History by month
June
30 days of history. Every date is an entry point to the events, births, and moments that shaped our world.
June 1
1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman debuted in Action Comics #1, published o
June 2
1098 Crusader forces under Bohemond of Taranto captured Antioch on June 3, 1098, afte
June 3
1965 Ed White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965, during the
June 4
1989 Chinese military forces opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in and around Ti
June 5
1967 Israel launched a preemptive air strike against Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian
June 6
1944 The D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious milit
June 7
1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution to the Second Continental
June 8
632 Abu Bakr al-Siddiq became the first Caliph (successor) of Islam following the de
June 9
68 Nero committed suicide on June 9, 68 AD, reportedly driving a dagger into his th
June 10
1692 Bridget Bishop was the first person executed during the Salem witch trials, hang
June 11
June 12
1987 President Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June
June 13
1966 The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Miranda v. Arizona on June 13, 1966, establishing
June 14
1775 The Continental Congress resolved on June 14, 1775, to create a unified colonial
June 15
1215 English barons forced King John to affix his seal to Magna Carta at Runnymede on
June 16
1976 South African police opened fire on a crowd of approximately 10,000-20,000 Black
June 17
1631 Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal in 1631 as a mausoleum for
June 18
1815 Napoleon's last gamble ended at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, when Prussian reinfor
June 19
1964 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2 after it
June 20
1967 A Houston court stripped Muhammad Ali of his heavyweight title on June 20, 1967,
June 21
1788 New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the US Constitution on June 21, 1
June 22
1940 Hitler forced the French armistice delegation to sign their surrender in the sam
June 23
1988 NASA climatologist James Hansen testified before the Senate Energy and Natural R
June 24
1948 The Soviet Union blockaded all road, rail, and waterway access to West Berlin on
June 25
1950 North Korean People's Army forces crossed the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950, in
June 26
2000 Scientists from the Human Genome Project (publicly funded) and Celera Genomics (
June 27
1969 Patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York, fought b
June 28
1914 Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old Bosnian Serb nationalist, shot Archduke Franz Fer
June 29
1995 Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir on June 29, 199
June 30
1905 Albert Einstein submitted his paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" to