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16 June 1858
President Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
14 June 1959
The Disneyland Monorail System (the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere) opens to the public.
13 June 1952
A Swedish Douglas DC3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG15 fighter to create the Catalina affair.
12 June 1987
At the Brandenburg Gate, the USA President, Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
11 June 1972
The Eltham Well Hall rail crash kills six people and injures 126. The driver was intoxicated
10 June 1886
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts. One hundred and fifty three people are killed and the Pink and White Terraces are destroyed.
8 June 1987
New Zealand establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.