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Galileo was found guilty
Italy
Jun 22 1633
Wed 20:13:00
Galileo was found guilty, and the sentence of the Inquisition, issued on 22 June 1633, was in three essential parts: Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy", namely of having held the opinions that the Sun lies motionless at the center of the universe, that the Earth is not at its centre and moves, and that one may hold and defend an opinion as probable after it has been declared contrary to Holy Scripture. He was required to "abjure, curse, and detest" those opinions. He was sentenced to formal imprisonment at the pleasure of the Inquisition. On the following day this was commuted to house arrest, which he remained under for the rest of his life. His offending Dialogue was banned; and in an action not announced at the trial, publication of any of his works was forbidden, including any he might write in the future.
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1990 Manjil–Rudbar Earthquake
Mon Jun 21 990
The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred on June 21 at 00:30:14 local time in northern Iran. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.4 and a Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme). Widespread damage occurred to the northwest of the capital city of Tehran, including the cities of Rudbar and Manjil. The National Geophysical Data Center estimated that $8 billion in damage occurred in the affected area. Other earthquake catalogs presented estimates of the loss of life in the range of 35,000–50,000, with a further 60,000–105,000 that were injured.
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Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
The Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani
Wed Jun 21 1826
The Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani was a campaign during the Greek War of Independence that consisted of three battles. The Maniots fought against a combined Egyptian and Ottoman army under the command of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha
World War 1
Battle of Somme
Wed Jun 21 1916
The Battle of the Somme was an Anglo-French offensive of July to November 1916. The opening day of the offensive (1 July 1916) was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, suffering 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 dead. The entire Somme offensive cost the British Army some 420,000 casualties. The French suffered another estimated 200,000 casualties and the Germans an estimated 500,000.
Battle of Somme
Anna May Wong
Old San Francisco
Tue Jun 21 1927
Wong continued to be assigned supporting roles. Hollywood's Asian female characters tended toward two stereotypical poles: the naïve and self-sacrificing "Butterfly" and the sly and deceitful "Dragon Lady". In Old San Francisco (1927), directed by Alan Crosland for Warner Brothers, Wong played a "Dragon Lady", a gangster's daughter.
Anna May Wong
Charles de Gaulle
Armistice was signed
Fri Jun 21 1940
The armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed.
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Edward VIII
Birth
Sat Jun 23 1894
Edward was born on 23 June 1894 at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on the outskirts of London during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
King Edward VIII
The Wright brothers
The Flyer III
Fri Jun 23 1905
The Wrights scrapped the battered and much-repaired aircraft, but saved the engine, and in 1905 built a new airplane, the Flyer III. Nevertheless, at first this Flyer offered the same marginal performance as the first two. Its maiden flight was on June 23 and the first few flights were no longer than 10 seconds.
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Edward VIII
Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
Thu Jun 23 1910
He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester a month later on 23 June 1910, his 16th birthday.
King Edward VIII
Alan Turing
Born
Sun Jun 23 1912
Alan Turing was born on 23 June 1912, in Maida Vale, London, England.
Alan Turing
Hungarian–Romanian War
Hungary Signed an armistice With Czechoslovakia
Mon Jun 23 1919
On 23 June, Hungary signed an armistice with Czechoslovakia.
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Roman Empire
Servius Sulpicius Galba
Fri Jun 8 68
Servius Sulpicius Galba, born as Lucius Livius Ocella Sulpicius Galba, was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 68 to 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the position following Emperor Nero's suicide. Galba's physical weakness and general apathy led to him being selected over by favorites. Unable to gain popularity with the people or maintain the support of the Praetorian Guard, Galba was murdered by Otho, who became emperor in his place.
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Nero committed suicide
Sat Jun 9 68
A military coup drove Nero into hiding. Facing execution at the hands of the Roman Senate, he reportedly committed suicide in 68. According to Cassius Dio, Nero's last words were "Jupiter, what an artist perishes in me!".
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Titus Caesar Vespasianus
Sat Jun 24 79
Titus, Vespasian's successor, quickly proved his merit, although his short reign was marked by disaster, including the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. He held the opening ceremonies in the still unfinished Colosseum but died in 81.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties)
Battle of the Altai Mountains
Sat Jun 4 89
Han and allied forces defeated the army of the Northern Chanyu and accepted the surrender of two hundred thousand Xiongnu soldiers in the Altai Mountains.
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)
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Julianus was sentenced to death
Sun Jun 2 193
Julianus was sentenced to death.
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc, after World War II.
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In this collection, we list U.S. Presidents Stories. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the people through the Electoral College.
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The female characters affected history.
Sojourner Truth
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