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 11, 1488 | Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king. |
| June 21, 1798 | Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. |
| June 21, 1945 | World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island. |
| June 24, 1989 | Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. |
| June 20, 1975 | The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters". |
| June 26, 1909 | The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity. |
| June 23, 2016 | The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. |
| June 27, 2007 | The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre. |
| June 20, 1972 | Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex. |
| June 16, 1760 | French and Indian War: Robert Rogers and his Rangers surprise French held Fort Sainte Thérèse on the Richelieu River near Lake Champlain. The fort is raided and burned. |
| June 17, 1876 | American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. |
| June 23, 1913 | Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. |
| June 22, 2009 | A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured. |
| June 5, 2003 | A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50 °C (122 °F) in the region. |
| June 9, 1954 | Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" |
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