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June 5th 1984
Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh’s holiest site, Golden Temple
June 6th 1994
Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham
June 7th 1989
For one second this day, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
June 8th 1937
World’s largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily
June 9th 1822
Charles Graham patents false teeth
June 10th 1752
Benjamin Franklin’s kite is struck by lightning
June 11th 1964
Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
June 12th 2004
Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving
June 13th 1933
German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established
June 14th 1989
Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
June 15th 1924
J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
June 16th 1991
Longest salami measuring 68’9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz made in Flekkefjord, Norway
June 17th 1885
Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City gifted by France
June 18th 1980
Mrs. Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds
June 19th 1991
Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
June 20th 1893
Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Massachusetts
June 21st 1988
Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon
June 22nd 1981
John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon
June 23rd 1848
Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone
June 24th 1938
500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
June 25th 2009
Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson’s death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief
June 26th 1977
Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career
June 27th 1693
1st woman’s magazine ‘The Ladies’ Mercury’ published (London)
June 28th 1838
Britain’s Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
June 29th 1983
Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse race
June 30th 1975
Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman