On this day in 1837, Queen Victoria succeeded to the British throne.
On this day in 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
On this day in 1944, during World War II, the Battle of the Philippine Sea concluded with a decisive US naval victory.
On this day in 1963, the so-called "red telephone" link was established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
And on this day in 1991, the German Bundestag voted to move the capital from Bonn back to Berlin.