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 22, 1940 | World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918. |
| June 7, 1692 | Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured. |
| June 1, 1495 | A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. |
| June 18, 1948 | Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. |
| June 13, 1977 | Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before. |
| June 15, 2001 | Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| June 19, 1306 | The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. |
| June 17, 1861 | American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia. |
| June 3, 1950 | Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. |
| June 30, 2007 | A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before. |
| June 1, 1961 | The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history. |
| June 3, 1665 | James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. |
| June 19, 2018 | Antwon Rose II was fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting. |
| June 12, 2014 | Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[20] on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It's the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11. |
| June 1, 1999 | American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock. |
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