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 26, 1978 | Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. |
| June 17, 1953 | Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. |
| June 26, 2013 | Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others. |
| June 1, 1962 | Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. |
| June 25, 1996 | The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
| 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 1, 1964 | Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its first President. |
| June 19, 1991 | The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn. |
| June 20, 1921 | Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike. |
| June 1, 1958 | Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. |
| June 26, 221 | Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. |
| 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 11, 1963 | John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights. |
| June 28, 1964 | Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. |
| June 8, 1953 | An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes. |
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