CNN Interactive - Almanac

The U.S. Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments on whether three Secret Service employees can be forced to testify in Monica Lewinsky investigation.
A pre-trial hearing for presidential friend Webster Hubbell, his wife and two associates will be held in Washington.

On Saturday, June 27, a U.N. panel is to meet in Montreal to begin negotiating a treaty to phase out toxic man-made chemicals.
On Sunday, June 28, the 12th annual World AIDS Conference begins in Geneva.
On Monday, June 29, United Auto Workers hold their triennial constitutional convention in Las Vegas.
On Tuesday, June 30, Caribbean leaders meet in St. Lucia to plan the future for the small island economies.
On Wednesday, July 1, the family of Princess Diana is scheduled to open to the public her childhood home and burial site in England.

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In 1483, Richard III of England began his rule, after deposing his nephew Edward V. Edward and his brother Richard were later murdered.
In 1541, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, was assassinated in his palace in Lima.
In 1794, the Austrians were defeated by the French at Fleurus, halting their conquest of Belgium.
In 1843, Hong Kong was proclaimed a British crown colony with Sir Henry Pottinger as its first governor.
In 1858, the Treaty of Tientsin was signed, ending hostilities between China and Great Britain and granting the latter trade rights.
In 1906, the first grand prix motor race was held, over two days at Le Mans, France.
In 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, succeeding the League of Nations.
In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower.
In 1960, the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar became independent from France as the Malagasy Republic.
In 1960, British Somaliland became independent and five days later merged with Italian Somaliland to become the Somali Republic.
In 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency and arrested hundreds of political opponents.
In 1976, a devastating earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Irian Jaya province; estimates of the death toll varied from 400 to 9,000.
In 1977, after 117 years of French rule, the East African state of Djibouti became independent.
In 1978, South Yemeni President Salim Rubai Ali was overthrown and executed.
In 1988, an Airbus A320 crashed after making a low pass over an air show in eastern France, killing three.
In 1989, a Soviet nuclear submarine carrying atomic weapons was crippled off the coast of Norway when a pipe burst in its reactor.
In 1995, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak survived an assassination bid unscathed when gunmen sprayed bullets at his armored limousine in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
In 1996, Afghan guerrilla leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul and took over as prime minister.