1128 - Battle of St.Mamede, near Guimarães. Portuguese forces led by Afonso I beat his mother D.Teresa and D.Fernão Peres de Trava. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards independence in 1143.
1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1993 - Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber.
1996 - Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 400 metres with a time of 19.66 seconds
1999 - The guitar which Eric Clapton recorded Layla is sold at auction for the astounding price of $497,500.
June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera.
June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
June's birthstone is the pearl, Alexandrite, or moonstone.
June 26, 1950: The President announces that in accordance with the Resolution of the United Nations Security Council, "The United States will vigorously support the effort of the Council to terminate this serious breach of the peace." The principal American decision makers meet again at Blair House.
June 27, 1950: Congressional leaders and the public are informed that the the President has ordered air and sea forces to give the South Korean government troops cover and support.
June 29, 1950: The Commander in Chief in the Far East (CINCFE), General Douglas MacArthur, flies to Korea where the South Koreans are attempting to hold a line at the Han River just south of Seoul.
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