1995 | Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six |
| 1994 | Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed |
| 1994 | Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides |
| 1994 | Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros "Love is Wonderful Thing" |
| 1993 | "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 445 performances |
| 1993 | "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances |
| 1993 | "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 40 performances |
| 1993 | "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances |
| 1993 | Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic |
| 1993 | Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament |
| 1992 | "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances |
| 1992 | 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03 |
| 1992 | Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic |
| 1991 | Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus |
| 1990 | "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances |
| 1990 | South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid |
| 1988 | Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park |
| 1988 | David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City |
| 1988 | Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000 |
| 1988 | Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump |
| 1987 | 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4 |
| 1986 | Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II |
| 1986 | Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver |
| 1985 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1984 | "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances |
| 1984 | Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn) |
| 1984 | Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid |
| 1984 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1983 | 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California |
| 1982 | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
| 1982 | Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men |
| 1981 | 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02 |
| 1981 | Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes |
| 1980 | Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder |
| 1980 | Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa |
| 1980 | Pope John Paul II begins African tour |
| 1980 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1979 | "Quadrophenia" premieres in London |
| 1979 | 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell |
| 1978 | NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games |
| 1977 | "King and I" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 719 performances |
| 1976 | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic |
| 1975 | Apple records closes down |
| 1974 | Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred |
| 1972 | Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) |
| 1972 | Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA |
| 1972 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1971 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
| 1970 | 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) |
| 1970 | 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4 |
| 1970 | KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| 1969 | British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York |
| 1968 | 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony |
| 1968 | 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 |
| 1968 | Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London |
| 1968 | Israeli television begins transmitting |
| 1967 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 |
| 1966 | Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days) |
| 1965 | "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 52 performances |
| 1965 | Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service |
| 1965 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational |
| 1965 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open |
| 1964 | 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00 |
| 1964 | Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks |
| 1964 | Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ |
| 1962 | Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I |
| 1962 | OAS strikes in Algeria |
| 1962 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island |
| 1962 | WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1960 | Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance |
| 1960 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice and Consent) |
| 1960 | House investigating committee, looking into payola questions |
| 1959 | 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2 |
| 1958 | Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City |
| 1956 | U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus |
| 1956 | U.S. Methodist church disallows race separation |
| 1955 | India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable |
| 1955 | Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) |
| 1955 | WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader |
| 1953 | 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02 |
| 1953 | Feisal II installed as king of Iraq |
| 1953 | Hussein I installed as king of Jordan |
| 1952 | 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" |
| 1952 | 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet |
| 1952 | Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers |
| 1950 | Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan |
| 1950 | Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration |
| 1950 | Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR |
| 1949 | Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" |
| 1949 | Bolivian state of siege proclaimed |
| 1949 | Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 |
| 1947 | Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City |
| 1946 | Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die |
| 1945 | Allies occupy Wismar |
| 1945 | Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen |
| 1945 | German Army in Italy surrenders |
| 1945 | Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders |
| 1945 | Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste |
| 1944 | WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast |
| 1943 | German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia |
| 1942 | 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 |
| 1942 | Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma |
| 1941 | FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 |
| 1941 | Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy |
| 1941 | Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists |
| 1941 | Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400 |
| 1939 | Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 |
| 1938 | Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" |
| 1938 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) |
| 1936 | "Peter and Wolf" premieres in Moscow |
| 1936 | 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6 |
| 1936 | Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia |
| 1934 | Nazi-Germany begins People's court |
| 1933 | In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions |
| 1932 | Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) |
| 1932 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth) |
| 1930 | Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights |
| 1928 | KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions |
| 1927 | International Economic Conference (52 countries including U.S.S.R.) opens |
| 1927 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) |
| 1926 | U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua |
| 1925 | Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens |
| 1924 | Netherlands refuses to recognize U.S.S.R. |
| 1923 | Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 |
| 1922 | WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft. Worth Texas |
| 1921 | Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia |
| 1919 | 1st U.S. air passenger service starts |
| 1917 | Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 |
| 1916 | U.S. president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act |
| 1916 | 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named |
| 1915 | Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road |
| 1911 | French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco |
| 1909 | Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs |
| 1907 | Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government |
| 1906 | 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8 |
| 1905 | French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work |
| 1904 | 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08 |
| 1903 | 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09 |
| 1902 | 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon |
| 1900 | George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell," premieres in London |
| 1890 | Territory of Oklahoma created |
| 1889 | Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale |
| 1887 | G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence |
| 1887 | Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film |
| 1885 | "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published |
| 1885 | Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium |
| 1878 | U.S. stops minting 20 cent coin |
| 1876 | Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League |
| 1865 | President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis |
| 1863 | South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia |
| 1863 | Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men |
| 1853 | Franconi's Hippodrome opens (New York City) |
| 1845 | Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilizacion y Barbarie" |
| 1833 | Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs |
| 1824 | Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) |
| 1808 | Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid |
| 1780 | William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris |
| 1776 | France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels |
| 1750 | Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffe," premieres in Mantua |
| 1749 | Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" |
| 1703 | Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant |
| 1670 | King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company |
| 1668 | 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands |
| 1668 | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution |
| 1652 | Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik |
| 1598 | France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins |
| 1595 | King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands |
| 1536 | King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest |
| 1526 | German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League |
| 1497 | John Cabot departs to North-America |
| 1345 | "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers |
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