Editing 2008 (section)

===June===
* [[June 7]]–[[June 29|29]] – [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]] jointly host the [[UEFA Euro 2008]] football tournament, which is won by [[Spain national football team|Spain]].
* [[June 11]]
** The [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope]] is launched.<ref name="PDVLU" />
** Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] for the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]].<ref name="oFlGQ" />
* [[June 14]] – [[Expo 2008]] opens in [[Zaragoza]], Spain, lasting to September 14, with the topic "Water and sustainable development".<ref name="jPCeD" />
* [[June 14]] – A [[2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake|6.9 magnitude earthquake]] in [[Iwate Prefecture]], [[Japan]], kills 12 and injures more than 400.<ref name="USGS">{{cite news |date=2008-06-14 |title=Magnitude 6.9 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2008/us2008tfdp/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922141641/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2008/us2008tfdp/ |archive-date=2008-09-22 |access-date=2024-06-05 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |language=en}}</ref>