iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.

Traylor Howard, American actress

Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)

Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)

TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organization Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.

Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)

Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)