Historical Events in June, Month of June Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| June 29, 1972 | The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. |
| June 29, 1972 | A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13. |
| June 23, 2013 | Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. |
| June 29, 1974 | Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill. |
| June 18, 1972 | Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes minutes after takeoff from London's Heathrow Airport. |
| June 29, 2006 | Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. |
| June 3, 1980 | An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists. |
| June 8, 1966 | An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. |
| June 29, 1974 | Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. |
| June 1, 1988 | European Central Bank is founded in Brussels. |
| June 26, 1945 | The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California. |
| June 5, 1997 | The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins. |
| June 26, 1948 | William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor. |
| June 8, 1861 | American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. |
| June 16, 1858 | Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois. |
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