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June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
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American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United Stat...
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The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioni...
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A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American fo...
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A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
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The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest de...
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supr...
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Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
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