Today:
1838: Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo, an event that triggered the start of World War I.
1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, officially ending World War I.
1950: North Korean forces captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, during the Korean War.
1969: The Stonewall riots began in New York City, marking the start of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
1978: The United States Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke that racial quotas in college admissions were unconstitutional.
1997: Mike Tyson was disqualified from the WBA Heavyweight Championship for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear.
2004: The United States handed over sovereignty to the interim government of Iraq two days earlier than planned.
2005: The Spanish Parliament legalized same-sex marriage in Spain.
2016: The United States Army lifted its ban on transgender people serving openly in the military.