1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. 1841 – The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier. 1846 – Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. 1855 – Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America. 1859 – The first conformation dog...
The Stonewall Riots of 1969, a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the LGBT community against a police raid that took place in the morning of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village.
221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. 699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima. 1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master...
Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate outside the courthouse in 2015 after the Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage.
1532 – Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1611 – The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson’s fourth voyage sets Hudson, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never...
A view of the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park, established in 1887. In the foreground is probably the original Banff Springs Hotel.
451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius’ battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. 1248 – The University of Oxford receives its Royal charter. 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the ‘United States’. 1789...
1306 – The Earl of Pembroke’s army defeats Bruce’s Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America. 1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright’s rules on Hoboken, New Jersey’s Elysian Fields...
The first Strictly Stock race was contested on June 19, 1949, at Charlotte (North Carolina) Speedway, a 3/4-mile dirt track.
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage. 1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin...
Nik Wallenda walks over Niagara Falls on a tightrope in 2012.
