June 2005 in History

Events in History

Jun 1 The Dutch referendum on the European Constitution results in its rejection
Jun 1 The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.

Historic Publication

Jun 3 'The Knight of Sainte-Hermine' by Alexandre Dumas is published in France by Editions Phébus, completed by Claude Schopp, 135 years after the author's death.

Jun 6 The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.

Event of Interest

Jun 27 AMD files broad antitrust complaints against Intel Corporation in U.S. Federal District Court, alleging abuse of monopoly powers and antitrust violations.

Semiconductor Pioneer and CEO of Intel Andrew Grove

Jun 28 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
Jun 28 Operation Red Wings: 3 members of US Navy SEAL reconnaissance team killed on Sawtalo Sar Mountain, Kunar, Afghanistan, in an ambush; 2 helicopters dispatched to assist shot down, killing an additional 16 US troops [1]
Jun 30 Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.

Birthdays in History

Jun 5 Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Jun 26 Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, born in HMC Bronovo, The Hague, Netherlands

Weddings in History

Jun 1 "The Amazing Race 7" executive assistant Alex Ali weds Lynn Warren in Ottawa, Canada

Jerry Brown

Jun 18 Politician Jerry Brown (67) weds businesswoman Anne Gust (47) in Oakland, California

Deaths in History

Jun 2 Melita Norwood, British spy (b. 1912)
Jun 2 Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and teacher (b. 1950)
Jun 3 Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer, dies of lung cancer at 60
Jun 5 Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
Jun 6 Maya Kopitseva, Russian painter of the Leningrad school, dies at 81
Jun 10 Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
Jun 10 J. James Exon, American Democratic politician (33rd Governor of Nebraska), dies at 83
Jun 11 Ione Mylonas Shear, American archeologist (Bronze Age Greece), dies at 68
Jun 11 VVasco Gonçalves, Portuguese army officer and 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (1974-75), dies at 84
Jun 13 Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer, dies at 91
Jun 14 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter, dies at 80
Jun 16 Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (La Llamarada), dies at 99
Jun 17 Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
Jun 18 J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91
Jun 18 Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)

Jack Kilby (1923-2005)

Jun 20 American electrical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000 - handheld calculator, integrated circuit), dies at 81

Jun 20 Larry Collins, American writer, dies at 75
Jun 21 Jaime Cardinal Sin, Filipino Catholic Archbishop of Manila (b. 1928)
Jun 23 Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
Jun 24 Hakham Yedidia Shofet, Former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
Jun 27 Domino Harvey, English-born bounty hunter (b. 1969)
Jun 27 John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
Jun 27 Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914)
Jun 27 Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917)
Jun 28 Brenda Howard, American LGBT activist (b. 1946)
Jun 30 Christopher Fry, English playwright (The Lady's Not for Burning), dies at 97