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 18, 1945 | William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II. |
| June 26, 2006 | Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest. |
| June 24, 1950 | Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races. |
| June 26, 1407 | Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. |
| June 4, 1940 | World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. |
| June 19, 1943 | The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II. |
| June 11, 1942 | Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. |
| June 3, 1861 | American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia. |
| June 8, 1862 | American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along with the Battle of Port Republic the next day, prevents Union forces from reinforcing General George B. McClellan in his Peninsula campaign. |
| June 23, 1947 | The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act. |
| June 23, 1972 | Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. |
| June 28, 1969 | Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. |
| June 25, 1940 | World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect. |
| June 27, 1928 | The Rovaniemi township decree was promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi seceded from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929. |
| June 1, 1794 | The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. |
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