The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing’]
12 June 1997
Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre’]
11 June 2001
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh’]
10 June 1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre’]
9 June 1959
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)’]
8 June 2014
At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Jinnah_International_Airport_attack’]
7 June 1967
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War’]
6 June 1981
Bihar train disaster: A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati River. The government places…
5 June 1997
The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_Civil_War_(1997%E2%80%931999)’]
4 June 1896
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Quadricycle’]