iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Waldo Canyon Fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

President Clinton announces the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup.

Ten-Day War: The Yugoslav people's army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.