Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
3 July 1863
American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett’s Charge.
29 June 1987
Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
28 June 1926
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
27 June 2013
NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
26 June 2008
A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.