NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
Author: Staff
3 July 1996
British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
28 June 1969
Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
27 June 1976
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe’]
26 June 1927
The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island_Cyclone’]
25 June 1948
Cold War: The Berlin airlift begins [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade#Start_of_the_Berlin_Airlift’]