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  1. On This Day: June 27 1988 - Gare de Lyon Rail Accident Kills 56 in Paris

    On This Day: June 27 1988 - Gare de Lyon Rail Accident Kills 56 in Paris

    On this day June 27 1988, a deadly train collision occurred at the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris, France. A packed commuter train crashed into a stationary train, killing 56 people and injuring more than 60 others. It remains one of the worst rail disasters in French history. The...
  2. June 27 1980 - Itavia Flight 870 Crashed Killing All 81 People on Board

    June 27 1980 - Itavia Flight 870 Crashed Killing All 81 People on Board

    On this day June 27 1980, Itavia Flight 870 crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy. All 81 passengers and crew on board were killed. The incident, widely referred to as the Ustica Massacre, remains one of Italy's most controversial aviation disasters. Over...
  3. On This Day: June 27 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS 4 Mission

    On This Day: June 27 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia Launches STS 4 Mission

    On this day June 27 1982, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Columbia on its fourth mission, officially designated STS 4. This marked the final test flight of the shuttle program before transitioning to full operational status. Astronauts Thomas Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield piloted the mission...
  4. On This Day: June 27 1988 - Motown Records Sold to MCA for 61 Million Dollars

    On This Day: June 27 1988 - Motown Records Sold to MCA for 61 Million Dollars

    On this day June 27 1988, Motown Records, the iconic label that launched the careers of artists like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, and The Jackson 5, was sold to MCA Records for 61 million dollars. The sale marked the end of an era, as Motown transitioned from an independent Black...
  5. On This Day: June 21, 1989 - U.S. Supreme Court Rules Flag Burning Is Protected Speech

    On This Day: June 21, 1989 - U.S. Supreme Court Rules Flag Burning Is Protected Speech

    On this day June 21, 1989, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Texas v. Johnson that burning the American flag is a form of political protest protected under the First Amendment. The decision came after Gregory Lee Johnson was convicted for burning a flag during a protest...
  6. On This Day: June 21, 1982 - John Hinckley Verdict Shocks the Nation

    On This Day: June 21, 1982 - John Hinckley Verdict Shocks the Nation

    On this day June 21, 1982, a jury found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. The decision followed a high-profile trial that captivated the nation after Hinckley shot and wounded President Reagan, Press Secretary James...
  7. On This Day: June 18, 1984 - Police Clash with Miners at Orgreave

    On This Day: June 18, 1984 - Police Clash with Miners at Orgreave

    On this day June 18, 1984, a violent confrontation occurred at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire, where around 5,000 police officers faced off against approximately 5,000 striking miners. This clash was one of the most intense moments of the UK Miners’ Strike. Tensions had been...
  8. On This Day: June 18, 1981 - F117 Nighthawk Makes Maiden Flight

    On This Day: June 18, 1981 - F117 Nighthawk Makes Maiden Flight

    On this day June 18, 1981, the Lockheed F117 Nighthawk took to the skies for its maiden flight. This top secret aircraft was the first ever designed entirely around stealth technology, using sharp angles and radar absorbing materials to make it nearly invisible to detection systems. The test...
  9. On This Day: June 17, 1985 - First Arab and Muslim in Space

    On This Day: June 17, 1985 - First Arab and Muslim in Space

    On this day June 17, 1985, Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to travel into space. He launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as part of the STS 51 G mission, making history for both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider Arab world. At...
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  10. On This Day: June 17, 1987 - The Dusky Seaside Sparrow Becomes Extinct

    On This Day: June 17, 1987 - The Dusky Seaside Sparrow Becomes Extinct

    On this day June 17, 1987, the last known Dusky Seaside Sparrow died in captivity, marking the official extinction of the species. Native to the marshes of Florida's Merritt Island and the St. Johns River, the bird was first discovered in the late 1800s and was known for its dark plumage and...
  11. On This Day: June 15, 1985 - Rembrandt’s Danaë Painting Vandalized in Russia

    On This Day: June 15, 1985 - Rembrandt’s Danaë Painting Vandalized in Russia

    On this day June 15, 1985, Rembrandt’s famous painting Danaë was severely damaged in the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad when a man threw sulfuric acid on the canvas and slashed it twice with a knife. The attacker was later declared insane. The Danaë, painted in the 1630s, is considered one of...
  12. On This Day: June 14, 1986 - Mindbender Roller Coaster Tragedy in Edmonton

    On This Day: June 14, 1986 - Mindbender Roller Coaster Tragedy in Edmonton

    On this day June 14, 1986, a tragic accident occurred on the Mindbender roller coaster at Fantasyland in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A mechanical failure caused the last car of the train to derail during a loop, resulting in the deaths of three riders and injuries to several others. The disaster...
  13. On This Day: June 13, 1983 - Pioneer 10 Becomes the First Man Made Object to Leave the Central Solar System

    On This Day: June 13, 1983 - Pioneer 10 Becomes the First Man Made Object to Leave the Central Solar System

    On this day June 13, 1983, the space probe Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, making it the first man made object to leave the central region of the solar system. Launched by NASA in 1972, Pioneer 10 was originally built to study Jupiter, but it went far beyond expectations by continuing...
  14. On This Day: June 7, 1989 - Surinam Airways Flight 764 Crash

    On This Day: June 7, 1989 - Surinam Airways Flight 764 Crash

    On this day June 7, 1989, Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashed while attempting to land at Paramaribo Zanderij International Airport in Suriname. The disaster claimed the lives of 176 of the 187 people on board, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Surinamese history. The flight, a...
  15. On This Day: June 6, 1982 - The Lebanon War Begins

    On This Day: June 6, 1982 - The Lebanon War Begins

    On this day June 6, 1982, Israel launched a large-scale military operation into southern Lebanon, marking the beginning of the Lebanon War. The operation, known as Operation Peace for Galilee, was intended to push back the Palestine Liberation Organization and secure Israel's northern border...
  16. On This Day: June 5, 1989 - The Tank Man Stands Alone in Tiananmen Square

    On This Day: June 5, 1989 - The Tank Man Stands Alone in Tiananmen Square

    On this day June 5, 1989, one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century was captured in Beijing, China. A lone man, carrying shopping bags, stood in front of a line of advancing tanks on Chang’an Avenue near Tiananmen Square, blocking their progress for over half an hour the morning after...
  17. On This Day: June 5, 1981 - First Recognized AIDS Cases Reported in the United States

    On This Day: June 5, 1981 - First Recognized AIDS Cases Reported in the United States

    On this day June 5, 1981, the United States Centers for Disease Control published a report describing five previously healthy young men in Los Angeles who had developed a rare form of pneumonia called PCP, commonly seen in people with severely weakened immune systems. All five men were gay, and...
  18. On This Day: June 4, 1983 - Teen Drowns at Disneyland on Grad Night

    On This Day: June 4, 1983 - Teen Drowns at Disneyland on Grad Night

    On this day June 4, 1983, a tragic accident occurred at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, when an 18 year old male from Albuquerque drowned near Tom Sawyer's Island during the park’s annual Grad Night event. The teen and another student reportedly consumed alcohol before sneaking into a...
  19. On This Day: June 3, 1989 - Chinese Troops Sent Into Tiananmen Square

    On This Day: June 3, 1989 - Chinese Troops Sent Into Tiananmen Square

    On this day June 3, 1989, the Chinese government sent armed troops and tanks into Tiananmen Square in Beijing to remove thousands of pro-democracy protesters who had been peacefully demonstrating for weeks. The protesters, made up largely of students, were calling for political reform, greater...
  20. On This Day: June 3, 1980 - Explosion Damages the Statue of Liberty

    On This Day: June 3, 1980 - Explosion Damages the Statue of Liberty

    On this day June 3, 1980, an explosion occurred at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The blast caused significant damage to the base and surrounding observation deck, injuring several people and forcing the closure of the monument for repairs. Investigators quickly identified the...
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