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’]
22 June 1990
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′]