From The Daily:

June 2, 1999:

In an article headlined, “Student senator wants a seat for disabled students,” The Daily reported that, despite the UW being certified as compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, ASUW senator Todd Couture was trying to re-establish the Disabled Students Commission to act as a resource and advocate for disabled students. The commission had been disbanded five years earlier after the UW’s certification.

Source: The Daily archives

Around the World:

June 4, 1942:

The Battle of Midway began on this day. One of the most decisive WWII battles between the United States and Japan, the U.S. Navy (USN) was able to sink four Japanese aircraft carriers, losing only one in the process. In the six months leading up to the four-day battle, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had triumphed over the USN time and again.

The Japanese plan had been to feint toward Alaska and then lie in ambush of the U.S. forces at Midway, giving the USN no option but to attack a reinforced position. American intelligence forces, however, were able to crack the Japanese code, allowing the ambush to be reversed and leading to a staggering victory for the United States. With the losses sustained by the IJN, the two navies were on a more-level playing field, eventually tipping the war in favor of the United States.

June 6, 1949:

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four, a novel with a rather grim view of the future, is published. Orwell, aka Eric Blair, spent five years as a police officer in Burma and while there, developed severe class guilt, prompting him to abandon his post and return to England. The book portrays a future where the government is extremely oppressive and intrusive, and citizens are under constant watch to guard against individual thinking and gain.

June 7, 1866:

Seathl, a chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, died on this day. In the early 1850s, European-American settlers had begun establishing villages along the Puget Sound. Reports from the settlers indicate that they were welcomed and treated well by a local chief, Seathl. The settlers decided to name one of their new, small communities after him, and the village grew to become the modern city of Seattle, Wash.

June 7, 1893:

Indian lawyer Mohandas Gandhi refuses to comply with South African racial segregation rules. He spent the next several years working to defend the rights of Indians in South Africa, organizing his first mass civil disobenience in 1906. After seven years of protest, Gandhi was able to negotiate a compromise agreement with the South African government.

In 1914, he returned to India and supported Britain, India’s imperial controller, in WWI. However, he started new civil-disobedience campaigns against British mandatory conscription of Indians in 1919. Always nonviolent, Gandhi became the leader of the Indian movement for independence. After WWII, he was one of the main negotiators involved in India gaining independence in 1947.

SOURCE: HISTORY.COM/THIS-DAY-IN-HISTORY

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