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 1, 1990 | Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. |
| June 7, 1692 | Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured. |
| June 10, 1944 | In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. |
| June 11, 1919 | Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown. |
| June 5, 2006 | Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. |
| June 5, 1862 | As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. |
| June 13, 1895 | Émile Levassor wins the world's first real automobile race. Levassor completed the 732-mile course, from Paris to Bordeaux and back, in just under 49 hours, at a then-impressive speed of about 15 miles per hour. |
| June 17, 1789 | In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. |
| June 8, 1861 | American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. |
| June 13, 1990 | First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections. |
| June 29, 2002 | Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. |
| June 1, 1854 | Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| June 19, 1586 | English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. |
| June 9, 1856 | Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail. |
| June 14, 1994 | The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. |
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