Historical Events in June, Month of June Events
Here is a list of some historical events in June. You can learn What major event happened in June?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| June 9, 1923 | Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. |
| June 20, 1180 | First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan. |
| June 8, 2007 | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. |
| June 5, 1946 | A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people. |
| June 7, 1866 | One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East. |
| June 16, 2015 | American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election. |
| June 17, 1994 | Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. |
| June 12, 1963 | NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the civil rights movement. |
| June 23, 1959 | Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. |
| June 13, 2018 | Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal. |
| June 27, 1358 | The Republic of Ragusa is founded. |
| June 7, 1099 | First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins. |
| June 2, 1793 | French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror. |
| June 20, 451 | Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. |
| June 19, 1800 | War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria. |
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