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, 1939 | First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. |
| June 15, 2001 | Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
| June 10, 1871 | Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. |
| June 24, 2022 | In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion is not protected by the U.S. Constitution, overturning the court's prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). |
| June 7, 1892 | Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. |
| June 30, 1422 | Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. |
| June 18, 1965 | Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. |
| June 13, 1325 | Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years). |
| 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. |
| June 7, 1944 | World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini. |
| June 14, 1822 | Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society. |
| June 10, 1918 | The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. |
| June 16, 1930 | Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. |
| June 13, 1971 | Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. |
| June 11, 1964 | World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance. |
You can click on the link of the days below to learn what happened in the world in June.
Events by Month
Discover Events by Month