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| The US President, John F Kennedy, has made a ground-breaking speech in Berlin offering American solidarity to the citizens of West Germany. |
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| June 25 |
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| The United States has launched its latest plan to bring peace to the Middle East. |
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| June 24 |
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| America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight. |
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| June 23 |
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| Pope John Paul II has held a private meeting with Lech Walesa, the founder and leader of Solidarity, Poland's independent trade union movement. |
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| June 22 |
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| German forces have invaded the Soviet Union. |
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| June 21 |
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| Diana, Princess of Wales, has given birth to a boy sixteen hours after checking in to St Mary's Hospital, in London. |
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| June 20 |
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| British Chancellor John Major is proposing a new European currency which would circulate alongside existing national currencies. |
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| June 19 |
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| Fast food chain McDonald's has won a partial victory in its epic libel trial against two environmental campaigners. |
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| June 18 |
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| United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev have signed Salt II, the first arms-reduction treaty between the two super powers. |
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| June 17 |
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| The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has died suddenly at his Glasgow home. |
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| June 16 |
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| A controversial new book about the Princess of Wales claims she attempted suicide on several occasions over the last decade, and portrays her as a deeply depressed and unstable character. |
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| June 15 |
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| Opposition is growing to Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven. |
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| June 14 |
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| Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers face flight delays and cancellations after pilots threatened to strike over hijack fears. |
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| June 13 |
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| A 17-year-old man has been arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds on horseback. |
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| June 12 |
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| Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been barred from holding office for six years after she was found guilty of electoral corruption. |
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| June 6 |
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| In a bloody climax to two years of fighting between the Indian government and Sikh separatists. |
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| June 5 |
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| On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair Christine Keeler. |
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| On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. |
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| June 1 |
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| On June 1, 1968, Helen Keller dies in Westport, Connecticut, at the age of 87. |
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| May 30 |
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| Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas has been jailed for six months in the country's biggest sleaze scandal in recent history. |
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| May 31 |
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| Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, has left the chart-topping Spice Girls band. |
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| May 29 |
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| Pope John Paul II has visited Canterbury Cathedral - the first pontiff ever to do so. |
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| May 28 |
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| Pakistan has exploded five underground nuclear devices in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks ago. |
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| May 27 |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru, founder of modern India and its current prime minister, has died suddenly at the age of 74. |
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| May 26 |
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| The Italian cabinet has resigned following the scandal over the alleged activities of a secret Masonic Lodge. |
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| May 25 |
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| President John F Kennedy has called for millions of dollars to fund a space programme to get the first man on the moon by 1970. |
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| May 24 |
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| Lawrence Dallaglio has resigned as England's rugby union captain following newspaper... |
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| May 23 |
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| The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has welcomed the resounding "yes" vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, calling it "a day for joy". |
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| May 22 |
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| Two US astronauts aboard Apollo 10 are on their way back to the safety of their mother ship after their lunar module came to within eight nautical miles (14kms) of the Moon's surface. |
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| May 21 |
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| Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. |
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