1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812.
1865 The CSS Shenandoah fires the last shot of the American Civil War in the Bering Strait to indicate surrender.
1900 In China, practically the whole foreign community in Peking, including many Chinese Christians, retreat to British compounds.
1911 King George V crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and all his realms and territories beyond the sea.
1940 France surrenders to Nazi Germany, with the northern half of the country occupied and the south established as the Nazi client state Vichy France.
1941 Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union during WWII, the largest military operation in human history.
1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon.
1943 617 Squadron (Dambusters) attends investiture at Buckingham Palace, Commanding Officer Guy Gibson awarded the Victoria Cross.
1972 The Irish Republican Army announce that it would call a ceasefire from 26 June 1972 provided that there is a "reciprocal response" from the security forces.
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