| 2013 | Unemployment in France reaches a record level of 3.22 million people |
| 2013 | All living former U.S. Presidents, including George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, are present for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas |
| 2012 | In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional |
| 2012 | After a case of mad cow disease is reported in South Korea, retailers cease selling U.S. beef |
| 2011 | The U.S. government 'condemns' international media outlets, including 'The New York Times' for publishing confidential files |
| 2011 | On a mission to destroy Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO jets fly over Tripoli and knock out three television stations |
| 2010 | At least 80 schoolgirls attending different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; an inquiry is launched and the Taliban, opposed to female education, deny any involvement |
| 1997 | Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th home run |
| 1996 | "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater New York City |
| 1995 | "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater New York City for 79 performances |
| 1995 | 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 1994 | 14" of snow in Southern California |
| 1994 | Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed |
| 1994 | Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed |
| 1994 | King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns |
| 1994 | Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap |
| 1994 | Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan |
| 1993 | "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances |
| 1993 | Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader |
| 1992 | "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| 1992 | Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell |
| 1991 | "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances |
| 1991 | Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23) |
| 1991 | Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment |
| 1991 | Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City |
| 1990 | 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win |
| 1990 | Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery |
| 1990 | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's president |
| 1989 | Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York |
| 1989 | Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period |
| 1988 | "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel |
| 1988 | John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem |
| 1988 | NASA launches space vehicle S-211 |
| 1986 | ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5 |
| 1985 | "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances |
| 1985 | Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead |
| 1985 | For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game |
| 1985 | Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City |
| 1985 | West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust |
| 1984 | Rock group Wings disbands |
| 1984 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1983 | "Nightline" expands from 1/2 hour to a full hour |
| 1983 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1983 | Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election |
| 1983 | Yuri Andropov invites U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R. |
| 1982 | Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1982 | In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal |
| 1982 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic |
| 1982 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1982 | Yankees fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael |
| 1981 | Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) |
| 1981 | Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot |
| 1980 | A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan |
| 1980 | Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran |
| 1980 | Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb |
| 1980 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1979 | "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres |
| 1979 | Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect |
| 1978 | Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance |
| 1978 | Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more |
| 1977 | Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9 |
| 1977 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1976 | Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country |
| 1976 | India all out for 97 vs. West Indies |
| 1976 | Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
| 1976 | Portugal adopts constitution |
| 1976 | Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire |
| 1975 | 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao |
| 1975 | Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election |
| 1975 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1975 | West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1974 | Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy |
| 1974 | Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government |
| 1974 | Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution) |
| 1974 | NFL moves goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff |
| 1973 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1972 | Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12 |
| 1971 | About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington |
| 1971 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
| 1971 | U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire |
| 1971 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1970 | "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances |
| 1970 | Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold" |
| 1970 | Melanie releases "Lay Down" |
| 1969 | BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode |
| 1969 | Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS |
| 1968 | "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 512 performances |
| 1967 | Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland |
| 1967 | Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City |
| 1966 | Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium |
| 1965 | 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 |
| 1965 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational |
| 1964 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 |
| 1962 | Cleveland sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on |
| 1962 | Lion and Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated |
| 1962 | U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon |
| 1962 | U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island |
| 1962 | June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland |
| 1961 | "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances |
| 1961 | France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria |
| 1961 | Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin |
| 1961 | Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo |
| 1961 | Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit |
| 1961 | Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad |
| 1960 | 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton |
| 1959 | St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping |
| 1957 | 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated |
| 1957 | Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government |
| 1957 | WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 |
| 1956 | Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London |
| 1954 | Bell labs announces 1st solar battery |
| 1954 | British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested) |
| 1954 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher |
| 1954 | WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 |
| 1952 | American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter |
| 1952 | German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms |
| 1950 | Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) |
| 1950 | Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA |
| 1949 | Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel |
| 1949 | Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) |
| 1947 | Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ |
| 1947 | Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins |
| 1946 | "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48 |
| 1946 | Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London |
| 1945 | 45 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in SF |
| 1945 | Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java |
| 1945 | British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands |
| 1945 | Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission |
| 1945 | Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany |
| 1945 | Red army completely surrounds Berlin |
| 1945 | U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River |
| 1944 | United Negro College Fund incorporates |
| 1942 | Luftwaffe bombs Bath |
| 1941 | Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta |
| 1938 | 1st use of seeing eye dog |
| 1933 | New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0 |
| 1933 | U.S. and Canada drop Gold Standard |
| 1932 | Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City |
| 1928 | Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind |
| 1927 | Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen) |
| 1926 | Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan |
| 1926 | Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi |
| 1915 | 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli |
| 1905 | Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Australia season (NSW vs. Qld) |
| 1905 | Whites win right to vote in South Africa |
| 1904 | New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year |
| 1902 | Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game |
| 1901 | Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run |
| 1901 | New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) |
| 1901 | In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) |
| 1898 | U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba |
| 1896 | Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado) |
| 1896 | Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London |
| 1891 | President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco |
| 1886 | Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna |
| 1881 | 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany |
| 1881 | French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia |
| 1876 | Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) |
| 1875 | Latest date for measurable snow in New York City (3") |
| 1867 | Tokyo opens for foreign trade |
| 1864 | Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition) |
| 1862 | Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans |
| 1861 | 7th New York arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. |
| 1861 | Battle of Lavaca, Texas |
| 1859 | Ground broken for Suez Canal |
| 1850 | Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices |
| 1792 | Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier |
| 1747 | Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand |
| 1719 | Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" |
| 1707 | Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese |
| 1684 | Patent granted for thimble |
| 1678 | French troops conquer Ypres |
| 1660 | London Convention Parliament begins |
| 1660 | Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II |
| 1626 | Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld |
| 1614 | Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms |
| 1607 | Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet |
| 1604 | Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand |
| 1507 | Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America |
| 1449 | Anti-pope Felix V resigns |
| 1185 | Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family |
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