This week in history
June 8th.
Nothing landed on June 8 exactly, but 42 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
9 stories within seven days of 8 June
1 June 1969Wikipedia · "1969 French presidential election"French Presidential ElectionFrance
2 June 1953Wikipedia · "Coronation of Elizabeth II"Coronation of Elizabeth IIUnited Kingdom
3 June 1885"Allington Castle Maidstone" by JOHN K THORNE is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.Northwest RebellionCanada
4 June 1940Wikipedia · "Dunkirk evacuation"Dunkirk EvacuationFrance
4 June 1920Wikipedia · "Treaty of Trianon"Treaty of Trianon SignedHungary
4 June 1917Wikipedia · "Pulitzer Prize"Pulitzer Prize First AwardedUnited States
11 June 2010Wikipedia · "2010 FIFA World Cup"2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaSouth Africa
14 June 2017"Upper Grenfell Tower" by ChiralJon is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.Grenfell Tower Fire in LondonUnited Kingdom
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Elsewhere in June
24 stories
17 June 1925Wikipedia · "Geneva Protocol"Geneva Protocol on Chemical WeaponsSwitzerland
18 June 2023Wikipedia · "Titan submersible implosion"Titan Submersible Implosion in North AtlanticNorth Atlantic, off Newfoundland
18 June 1757Wikipedia · "Battle of Kolín"Battle of KolinCzech Republic
19 June 1999Hmickey · via Wikipedia1999 FIFA Women's World CupUnited States
19 June 1938Wikipedia · "1938 FIFA World Cup final"1938 FIFA World Cup FinalFrance
20 June 1897Wikipedia · "Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria"Queen Victoria's Diamond JubileeUnited Kingdom
20 June 451Wikipedia · "Battle of the Catalaunian Plains"Battle of Catalaunian PlainsFrance- 22 June 1941Operation BarbarossaSoviet Union
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22 June 1911Wikipedia · "Coronation of George V and Mary"Coronation of King George VUnited Kingdom
23 June 2016Tumisu via Wikimedia Commons - Union Jack and EU flag, 2016. CC0.The Brexit ReferendumWestminster, London
23 June 1314Wikipedia · "Battle of Bannockburn"Battle of BannockburnScotland
24 June 1950Wikipedia · "1950 FIFA World Cup"1950 FIFA World Cup: BrazilBrazil
24 June 1948Wikipedia · "Berlin Blockade"Berlin Blockade & AirliftGermany
24 June 1859Wikipedia · "Battle of Solferino"Battle of SolferinoItaly
25 June 1950Wikipedia · "Korean War"Korean War BeginsSouth Korea
27 June 1709Wikipedia · "Battle of Poltava"Battle of PoltavaRussia
28 June 1922Wikipedia · "Irish Civil War"Irish Civil War ArmisticeIreland
28 June 1919Wikipedia · "Treaty of Versailles"Treaty of VersaillesFrance- 28 June 1838Coronation of Queen VictoriaUnited Kingdom
29 June 1956Wikipedia · "Interstate Highway System"Interstate Highway System AuthorizedUnited States
29 June 1913Wikipedia · "Second Balkan War"Second Balkan War
30 June 2002Wikipedia · "2002 FIFA World Cup final"2002 FIFA World Cup FinalSouth Korea / Japan
30 June 1960Wikipedia · "Congolese Independence Speech"Congolese Independence & Lumumba's RiseDemocratic Republic of Congo
30 June 1908Wikipedia · "Tunguska event"Tunguska Impact Event: Siberian ExplosionRussia
Also in June
3 stories we can place in June, but not on a day
