Firecrest

June 19, 1962 - Slavery is outlawed in US territories.

sunnykerr

April 20, 1974 ~ 'The Troubles', the Northern Ireland conflict between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, British security forces, and civil rights groups, claims its 1000th victim.

Firecrest

June 20, 1214 - The University of Oxford receives it's charter.

sunnykerr

June 22, 1633 ~ Galileo Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (Vatican only admits it was wrong on Oct 31, 1992!)

Firecrest

June 23, 1960 - The contraception pill was made available in the United States.

sunnykerr

June 25, 1678 ~ Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy, the 1st woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD,

Firecrest

June 27, 1847 - New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.

sunnykerr

June 29, 1949 ~ South Africa begins implementing apartheid with making mixed marriages illegal.

Firecrest

June 29, 1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.

sunnykerr

June 30, 1860 ~ Famous debate on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce.

Firecrest

June 30, 1938 - Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1

sunnykerr

July 1, 1867 ~ The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec; with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister.

Firecrest

July 1, 1858 - Canada mints first coins

sunnykerr

July 2, 1990 ~ 1,426 pilgrims are trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Firecrest

July 3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a major victory for the Union during the US Civil War.