Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
- World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy’s actions with his “Stab in the Back” speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
- World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
- World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
- World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
- World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
- World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
- In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
- Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
- Saab produces its first automobile.
- John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
- Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program
- United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill’s passage.
- The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
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- The Gateway Arch opens to the public.
- Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
- The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
- The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
- British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities
- Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
- Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
- Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen’s family members.
- Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon’s first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
- The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
- The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
- Wicked opens on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
