June 2009

Stonewall Riots

Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village; patrons fought back in clashes considered the birth of the gay rights movement.

U.N. passes resolution to help South Korea repel invasion from the North

U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North

American forces capture French port of Cherbourg

World War II, American forces completed their capture of the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans.

New York stock market crashes

New York stock market crashes

New York and Boston linked by telegraph

New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires.

Mormon leader Joseph Smith killed by a mob

Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.

North Korea captures Seoul

North Korean forces captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Federal Housing Administration

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Housing Act, which established the Federal Housing Administration.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated sparking WWI

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist — the event which sparked World War I.

Queen Victoria was crowned

Queen Victoria was crowned