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  • Iran
    Sunday Jun 2, 1963
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    The Feyziyeh madrasah speech

    Iran
    Sunday Jun 2, 1963

    On the afternoon of 'Ashura (3 June 1963), Khomeini delivered a speech at the Feyziyeh madrasah drawing parallels between the Sunni Muslim caliph Yazid, who is perceived as a 'tyrant' by Shias, and the Shah, denouncing the Shah as a "wretched, miserable man," and warning him that if he did not change his ways the day would come when the people would offer up thanks for his departure from the country.




  • Iran
    Tuesday Jun 4, 1963
    Ruhollah Khomeini

    Detained

    Iran
    Tuesday Jun 4, 1963

    On 5 June 1963 (15 of Khordad) at 3:00 am, two days after this public denunciation of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini was detained in Qom and transferred to Tehran.




  • Berlin, West Germany, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 26, 1963
    Berlin Wall

    John F. Kennedy supports

    Berlin, West Germany, Germany
    Wednesday Jun 26, 1963

    On 26 June 1963, 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall, U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin. Speaking from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000 he declared in his Ich bin ein Berliner speech the support of the United States for West Germany and the people of West Berlin.




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