1849 – The absolute monarchy in Denmark was abolished and replaced by a new constitution that established a constitutional monarchy with a parliament, as well as freedom of the press, religious freedom, and the right to hold meetings and form associations.
1873 – Sultan Bargash bin Said under British pressure closes the infamous slave market of Zanzibar in modern day Tanzania
1947 – US Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the “Marshall Plan” to rebuild Western Europe
1963 – State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
1967 – Six-day war begins between Israel and the neighboring Arab states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria
1968 – Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan shoots Robert F. Kennedy three times, who dies the next day and wounds 5 others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California
1981 – AIDS Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles
1981 – World’s first today in history program with editable data “TODAY”, invented by Michael Butler runs for the first time on a mainframe computer
1984 – Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh’s holiest site, the Golden Temple in Amritsar
Births & Deaths: 1883 – English economist, journalist, and financier John Maynard Keynes, best known for his revolutionary economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment, was born.
Sport: 1985 – Steve Cauthen wins aboard Slip Anchor at Epsom Downs to become the only jockey to win both the Kentucky Derby (1978) and The Derby
Music: 1945 – Benjamin Britten’s opera “Peter Grimes” premieres in London
TV & Film: 1987 – “Nightline” presents its 1st “Town Meeting” the subject is AIDS & the show runs until 3:47 AM
