07-06-2012, 14:32
1099 – The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1329 - Robert I (the Bruce), king of Scotland died. He earned a place in Scottish history for his legendary victory over the English at Bannockburn in 1314.
1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania was launched at the John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank, Glasgow. At the time she was the world's fastest and largest liner.
1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived at Niagara Falls, New York, from Canada, the first visit to the United States by a reigning British monarch.
1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1998 – James Byrd, Jr. of Texas is killed when white supremacists drag him behind a pickup truck along an asphalt pavement.
2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
1329 - Robert I (the Bruce), king of Scotland died. He earned a place in Scottish history for his legendary victory over the English at Bannockburn in 1314.
1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania was launched at the John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank, Glasgow. At the time she was the world's fastest and largest liner.
1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived at Niagara Falls, New York, from Canada, the first visit to the United States by a reigning British monarch.
1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1998 – James Byrd, Jr. of Texas is killed when white supremacists drag him behind a pickup truck along an asphalt pavement.
2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.