iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.

STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist.

Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.

The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.

The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.