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This includes events of June 2007 |
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1 June In the Amazon Rainforest, a new tribe of indigenous people was discovered. The tribe is called "Metyktire" and is a subgroup of the Kayapo tribe. (The Star) The US Food and Drug Administration warns consumers to discard all toothpaste made in China after discovering diethylene glycol, a poison related to a chemical used in antifreeze. (New York Times) The Ukrainian parliament votes to approve a package of legislation clearing the way for a parliamentary election on 30 September 2007. (BBC) Militants have launched two attacks on the Indian Army in Indian-administered Kashmir resulting in two soldiers being killed and 19 injured. (CNN) Dr. Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving 8 years for assisting terminally ill patients with suicide. (Washington Post) The Palestinian Army of Islam militant group posts a video of the BBC's kidnapped Middle East correspondent Alan Johnston on a website. (ITV) 2007 North Lebanon conflict: Fighting resumes at the Nahr el-Bared camp between the Lebanese Army and Fatah al-Islam. (AP via Houston Chronicle) Thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for a 12% pay rise for the second Friday in a row. (BBC) Fiji lifts the state of emergency which was imposed during the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. (The Australian) A United States Navy destroyer, the USS Chafee, fires on suspected terrorists staying in Puntland in northern Somalia. The three suspects are accused in taking part in the 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (MSNBC)
Science including physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth science, and biology may be connected.
30 June. A calendar blue moon occurred in most of the Eastern Hemisphere.
Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biography may be useful in examining this month.
Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups can be connected.
Culture including material culture, conceptual culture, and behavioral culture will be significant.
Institutions including families, education, and economics are significant. Government including law, government activity, government structure, and particular governments is highly important. Religion including religious beliefs, practice, organization, and particular religious is less visible but still important.
6 June 6- 8 June. The 33rd G8 summit took place amid strong protests in Heiligendamm, Germany.
Social structure and change and communities are not yet connected, but will be useful.
This includes nations [beginning with Japan, Mexico]
These include Russia
6 June. Twelve people were killed by cyclone Gonu in Oman.
South Asian peoples such as those of Bangladesh can be considered.
No events yet recorded.
No events yet recorded.
Central Asian peoples including some of those of China can be considered.
The Orient including China is also important.
1 June. A 2100 year old melon was discovered by archaeologists in western Japan
Southeast Asian peoples including those of Indonesia can also be examined.
4 June. Ten people, including a Californian National Guard officer and former Laotian general, were charged over plans to overthrow the Laotian Government.
30 June. A parliamentary election was held in Papua New Guinea.
[including Russia
3 June. The Valley of Geysers in Russia was destroyed by a mudflow.
5 June. A mass grave in southern Ukraine, found accidentally by workers in May, has been confirmed to be filled with thousands of victims of the Holocaust.
10 June. A general election was held in Belgium.
25 June. Intense heatwaves began to hit Southeast Europe as temperatures reached 46c in Bulgaria and Greece.
28 June. In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people were reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires broke out, across the country's electricity grid nearly collapsed due to record breaking demand.
Anglic peoples including those of the United States have some events associated with them]
2 June. Four people were charged with a terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York.
5 June. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
5 June. Eleven people were killed and 23 others injured in a train crash near Kerang in Victoria, Australia.
6 June. The Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.
6 June. Bob Barker taped his last episode of The Price is Right.
8 June. The Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on mission STS-117.
10 June. The 61st Tony Awards, honoring Broadway theatres' best shows, took place at Radio City Music Hall.
10 June. Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix becoming the first driver of mixed racial origin to win a Formula One race.
14 June. The Green Party entered government for the first time in Ireland, with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.
14 June. The San Antonio Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the 2007 NBA Finals.
15 June. Bob Barker's last The Price is Right show aired.
17 June. Lewis Hamilton won the US Grand Prix becoming the first black driver to win two Formula One races.
18 June. Three people were injured and one dead in a shooting near Flinders St in Melbourne.
18 June. Nine Charleston, South Carolina firefighters were killed by a roof collapse while battling a furniture store fire.
22 June. For the first time in NHL history, two American players were drafted first and second into the NHL.
22 June. An F5 tornado tore through Elie, Manitoba, no injuries were reported.
24 June. The refurbished Millennium Dome, now called The O2, reopened in London.
24 June. South Lake Tahoe - A wildfire started eventually destroying 254 homes in the area.
25 June. WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy Benoit, and son Daniel, were found dead as the result of a murder-suicide that took place over the previous weekend.
25 June. Groundbreaking of the Chicago Spire.
25 June. Following the wettest June on record, Sheffield and South Yorkshire were affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham was flooded when the River Don breached its banks.
27 June. Tony Blair resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; New Labour Party leader Gordon Brown was appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II.
28 June. Start of the Manchester International Festival.
29 June. British police defused a bomb in Haymarket, Central London.
30 June. A Jeep Cherokee drove into the entrance of the main terminal of Glasgow International Airport in an apparent terrorist incident, resulting in a petrol-driven fire.
30 June. The FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 soccer tournament took place in Canada.
Latin peoples including those of Brazil are highly important.
10 June. The first round of a legislative election was held in France.
20 June. The Argentinian team Boca Juniors beat the Brazilian team Grêmio to win the Copa Libertadores 2007.
26 June 26- 15 July. The Copa América 2007 soccer tournament took place in Venezuela.
African peoples including Nigeria are significant in this particular month.
1 June. U.S. warships bombarded a Somali village where Islamic militants had set up a base.
American Indian peoples including the US and Brazil have fewer events noted.
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This is only weakly connected to other areas of history through classical and medieval times. It is also weakly connected to modern history through the 19th century, and to the 20th century through the late 20th century. This is connected somewhat to the early 2000s. It is weakly connected to 2006 but is part of 2007. It connects slightly to the future. |
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