June 1. 1843: Sojourner Truth begins abolition lecture tour across U.S. 1925: General Strike in Shanghai begins. Part of ongoing labor insurgency throughout all China's industrial cities. 1981: Domingo and Viernes, two Filipino longshoreman union organizers, assassinated in Seattle; the killings are later found to have been ordered by the U.S.-backed Marcos dictatorship.

June 2. 1863: Harriet Tubman frees 750 slaves in raid. 1988: Singer James Brown's wife Adrienne claims diplomatic immunity while fighting numerous traffic violations on grounds that she is the wife of the "Official Ambassador of Soul." 1989: 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

June 3. 1657: The Parliamentarian Army kidnaps Charles I, Britain. 1906: Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession. 1948: Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

June 4. 1789: U.S. constitution goes into effect. 1864: The legendarily alcoholic Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's military tactics during his first month in command of the Union Armies result in the deaths of 60,000 Union soldiers--more Americans than killed in the entire Vietnam War. He is later rewarded with the Presidency. 1989: Chinese army massacres at least 2,000 unarmed student demonstrators, Tienanmen Square, Beijing. Chinese government still officially denies any deaths occurred.

June 5. 753: St. Boniface slain by Druids for chopping down sacred tree. 1878: Revolutionist Francisco "Pancho" Villa born, San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico. 1967: 40 Chicanos stage armed raid on Tierra Armarilla, New Mexico. The group claimed 2,500 square miles of territory in New Mexico, which they said Spain granted to their ancestors. Two policemen were wounded, and 11 prisoners at the County Court House were "liberated." 1991: Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church.

June 6. 1780: Rebellious hordes storm and set fire to Newgate Prison in London. 1889: Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks. 1970: Officials gather at Charleston Air Force Base to celebrate the arrival of the first operational C-5A. As it touches down, the tire on one wheel blows out, and a second wheel falls off the landing gear and bounces down the runway. 1989: Greenpeace officials announce at least 50 nuclear weapons & 9 nuclear reactors via U.S. and Soviet naval accidents were lost on the ocean floor since World War II. Using data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the group (in conjunction with the Institute for Policy Studies) found over 2,000 major peacetime naval accidents had occurred since 1945, resulting in some 2,800 deaths.

June 7. 1712: Pennsylvania State Assembly bans slavery. 1981: Israel bombs suspected Iraqi nuclear installation. 1988: Palestinian Liberation Organization announces its willingness to recognize Israel's right to exist.