June 5th 2013

Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan

June 6th 1986

Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself

June 7th 2001

Tony Blair’s Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election.

China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRCJune 8th 1996

 

June 9th 1997

British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

June 10th 2003

The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

June 11th 2012

The Nobel Prize is reduced by 20% to prevent any future undermining of capital

June 12th 2013

Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda

June 13th 2000

Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.

June 14th 2005

Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men’s 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium

June 15th 1994

Disney’s “Lion King,” opens in theaters with $42 million

June 16th 2012

Coca-Cola begins business in Myanmar after 60 years

June 17th 1994

OJ Simpson doesn’t turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours, eventually gives up (seen live on TV)

June 18th 2001

Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.

June 19th 2005

Michael Schumacher wins controversial Formula 1 United States Grand Prix where only 6 of 20 cars complete the race amongst ridicule

June 20th 1981

Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days

June 21th 2006

Pluto’s newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra.

June 22nd 1992

2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg identified as Tsar Nicholas II and wife

June 23rd 2013

India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket

June 24th 2012

Female athletes are allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time

June 25th 1997

Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop

June 26th 2013

Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in a leadership battle to become Australian Prime Minister

June 27th 2008

Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

June 28th 2004

Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.

June 29th 2002

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.

June 30th 1992

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.