Thursday, June 28, 2012

29 June 2009

Yemenia Flight 626 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 152 people and leaving schoolgirl Bahia Bakari as the sole

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Saturday, June 23, 2012

24 June 1948

The Soviet Union makes travel over land between West Germany and West Berlin

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Friday, June 22, 2012

23 June 1982

American Vincent Chin is beaten to death in Highland Park, Michigan, by two car workers who had mistaken him for Japanese and who were angry about the success of Japanese car

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

20 June 1963

A hotline is established between the Soviet Union and the United States after the Cuban Missile

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

17 June 1972

Five White House staffers are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. This was called the Watergate

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

14 June 1789

"Mutiny on the Bounty" survivors including Captain William Bligh reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km journey in an open

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012

11 June 1963

A Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, burns himself with gasoline in Saigon to protest the lack of religious freedom in South

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

6 June 2002

A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya.

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Monday, June 4, 2012

5 June 1947

United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. This becomes known as the Marshal

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

4 June 1989

A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

3 June 1940

The Battle of Dunkirk is over with a German victory and with Allied forces in full

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