Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Timothy McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran who became infamous for orchestrating the…
10 June 1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered. The Myall Creek Massacre was a horrific event that occurred on 10 June 1838 in New South…
9 June 1979
The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park in Sydney on the night of June…
8 June 1783
Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. Laki, also known as Lakagígar, is…
7 June 1099
First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins The Siege of Jerusalem in 1099 was the climactic event of the First Crusade, marking both its bloody…
6 June 1985
The grave of “Wolfgang Gerhard” is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “Angel of…
5 June 1644
The Qing dynasty’s Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty. The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) was the…
4 June 1943
A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo. Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo, born on 20 November 1873 in Ancasti, Catamarca, was an Argentine lawyer, judge,…
3 June 1940
During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris. In June 1940, during the German invasion of France in World War II, the Luftwaffe conducted…
2 June 1909
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. Alfred Deakin was a pivotal figure in Australian political history, serving as the nation’s…