10 June 2007

A Sunday in history

Weekday

Sunday

Season

Summer (N. Hemisphere)

Century

21st century

Records

416

  1. 2024

    A plane crash in Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima.

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  2. 2008

    War in Afghanistan: A U.S. airstrike resulted in the reported deaths of eleven paramilitary members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.

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  3. 2008

    Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashed on landing at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 of the 214 occupants on board.

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  4. 1991

    Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.

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  5. 1987

    Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out across South Korea.

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  6. 1968

    The Royal New Zealand Navy adopted a unique white ensign, to distinguish its vessels from those of the Royal Navy.

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  7. 1957

    Led by John Diefenbaker (pictured), the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of House of Commons seats in the Canadian federal election.

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  8. 1935

    American physician Bob Smith had his last alcoholic drink, marking the traditional founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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  9. 1925

    The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, held its inaugural service at the Mutual Street Arena in Toronto.

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  10. 1918

    World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast, killing 89 of the crew.

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  11. 1916

    Hussein, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and independent Arab state.

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  12. 1913

    During a labor strike in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police opened fire into a crowd of strikers, killing one and injuring several others.

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  13. 1886

    Mount Tarawera, a volcano in New Zealand's North Island, erupted (depicted), killing around 120 people and creating the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.

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  14. 1861

    American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in York County, Virginia.

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  15. 1838

    At least 28 unarmed Indigenous Australians were massacred at Myall Creek, New South Wales.

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  16. 1786

    Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock, causing a flood that killed an estimated 100,000 people.

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  17. 1782

    King Rama I moved into the Grand Palace in Bangkok, which has remained the royal residence of Siam and Thailand since then.

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  18. 1692

    Bridget Bishop became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.

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  19. 1624

    Thirty Years' War: France and the Dutch Republic concluded the Treaty of Compiègne, a mutual defence alliance.

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  20. 1329

    Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The heavily armed Byzantine army was defeated by Ottoman forces at the Battle of Pelekanon.

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  21. 1190

    Third Crusade: Frederick Barbarossa (pictured), Holy Roman Emperor, drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.

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  22. 731

    Tatwine was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.

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