Mamta Bansal
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History of 22 June
History of 22 June
1990 - Checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in Berlin.
1992 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that hate-crime laws that ban...
History of 20 June
History of 20 June
1997 - The tobacco industry agreed to a massive settlement in exchange for major relief from mounting lawsuits and legal...
History of 19 June
History of 19 June
1997 - William Hague became the youngest leader of Britain's Conservative party in nearly 200 years.
1998 - Gateway was...
History of 18 June
History of 18 June
1998 - The Walt Disney Co. purchased a 43% stake in the Web search engine company Infoseek Corp.
1998 -...
History of 17 June
History of 17 June
1991 - The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. The act had required that all South Africans...
History of 16 June
History of 16 June
1992 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush welcomed Russian President Boris Yeltsin to a meeting in Washington, DC. The two agreed in...
History of 15 June
History of 15 June
1992 - It was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court that the government could kidnap criminal suspects from foreign countries...
History of of 14 June
History of 14 June
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld police checkpoints that are used to examine drivers for signs of intoxication.
1994 - The...
History of 13 June
History of 13 June
1992 - Future U.S. President Bill Clinton criticized rap singer Sister Souljah for making remarks "filled with hatred" towards whites.
1994 -...
History of 12 June
History of 12 June
1990 - The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declared its sovereignty.
1991 - Russians went to the election polls...
History of 11 June
History of 11 June
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit the desecration of the American Flag.
1991 - Mount...
History of 10 June
History of 10 June
1990 - The Civic Forum movement won Czechoslovakia's first free elections since 1946. The movement was founded by President Vaclav...