Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_Charlie’]
21 June 1963
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI’]
20 June 1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as “summer…
19 June 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964′]
18 June 1940
The “Finest Hour” speech is delivered by Winston Churchill. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_was_their_finest_hour’]
17 June 1944
Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_National_Day’]
16 June 2010
Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Control_Act_of_Bhutan_2010′]
15 June 1896
The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake’]
14 June 1940
World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_World_War_II’]
13 June 2007
The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing’]