France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly rejects the European Constitution, throwing the idea of a European Union into question and leaving the continent in a state of anxiety and uncertainty (see French referendum on the European Constitution)
2005
Dan Wheldon wins a history-making 89th Indianapolis 500, in that Danica Patrick finishes fourth (the highest position ever obtained by a female driver) and also becomes the first ever to lead a lap.
2004
World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC
1999
In Jerusalem, Israel, Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".
1994
Herbert Shughart refuses to shake hands with President Bill Clinton following a presentation of posthumous Congressional Medals of Honour to the widows of two soldiers for valour in Somalia. "You are not fit to be president of the United States," said Shughart Senior. "The blame for my son’s death rests with the White House and with you. You are not fit to command." President Clinton replied to Mrs. Shughart, "What’s he jumping on me for? I didn’t kill the kid!" [1][2]
1985
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia after 14 months.
1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
1977
Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
1953
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1950
St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1919
Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirm Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (see Arthur Eddington).
1917
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963), is born.
1914
Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
1913
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
1886
Putney Bridge opened in west London.
1886
Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
1867
Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary
1864
Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1848
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1733
Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
1727
Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1677
Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.
1660
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England.
1453
Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1414
Council of Constance.
1167
Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.