June 30, 1964, the last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year effort to bring stability to the country
June 29, 1974, Isabel Peron is sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic after her husband falls ill becoming the first female Argentinian President
June 28, 1942, German troops launched an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad
June 27, 1991, Yugoslav tanks, troops and aircraft sweep into the small republic of Slovenia, 48 hours after it declared independenceJune 26, 1900, the United States announced that it would send troops to fight against the Boxer rebellion in ChinaJune 25, 2005, ultra-conservative Mahmoud Admadinejad wins surprise victory in presidential poll in IranJune 24, 1974, the UK Labour Government admits Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago
June 23, 1985, a passenger jet disintegrated in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on boardJune 22, 1980, the Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan
June 21, the Japanese island of Okinawa falls to the Americans after a long and bloody battleJune 20, 1976, hundreds of Americans and Britons are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassadorJune 19, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President RooseveltJune 18, 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield RobinsonJune 17,1944, the republic of Iceland was establishedJune 16, 1996, Russian voters have their first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin is the winner after a run-off
June 15, 1964, the last French troops leave AlgeriaJune 14, 1940, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland
June 13, 1940, Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the cityJune 12 1985, the U.S. House of Representatives approved $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras |
June 9, 1999, NATO and Yugoslavia sign a peace agreement over KosovoJune 8, 1904, U.S. Marines land in Tangiers, Morocco, to protect U.S. citizens
June 5, the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan beganJune 4, 1989, the Chinese army storms a mass demonstration in Tiananmen Square, killing several hundred people
June 10, 1937, Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a purge of Red Army generals
June 7, 1939, King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrives in the U.S. It is the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarchJune 6, 1813 the U.S. invasion of Canada is halted at Stony Creek, OntarioJune 3, 1991, three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence informationJune 2, 1553, Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London
June 1, 1978, the U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow
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