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* [[1994]] – [[The Troubles]]: [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] members '''[[Loughinisland massacre|attacked a crowded bar]]''' in [[Loughinisland]], Northern Ireland, with [[assault rifle]]s, killing six. |
* [[1994]] – [[The Troubles]]: [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] members '''[[Loughinisland massacre|attacked a crowded bar]]''' in [[Loughinisland]], Northern Ireland, with [[assault rifle]]s, killing six. |
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* [[2009]] – [[NASA]] launched the '''[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''', its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years. |
* [[2009]] – [[NASA]] launched the '''[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]''', its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[Ambrose Philips]]'''<!--English poet--> |d|1749| '''[[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Lord Castlereagh]]'''<!--Irish/English statesman--> |b|1769| '''[[William Cobbett]]'''<!--English politician--> |d|1835| '''[[James Montgomery Flagg]]'''<!--American illustrator--> |b|1877| '''[[Alice T. Schafer]]'''<!--American mathematician--> |b|1915| '''[[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga of Greece]]''' |d|1926| '''[[Barack Obama Sr.|Barack Obama Sr.]]'''<!--Kenyan economist--> |b|1934 |
* Born/died: | '''[[Ambrose Philips]]'''<!--English poet--> |d|1749| '''[[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|Lord Castlereagh]]'''<!--Irish/English statesman--> |b|1769| '''[[William Cobbett]]'''<!--English politician--> |d|1835| '''[[James Montgomery Flagg]]'''<!--American illustrator--> |b|1877| '''[[Alice T. Schafer]]'''<!--American mathematician--> |b|1915| '''[[Olga Constantinovna of Russia|Queen Olga of Greece]]''' |d|1926| '''[[Barack Obama Sr.|Barack Obama Sr.]]'''<!--Kenyan economist--> |b|1934| '''[[Michael Hastings (journalist)|Michael Hastings]]'''<!--American journalist--> |d|2013 |
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* [[1982]] – The body of Italian banker '''[[Roberto Calvi]]''', nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the [[Holy See]], was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's [[Blackfriars Bridge]]. |
* [[1982]] – The body of Italian banker '''[[Roberto Calvi]]''', nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the [[Holy See]], was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's [[Blackfriars Bridge]]. |
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* [[2012]] – '''[[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]''' was appointed the [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|crown prince of Saudi Arabia]]. |
* [[2012]] – '''[[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]''' was appointed the [[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|crown prince of Saudi Arabia]]. |
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{{Born and died list| '''[[Rogier van der Weyden]]'''<!--Dutch painter--> |d|1464| '''[[ |
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| ; Father's Day in various countries (2017) | lead too short, self-contradictory |
| Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese calendar, 2018) | refimprove |
| 1053 – Humphrey of Hauteville led the armies of the Normans in the Battle of Civitate against the combined forces of Pope Leo IX and the Holy Roman Empire. | unreferenced section |
| 1264 – The Parliament of Ireland met at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature. | unreferenced sections |
| 1812 – The United States declared war against the United Kingdom, officially beginning the War of 1812. | refimprove section |
| 1908 – The University of the Philippines, the country's national university, was established. | refimprove section |
| 1979 – The United States and the Soviet Union signed the SALT II treaty, placing specific limits on each side's stock of nuclear weapons. | refimprove section |
| Andrew Forsyth |b|1858 | lead too short |
Eligible
- 618 – Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty, which would last for three centuries.
- 860 – Rus' forces sailed into the Bosporus in a fleet of about 200 vessels and started pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople.
- 1858 – Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.
- 1940 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.
- 1953 – A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
- 1954 – Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
- 1967 – American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in California.
- 1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
- 1983 – Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman and third one overall in space.
- 1983 – Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.
- 1994 – The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.
- 2009 – NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.
- Born/died: | Ambrose Philips |d|1749| Lord Castlereagh |b|1769| William Cobbett |d|1835| James Montgomery Flagg |b|1877| Alice T. Schafer |b|1915| Queen Olga of Greece |d|1926| Barack Obama Sr. |b|1934| Michael Hastings |d|2013
Notes
- Battle of Ligny/Battle of Quatre Bras appear on June 16, so Battle of Waterloo should not appear in the same year
- Monterey Pop Festival appears on June 16, so Jimi Hendrix should not appear in the same year
- Valentina Tereshkova appears on June 16, so Sally Ride should not appear in the same year
- Sultan bin Salman Al Saud appears on June 17, so Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Sultan's father) should not appear in the same year
Cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo
- 1757 – Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.
- 1815 – War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.
- 1972 – British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.
- 1982 – The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.
- 2012 – Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
- Rogier van der Weyden (d. 1464)
- Isabella Rossellini (b. 1952)
- Kofoworola Abeni Pratt (d. 1992)