Suicide bombing of Karrada in Baghdad kills at least 341 people.
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’]
24 June 1982
“The Jakarta Incident”: British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the…
23 June 2016
The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum’]