CoM Moderators Posted June 21 Posted June 21 1749 - Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British - sparks Father Le Loutre's War 1946 - Federal judge in Seattle rules that club doesn't have to play returning serviceman 1948 - Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens 1948 - Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy) 1948 - 1st stored computer program runs on Manchester Mark I at a laboratory in Manchester University, England 1948 - HMT Empire Windrush with the first 800 emigrants from the West Indies to the UK arrives at Port of Tilbury near London 1970 - Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892 1994 - German tennis superstar Steffi Graf becomes first defending champion to lose in the 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to American Lorrie McNeal) 2003 - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" the 5th book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide in English 2024 - Landmark case in Namibia rules colonial laws banning same-sex between men are unconstitutional More Historical Events »
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