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===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – The first [[1906 French Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] motor race is held at [[Le Mans]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |title=Alpine & Renault: The Sports Prototypes 1963 to 1969 |date=2010 |publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-84584-191-1 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzhWRqCFuPYC&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1909]] – The [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] in London comes into existence as an independent entity. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: The [[American Expeditionary Forces]] begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat in the Battle of Hamel on July 4. *[[1918]] – World War I: [[Allies of World War I|Allied forces]] under [[John J. Pershing]] and [[James Harbord]] defeat [[German Empire|Imperial German forces]] under [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince]] in the [[Battle of Belleau Wood]]. *[[1924]] – The [[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24)|American occupation of the Dominican Republic]] ends after eight years. *[[1927]] – [[The Cyclone]] roller coaster opens on [[Coney Island]]. *[[1934]] – United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Federal Credit Union Act]], which establishes credit unions. *[[1936]] – Initial flight of the [[Focke-Wulf Fw 61]], the first practical helicopter. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: Under the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]], the [[Soviet Union]] presents an [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina#Soviet ultimatum|ultimatum]] to [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] requiring it to cede [[Bessarabia]] and the northern part of [[Bukovina]]. *[[1941]] – World War II: Soviet planes [[Bombing of Kassa|bomb Kassa, Hungary]] (now [[Košice]], Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. *[[1942]] – The first flight of the [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[San Marino]], a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the [[RAF]] based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths. * 1944 – World War II: The [[Battle of Osuchy]] in [[Osuchy]], Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance forces]], ends with the defeat of the latter. *[[1945]] – The [[United Nations Charter]] is signed by [[Allies of World War II|50 Allied nations]] in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]. *[[1948]] – [[Cold War]]: The first supply flights are made in response to the [[Berlin Blockade]]. * 1948 – [[William Shockley]] files the original patent for the [[grown-junction transistor]], the first [[bipolar junction transistor]]. * 1948 – [[Shirley Jackson]]'s short story ''[[The Lottery]]'' is published in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine. *[[1952]] – The [[Pan-Malayan Labour Party]] is founded in [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], as a union of statewide labour parties. *[[1953]] – [[Lavrentiy Beria]], head of [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)|MVD]], is arrested by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and other members of the [[Politburo]]. *[[1955]] – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the [[Freedom Charter]] at the [[Congress of the People (1955)|Congress of the People]] in [[Kliptown]]. *[[1959]] – Swedish boxer [[Ingemar Johansson]] becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American [[Floyd Patterson]] on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at [[Yankee Stadium]]. *[[1960]] – The former British Protectorate of [[British Somaliland]] gains its independence as [[State of Somaliland|Somaliland]]. * 1960 – [[Madagascar]] gains its independence from France. *[[1963]] – Cold War: U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] gave his "[[Ich bin ein Berliner]]" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic [[West Germany]] shortly after [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-supported [[East Germany]] erected the [[Berlin Wall]]. *[[1967]] – [[Karol Wojtyła]] (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul VI]]. *[[1974]] – The [[Universal Product Code]] is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's [[chewing gum]] at the Marsh Supermarket in [[Troy, Ohio]]. *[[1975]] – Two [[FBI]] agents and a member of the [[American Indian Movement]] are killed in a shootout on the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]]; [[Leonard Peltier]] is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. *[[1977]] – [[Elvis Presley]] held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena. *[[1978]] – [[Air Canada Flight 189]], flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the [[Etobicoke Creek]] [[ravine]]. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. *[[1981]] – [[Dan-Air Flight 240]], flying to [[East Midlands Airport]], crashes in [[Nailstone]], [[Leicestershire]]. All three crew members perish.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Hawker Siddeley HS-748-108 Srs. 2A G-ASPL Nailstone|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810626-0|access-date=2021-06-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1988]] – The first crash of an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] occurs when [[Air France Flight 296Q]] crashes at [[Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield]] in [[Habsheim]], France, during an [[air show]], killing three of the 136 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-111 F-GFKC Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880626-0|access-date=2021-06-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Yugoslav Wars]]: The [[Yugoslav People's Army]] begins the [[Ten-Day War]] in [[Slovenia]]. *[[1995]] – [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] deposes his father [[Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani]], the [[Emir]] of [[Qatar]], in a bloodless [[1995 Qatari coup d'état|coup d'état]]. *[[1997]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Communications Decency Act]] violates the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. * 1997 – [[J. K. Rowling]] publishes the first of her ''[[Harry Potter]]'' novel series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' in United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloomsbury.com|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Bloomsbury Publishing|language=en|archive-date=2017-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629171412/http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2000]] – The [[Human Genome Project]] announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence. *[[2003]] – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'' that sex-based [[sodomy law]]s are unconstitutional. *[[2006]] – [[Mari Alkatiri]], the first [[Prime Minister of East Timor]], resigns after weeks of political unrest. *[[2007]] – [[Pope Benedict XVI]] reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes. *[[2008]] – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, [[2008 Karmah bombing|killing 25 people]]. *[[2012]] – The [[Waldo Canyon Fire|Waldo Canyon fire]] descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people. *[[2013]] – [[June 2013 Shanshan riots|Riots]] in China's [[Xinjiang]] region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others. * 2013 – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[United States v. Windsor|ruled, 5–4]], that Section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] is unconstitutional and in violation of the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Producer|first=By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court|title=Supreme Court strikes down provision on same-sex marriage benefits - CNNPolitics|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/politics/scotus-same-sex-doma/index.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=CNN|date=26 June 2013 }}</ref> *[[2015]] – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed [[26 June 2015 Islamist attacks|Bloody Friday]] by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-27|title=The aftermath of Bloody Friday - live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tunisia-attack-aftermath-bloody-friday-live-updates-10349661.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-06-27|title=Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Sousse, Kobané, Koweït, Somalie : vague d'attaques djihadistes|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2015/06/27/saint-quentin-fallavier-sousse-kobane-koweit-somalie-vague-d-attaques-djihadistes_4663046_3210.html|access-date=2021-07-23}}</ref> * 2015 – The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[Obergefell v. Hodges|ruled, 5–4]], that [[Same-sex relationship|same-sex couples]] have a [[constitutional right]] to [[marriage]] under the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>''Obergefell'', [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf slip op.] at 28 ("The Court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States.").</ref> * 2024 – [[Julian Assange]], founder of [[WikiLeaks]], returns to Australia after [[Plea bargain|pleading guilty]] to one charge of [[Espionage Act of 1917|espionage]] in a [[District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands|Saipan court]] and subsequently being released by the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD2nY1pVU1o |title=LIVE: Watch full coverage of Julian Assange's arrival back in Australia {{!}} ABC News |date=2024-06-25 |last=ABC News (Australia) |access-date=2024-06-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Helen |date=2024-06-26 |title=Julian Assange walks free after pleading guilty to US espionage charge in Saipan court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/26/julian-assange-saipan-court-hearing-plea-deal-wikileaks-australia-us-kevin-rudd |access-date=2024-06-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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