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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Sweden" title="National Day of Sweden">National Day of Sweden</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1674" title="1674">1674</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji" title="Shivaji">Shivaji</a></b>, who led a resistance to free the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_(caste)" title="Maratha (caste)">Maratha</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil_Shahi_dynasty" title="Adil Shahi dynasty">Bijapur Sultanate</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>, was crowned the first <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati" title="Chhatrapati">chhatrapati</a></i> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1749" title="1749">1749</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1749_Muslim_slave_revolt_plot_in_Malta" title="1749 Muslim slave revolt plot in Malta">A plot by Muslim slaves</a></b> in Malta to assassinate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Pinto_da_Fonseca" title="Manuel Pinto da Fonseca">Manuel Pinto da Fonseca</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a> was uncovered.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: The British <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stoney_Creek" title="Battle of Stoney Creek">ambushed an American encampment</a></b> near present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoney_Creek,_Ontario" title="Stoney Creek, Ontario">Stoney Creek, Ontario</a>, capturing two senior officers.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912" title="1912">1912</a> – The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta" title="Novarupta">Novarupta</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Peninsula" title="Alaska Peninsula">Alaska Peninsula</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World <span class="nowrap">War II</span></a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a></b>, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">landing on the beaches of Normandy</a></b> in France.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_of_Xanten" title="Norbert of Xanten">Norbert of Xanten</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1134); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Patrick Henry</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1891); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scott" title="David Scott">David Scott</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932)</p>
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