iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.

The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.

The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.

World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, ends with the defeat of the Polish resistance forces.

The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.

World War II: Under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.

Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.