On This Day in History June 23, 2018

930  World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established 1868  Christopher Latham Sholes patents the typewriter with a QWERTY keyboard 1894  The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin 1960  1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S. 1972  Hurricane Agnes becomes America's costliest natural disaster, effecting 15 states, with 119 deaths and $3 billion in damage 1974  1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space 2016  United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in their "Brexit" referundum 1713 The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada 1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1757 Robert Clive defeats army led by Suraja Dowlaat Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1758 Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld - British forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany 1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia 1775 1st regatta held on river Thames, England 1780 American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township 1784 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang 1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris 1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use 1860 US Congress establishes Government Printing Office1900 British Governor Frederick Hodgson and some of his British supporters flee Fort Coomassie, Gold Coast, Africa, where they have been under siege since 6 April 1900 The Young Turks present a manifesto to the major foreign embassies in Constantinople demanding that these foreign powers end the Ottoman Sultan's rule 1900 14th U.S. Women's National Championship: Myrtle McAteer beats Edith Parker (6-2, 6-2, 6-0) 1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce 1906 20th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Homans beats Maud Barger-Wallach (6-4, 6-3) 1908 The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro's government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899 1908 Shah Mohammed Ali leads a successful counter-revolution in Persia, aided by the Russian legation and a Cossack brigade 1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections 1915 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 1915 Italians launch the first of what will become 11 battles to dislodge the Austrians from the Isonzo River, which keeps the Italians from Trieste 1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out & retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1917 31st U.S. Women's National Championship: Molla Bjurstedt beats Marion Vanderhoef (4-6, 6-0, 6-2) 1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates 1919 Nitti government forms in Italy1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers 1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 1926 8th government of Briand van France forms 1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1926 The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA1993 Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband's John Wayne Bobbitt's penis 1993 United Nations authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti 1993 Nigeria's military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, annuls results of presidential elections and halts a return to democracy 1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in United Nations 1994 Replay shows Oakland Athletics's Bobby Witt beat Kansas City's Greg Gagne to 1st in 6th but umpire Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, ruining Witt's perfect game 1994 Opération Turquoise: 2,500 French troops head into Rwanda to protect civilians under the mandate of the United Nations 1994 Moshood Abiola is accused of treason and arrested after declaring himself president of Nigeria 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 performances 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in JapanFilm release premierFilm Premier 2011 "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox premieres at the Moscow Film Festival Actor Shia LaBeouf Actor Shia LaBeouf Actress Megan Fox Actress Megan Fox 2012 Greece proposes to slow down austerity measures by two years 2012 A coach crashes in Croatia killing 8 Czech tourists and injuring 44 2012 76 monks are hospitalized in Thailand following an attack by a swarm of bees 2013 9 tourists and 1 tour guide are killed after gunmen storm a hotel near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan 2013 18 Romanians are killed and 32 are injured after a bus crash in Montenegro 2013 India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket2014 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is re-elected President of Mauritania 2016 Ceasefire agreement signed between Colombian government and Farc rebels - ending more than 50 years of conflict 2016 Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from band Spirit in a Los Angeles court 2016 United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in their "Brexit" referundum 2016 Storms and widespread flooding in West Virginia leave at least 24 dead2017 Saudi Arabia and allies, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain issue list of 13 conditions to Qatar in return for lifting sanctions, including closing Al Jazeera TV 2017 Landslide in Xinmo village, Sichuan province, China kills 15 with more than 100 missing