{"id":10262,"date":"2012-06-04T14:41:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T09:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=10262"},"modified":"2017-04-13T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T09:44:55","slug":"this-month-in-history-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/others\/general\/this-month-in-history-june\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in History ( JUNE )"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latin Junius mensis “month of Juno” <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Junius had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long.
\nJuno is the principle goddess of the Roman Pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage and the well-being of women. She is the wife and sister of Jupiter. She is identified with the Greek goddess Hera.<\/p>\n

June Birth Flower
\nRose.
\nHistory<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The celebration of birthdays is said to have first been observed in ancient Roman times. According to Birth Stones, friends and family of the birthday person would bring flowers as gifts and the giving of particular flowers for each month originated at these times. Roses were also used in Victorian times to convey messages between lovers—the colour of the flower being the indicator of the intended message
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the Birthstone for June?
\nPearl, Ruby, Emerald<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

June 1<\/span><\/b>
\n2001
\nThe heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride
\n1948
\nIsrael and Arabs agree to a cease fire
\n1949
\nTransjordan renamed Jordan<\/p>\n

June 2 <\/span><\/b>
\n2010
\nForeign ministers of the Arab League meet in Cairo and agree to ask the UN Security Council to force Israel to end its blockade of Gaza
\n1964
\nLal Bahadur Shastri elected premier of India
\n
\nJune 3 <\/span><\/b>
\n1989
\nChinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
\n1970
\n1st artificial gene synthesized
\n1098
\nAfter 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey<\/p>\n

June 4 <\/span><\/b>
\n1971
\nZaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
\n1940
\nThe synthetic rubber tire unveiled
\n1912
\nMassachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law<\/p>\n

June 5 <\/span><\/b>
\n1993
\nSomali warlord Aididi murders 23 Pakistani
\n1984
\nIndira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh’s holiest site, Golden Temple
\n1873
\nSultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar<\/p>\n

June 6 <\/span><\/b>
\n2006
\nUnion of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia
\n1984
\n1,200 die in Sikh “Golden Temple” uprising India
\n1850
\nLevi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans
\n1844
\nYoung Men’s Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London<\/p>\n

June 7 <\/span><\/b>
\n1967
\nIsrael captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
\n1958<\/p>\n

June 8 <\/span><\/b>
\n1971
\nNorth Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam
\n1968
\nJames Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., captured<\/p>\n

June 9 <\/span><\/b>
\n2011
\nIn Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, six women were arrested for practicing driving in an empty car lot; women are banned from driving on the road
\n1967
\nIsraeli troops reach Suez Canal<\/p>\n

June 10 <\/span><\/b>
\n1985
\nCoca Cola announces they’d bring back their 99-year-old formula
\n1977
\nJames Earl Ray (Martin Luther King’s killer) escapes from prison<\/p>\n

June 11 <\/span><\/b>
\n1971
\nUS ends ban on China trade
\n1921
\nBrazil adopts women suffrage<\/p>\n

June 12 <\/span><\/b>
\n1964
\nNelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa<\/p>\n

June 13 <\/span><\/b>
\n1982
\nFahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
\n1977
\nConvicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured<\/p>\n

June 14 <\/span><\/b>
\n1934
\nHitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna
\n1907
\nNorway restricts woman’s voting rights<\/p>\n

June 15 <\/span><\/b>
\n1978
\nJordan’s King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
\n1864
\nUS Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
\n1215
\nKing John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England<\/p>\n

June 16 <\/span><\/b>
\n1990
\nNelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
\n1815
\nBattle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia<\/p>\n

June 17 <\/span><\/b>
\n1991
\nSouth Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
\n1967
\n1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
\n1950
\n1st kidney transplant, Chicago<\/p>\n

June 18 <\/span><\/b>
\n1987
\nCharles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
\n1941
\nTurkey signs peace treaty with Nazi-Germany<\/p>\n

June 19 <\/span><\/b>
\n1974
\nYemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, suspends constitution
\n1862
\nSlavery outlawed in US territories<\/p>\n

June 20 <\/span><\/b>
\n1990
\nNelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of US
\n1963
\nUS and USSR agree to set up Hot Line
\n1791
\nKing Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution<\/p>\n

June 21 <\/span><\/b>
\n1942
\nSeinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
\n1547
\nGreat fire in Moscow<\/p>\n

June 22 <\/span><\/b>
\n1812
\nNapoleon’s Grand Army invades Russia<\/p>\n

June 23 <\/span><\/b>
\n1994
\nSouth Africa reclaims its seat in UN
\n1983
\nSyria throws out PLO leader Arafat
\n1860
\nUS Secret Service created<\/p>\n

June 24 <\/span><\/b>
\n1941
\nEntire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy Lithuania, exterminated
\n1901
\n1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
\n1817
\n1st coffee planted in Hawaii on Kona coast<\/p>\n

June 25 <\/span><\/b>
\n1991
\nSlovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
\n1967
\nMohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years<\/p>\n

June 26 <\/span><\/b>
\n1994
\nPLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years
\n1991
\nANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
\n1979
\nHeavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final<\/p>\n

June 27 <\/span><\/b>
\n2008
\nBill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work
\n1977
\nDjibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France<\/p>\n

June 28 <\/span><\/b>
\n1967
\nIsrael annexes East Jerusalem
\n1894
\nLabour Day established as a federal employees holiday<\/p>\n

June 29 <\/span><\/b>
\n1981
\nBomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
\n1969
\n1st Jewish worship service at White House
\n1949
\nSouth Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages<\/p>\n

June 30 <\/span><\/b>
\n1962
\nRwanda and Burundi become independent
\n1948
\nLast British armies leave Israel
\n1894
\nKorea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid<\/div>\n

\n
By: Numan Ahmed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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