TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1494 - Spain and Portugal divided the new lands they had discovered between themselves.

1498 - Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of exploration.

1546 - Peace of Ardes ended the war between France and England.

1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France.

1770 - Lieutenant James Cook names Palm Island, off Australia’s eastern coast.

1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.

1825 - Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) officially separates from New South Wales.

1863 - Mexico City was captured by French troops.

1892 - J.F. Palmer patented the cord bicycle tire.

1900 - Boxer rebels cut the rail links between Peking and Tientsin in China.

1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.

1935 - Pierre Laval received emergency powers to save the franc.

1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in the US It was the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.

1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days.

1942 - Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians.

1944 - Off of the coast of Normandy, France, the

Susan B Anthony sank. All 2689 people aboard survived.

1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.

1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.