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Sudanese Coup Overthrows Democratic Government — Jun...
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Sudanese Coup Overthrows Democratic Government — Jun...

Brigadier General Omar al-Bashir leads a bloodless coup in Khartoum, Sudan in 1989, ove...

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Bloomsbury Publishes Harry Potter — June 26, 1997
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Bloomsbury Publishes Harry Potter — June 26, 1997

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released by Bloomsbury in L...

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Gunman Kills Two in Oslo Pride Shooting — June 25, 2022
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Gunman Kills Two in Oslo Pride Shooting — June 25, 2022

Two killed and 21 injured in Oslo's London Pub and other venues on June 25, 2022, in an...

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Johnson Meets Kosygin at Glassboro Summit — June 23,...
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Johnson Meets Kosygin at Glassboro Summit — June 23,...

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin met in Glassboro, New Jersey, on...

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France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's i...
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France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's i...

Napoleon's Ambassador Jacques Lauriston delivers a diplomatic note in Saint Petersburg,...

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Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near ...
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Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near ...

15 die as Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria in 1947, r...

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On This Day, June 30

  • 2023: A Tajik citizen with ISIS connections, wanted in Tajikistan for murder and kidnapping, kills two people at Chișinău International Airport in Moldova, after being denied entry to the country.
  • 2021: The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being fully contained on July 30.
  • 2020: The Hong Kong National Security Law is passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and immediately comes into effect after gazettal.
  • 2019: Donald Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
  • 2015: A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.

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