June 7, 570: Birth of Muhammed in Mecca. 1862: Former gambler William Bruce Mumford, who tore down a flag flying over the US Mint, was hanged for treason.

June 8, 632: Death of Muhammed. Medina, Arabia. 1937: American Medical Association recognizes right to birth control. 1999: Thousands of Iranian students protest for six days for greater freedom; largest public demonstration since the 1979 revolution.

June 9, 1623: English negotiate treaty with Potomac River tribes; after a toast symbolizing eternal friendship, Chiskiack chief and 200 followers drop dead from poisoned wine.

June 10, 1871: American military force landed in Korea to "protect US interests." 1975: Release of Rockefeller Commission report detailing a secret CIA-sponsored domestic program, CHAOS, that monitored over 300,000 anti-war dissidents and organizations in the United States.

June 11, 1963: Buddhist monk immolates himself in front of US embassy in protest against US-sponsored South Vietnamese dictatorship. 1984: US Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally.

June 12, 1963: NAACP leader Medgar Evars assassinated, Jackson, Mississippi. His murderer is not convicted until 1994. 1964: Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment after conviction for "sabotaging" South African government.

June 13, 1900: China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians. 1966: US Supreme Court's now-eviscerated Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights. 1971: First installment of "The Pentagon Papers" published by the New York Times.

June 14, 1846: Bear Flag revolt: California Republic declared by settlers. 1968: Child-care expert Dr. Benjamin Spock and three others convicted of conspiring to counsel draft evasion.

June 15, 1913: US troops finally end the Moro Uprising in the Philippines by exterminating 600 men, women and children in an assault on the same crater where an entire community was similarly liquidated on 8 March 1906.

June 16, 1873: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting. 1972: UN Declaration on the Environment, Stockholm. 1980: US Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs can be patented.

June 17, 1963: US Supreme Court bans mandatory Bible readings in public schools. 2003: Canada legalizes gay marriage.

June 18, 1812: US Congress passes declaration of war against England to protect "seamen's rights and free trade." Hostilities began with a US attempt to conquer Canada. British Navy invades and sacks new US capitol at Washington, D.C. 1942: Jews ordered to surrender all electrical goods, bicycles, and typewriters, Germany.

June 19, 1898: Guam is shelled by the U.S.S. Charleston. The Island's Spanish governor, unaware his country had gone to war with the US, apologized for the fact that a lack of ammunition rendered him unable to return the salute. Guam is still a US territory as a result of this war.

June 20, 1782: The United States chooses the Eagle as its symbol. A pig was proposed and seriously considered. 1967: Saboteurs--allegedly members of the Ku Klux Klan--blow up four private houses and a barber shop in McComb, Mississippi.