June 30, 1964, the last of U.N. troops left Congo after a four-year effort to bring stability to the country

June 29, 1974, Isabel Peron is sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic after her husband falls ill becoming the first female Argentinian President  

June 28, 1942, German troops launched an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad

June 27, 1991, Yugoslav tanks, troops and aircraft sweep into the small republic of Slovenia, 48 hours after it declared independence

June 26, 1900, the United States announced that it would send troops to fight against the Boxer rebellion in China

June 25, 2005, ultra-conservative Mahmoud Admadinejad wins surprise victory in presidential poll in Iran

June 24, 1974, the UK Labour Government admits Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago

June 23, 1985, a passenger jet disintegrated in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board

June 22, 1980, the Soviet Union announced a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan

June 21, the Japanese island of Okinawa falls to the Americans after a long and bloody battle

June 20, 1976, hundreds of Americans and Britons are moved from Beirut and taken to safety in Syria by the US military, following the murder of the US ambassador

June 19, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President Roosevelt.

June 18, 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first black officer, Harvard University medical student Bernard Whitfield Robinson

June 17,1944, the republic of Iceland was established

June 16, 1996, Russian voters have their first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin is the winner after a run-off

June 15, 1964, the last French troops leave Algeria

June 14, 1940, the Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland

June 13, 1940, Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city

June 12 1985, the U.S. House of Representatives approved $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras

June 11, 1937, Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a purge of Red Army generals June 10, 1985, the Israeli Army pulled out of the Lebanon after 1,099 days of occupation

June 10, 1985, the Israeli Army pulled out of the Lebanon after 1,099 days of occupation
June 9 2015 Michael J Fox celebrates turning 54 - in 2014 Rik Mayall UK comedian and actor died on this day aged 56.  Also June 9, 1999, NATO and Yugoslavia sign a peace agreement over Kosovo
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June 8, 1904, U.S. Marines land in Tangiers, Morocco, to protect U.S. citizens

June 7, 1939, King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrives in the U.S. It is the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch.


June 6, 1813 the U.S. invasion of Canada is halted at Stony Creek, Ontario

June 5, 1967, the Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began
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June 4, 1989, the Chinese army storms a mass demonstration in Tienanmen Square, killing several hundred people

June 3, 1991, three members of the IRA are ambushed and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland acting on intelligence information

 June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London

June 1, 1978, the U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow
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June 1, 2015 - Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy dead at 55 - It was announced that former leader of the Liberal Democrats and well-respected politician Charles Kennedy died Monday aged 55.  ..........more