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Individual liberty anywhere is a threat to the Progressive-Collectivist Cause everywhere.
The Tunguska event occurs in Siberia (1908)
The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany (1934)
The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress (1935)
The SCOTUS rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults (1986)
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an event in the East Room to promote BigGov programs that have destroyed communities across the country (2009)
b: Oswald Pohl (1892), Walter Ulbricht (1893); d: Gregor Strasser (1934), Georgi Dobrovolski (1971)
France annexes Tahiti (1880)
Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia (1914)
Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by Soviet Union (1945)
The SCOTUS rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" (1972)
b: Stokely Carmichael (1941); d: Otto Seeck (1921)
Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday (1894)
Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity (1964)
Political refugee Elián González is returned to communist Cuba, in a victory for Attorney General Janet Reno (2000)
President Barack Obama hosts a reception in the East Room for LGBT Pride Month.
b: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1792), Carl Levin (1934), Leon Panetta (1938); d: Edward Carpenter (1929), Alexander Berkman (1936)