1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1738 – Real Academia de la Historia (“Royal Academy of History”) is founded in Madrid.
1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens.
1934 – Some $5000 dollars from the ransom paid in the Lindbergh kidnapping is recovered out of ( $50,000 ) and a man is in custody with ongoing investigations by federal authorities
1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
1949 – The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
1955 – Celebrated physicist and Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein died today at the age of 76.
1955 – Amschel Rothschild, banker – Birthed
1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
1962 – Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian was born.
1963 – Conan O’Brien, American actor, screenwriter, producer, and talk show host was born.
1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.
2012 – Dick Clark, American radio and television personality, dies from a heart attack at 82
2012 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (b. 1929) died.
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