June 2006 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Jun 9 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrates the 1st of 3 national holidays to commemorate his 60 years on the throne.

Jun 13 The US Senate issues a formal resolution apologizing for failure to create anti-lynching legislation
Jun 15 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (Papahānaumokuākea) established, at 582,578 square miles one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world [1]

Hall of Fame

Jun 17 Sci-Fi author Anne McCaffrey inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame

Jun 18 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched
Jun 19 Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway.
Jun 21 Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
Jun 28 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264

Event of Interest

Jun 29 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

Birthdays in History

Jun 3 Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family
Jun 18 Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg

Deaths in History

Jun 4 Eric Molobi, South African activist (ANC, Kagiso Trust), dies at 58
Jun 5 Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
Jun 6 Arnold Newman, American photographer(Faces USA), dies at 88
Jun 7 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (b. 1966)
Jun 8 Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
Jun 11 Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
Jun 11 George Washington, American boxing trainer (Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland), dies of heart failure at 79
Jun 11 Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
Jun 12 Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923)
Jun 13 Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach (1979-81, 82, 87-92), dies at 80
Jun 14 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75
Jun 15 Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology, dies of cancer at 63
Jun 23 Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. 1830)
Jun 24 Patsy Ramsey, American mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
Jun 25 Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect and WWII resistance fighter, dies at 88
Jun 27 Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer, known as "The Railway Killer" (b. 1959)
Jun 28 George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
Jun 28 Jim Baen, American sci-fi publisher and editor (b. 1943)
Jun 28 Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English barrister, politician and author (b. 1919)
Jun 29 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theaterical director (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), dies at 87
Jun 30 Robert Gernhardt, German satirist (b. 1937)