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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1991 - The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act.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...
History of 8 June
History of 8 June
1991 - A victory parade was held in Washington, DC, to honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
1994 - The...
History of 31 May
History of 31 May
1994 - The U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.
1995 -...
History of 30 May
History of 30 May
1996 - Britain's Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
1997...