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June 7, 2000 | The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon. |
June 2, 1896 | Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph. |
June 28, 1940 | Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum. |
June 26, 1940 | World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina. |
June 4, 1989 | Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election, the first election since the Communist Polish United Workers Party abandoned its monopoly of power. It sparks off the Revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe. |
June 26, 1906 | The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans. |
June 17, 1631 | Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. |
June 24, 2010 | At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history. |
June 8, 1928 | Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital"). |
June 17, 1922 | Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. |
June 6, 1859 | Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day. |
June 17, 1967 | Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. |
June 15, 1896 | One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people. |
June 26, 1857 | The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London. |
June 19, 1965 | Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state. |
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