The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt and Syria begins.
Author: Staff
4 June 1974
Inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, that causes the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
3 June 1992
Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia as the result of a court case: Mabo v Queensland.
2 June 1962
The most violent game in football’s history takes place during the 1962 FIFA World Cup game between Chile and Italy.
30 May 1972
Members of the Japanese Red Army kill 24 people and injure 78 others at Lod Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.
29 May 1953
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.