On This Day On This Day June 1, 1967: Beatles break new ground with release of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
On This Day On This Day June 2, 1953: Millions watch on TV as Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at Westminster Abbey
On This Day On This Day June 3, 1970: Ray Davies flies 6,000 miles in a day to re-record one line in the Kinks hit ‘Lola’
On This Day On This Day June 4, 1989: Hundreds are killed as democracy withers in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
On This Day On This Day June 5, 1967: Surprise attack allows Israel to redraw map of the Middle East in just six days
On This Day On This Day June 6, 1944: D-Day's Normandy landings mark the start of liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe
On This Day On This Day June 7, 1977: Britons mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with 12,000 street parties
On This Day On This Day June 8, 1982: 56 die at Bluff Cove as Argentine jets bomb Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram
On This Day On This Day June 9, 1983: Margaret Thatcher wins landslide second term as leftist Labour self-destructs
On This Day On This Day June 10, 1990: Miracle of BA Flight 5390 as captain is sucked out of the cockpit – and survives
On This Day On This Day June 12, 1997: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre reopens 400 years after the curtain first fell
On This Day On This Day June 13, 1981: Ex-cadet shoots at the Queen during Trooping the Colour parade
On This Day On This Day June 14, 1982: Falklands War comes to an end as Britain accepts Argentina's surrender
On This Day On This Day June 15, 1992: Andrew Morton’s scandalous biography of Princess Diana sparks royal crisis
On This Day On This Day June 16, 1963: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
On This Day On This Day June 17, 1994: Murder suspect OJ Simpson leads police on a 50-mile car chase around LA
On This Day On This Day June 18, 1984: Battle of Orgreave sees violent clashes between striking miners and police
On This Day On This Day June 19, 1982: Conspiracy reigns supreme as 'God's banker' is found hanged in London
On This Day On This Day June 21, 1982: A future king arrives as Princess Diana gives birth to Prince William
On This Day On This Day June 22, 1986: Maradona crushes England’s World Cup dreams with the Hand of God goal
On This Day On This Day June 23, 1985: 329 people die as bomb destroys Air India jumbo jet off Irish coast
On This Day On This Day June 25, 1950: Invasion from communist North sparks the start of the Korean War
On This Day On This Day June 26, 2000: The 'book of life' falls open as scientists crack the human genome
On This Day On This Day June 27, 1985: No more kicks as Route 66 is removed from the US highway system
On This Day On This Day June 28, 1997: Mike Tyson bites off chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear in world title fight
On This Day On This Day June 29, 1958: Teenager Pele is a footballing sensation as Brazil win their first World Cup
On This Day On This Day June 30, 1938: The world breathes easy as Superman swoops into view for the first time
On This Day On This Day On this day in July: England win the World Cup, Live Aid raises millions and more
On This Day On This Day On this day in August: Record summer temperatures, the start of the Berlin Wall and more
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