1633 Galileo Galilei recants his "heretical" position that the Earth orbiting the Sun was at odds with the Bible and church teaching (Vatican apologizes in Oct 1992 for how it handled the case) 1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II 1772 Somerset v Stewart court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encouraging the abolitionist movement 1848 Beginning of the June Days uprising in Paris by French workers 1865 The CSS Shenandoah fires the last shot of the American Civil War in the Bering Strait to indicate surrender | 
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