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This includes events of June 2006 |
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3 June. Montenegro declared independence after a May 21 referendum. The state union of Serbia and Montenegro was dissolved on June 5 leaving Serbia as the successor state.
3 June. Seventeen men were arrested in the Greater Toronto Area for alleged ties to a terrorist plot to blow up targets in the region.
6 June. The Union of Islamic Courts gained control of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, ending warlord rule of the city.
6 June. The 6bone (testbed network for the IPv6 network protocol) was phased out.
7 June. Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and seven of his aides were killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of Baqouba, Iraq.
9 June. An explosion killed eight Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach. Israel denied responsibility for the blast.
9 June. Thailand began celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the accession of Bhumibol Adulyadej to the throne.
9 June. The 2006 FIFA World Cup begans in Germany.
10 June. President Mahmoud Abbas set July 26 as the date for a national referendum in the Palestinian National Authority.
18 June. The first Kazakh space satellite "KazSat" was launched.
19 June. The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4 games-3 games to win the Stanley Cup.
20 June. The Miami Heat won the NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2.
22 June. The Magen David Adom and Palestine Red Crescent Society were officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
23 June. In Miami, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested seven men, accusing them of planning to bomb the Sears Tower and other attacks in Miami.
25 June. Warren Buffett donated over US$30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
28 June. Israel launched Operation Summer Rains, an offensive against militants in Gaza.
29 June. The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigned after the political party of D'66 drops its support.
29 June. Women voted for the first time in elections for the National Assembly of Kuwait.
29 June. The US Supreme Court ruled that some military commissions being used to try detainees in Guantanamo were illegal.
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