iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.

At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded

New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

78 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland.

American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor

The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.

Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.