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 6, 2017 | Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). |
| June 20, 1840 | Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. |
| 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 18, 1757 | Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War. |
| June 5, 1942 | World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. |
| June 8, 1972 | Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. |
| June 17, 1989 | Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. |
| June 20, 1988 | Haitian President Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant general Henri Namphy. |
| June 15, 1800 | The Provisional Army of the United States is dissolved. |
| June 20, 1945 | The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip. |
| June 12, 1550 | The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden. |
| June 5, 1893 | The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts. |
| June 3, 1963 | Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. |
| June 24, 1340 | Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III. |
| June 19, 1586 | English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. |
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