Independence
day
Mozambique
Slovenia
UN
Day
Day
of the Seafarer
Events
of the day
National Catfish Day (United
States)
Statehood Day (Croatia)
Statehood Day (Slovenia)
Statehood Day (Virginia)
1678
– Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the
first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy
when she graduates from the University of
Padua.
1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned
Queen of Hungary.
1910 – The United States Congress passes
the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate
transport of females for “immoral purposes”;
the ambiguous language would be used to
selectively prosecute people for years to
come.
1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better
known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion
of South Korea by North Korea.
1960 – Two cryptographers working for the
United States National Security Agency left
for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected
to the Soviet Union.
1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global
satellite television program: Our World
1975 – The State of Emergency is declared
in India.
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay
pride is flown for the first time in the
San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become
an incorporated business in its home state
of Washington.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their
independence from Yugoslavia.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi
Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides
with the Russian space station Mir.
1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat
erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
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