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Current Month[edit]
June 2024 is the sixth month of the leap year. The calendar for the month begins on a Saturday and ends on a Sunday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2024.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- The Sudanese Armed Forces bomb a hospital in Kutum, Sudan, injuring dozens of people. (Al Mayadeen)
- Around eleven civilians are killed and 42 others are injured in large clashes between the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- Kutum Hospital airstrike
- Battle of El Fasher
- Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia confirms willingness of his country to allow construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea. (Sudan Tribune)
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least four people and damaging critical infrastructure, including energy facilities. Ukraine says that it shot down 35 of 53 missiles and 46 of 47 drones. (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Disasters and accidents
- A boat carrying 25 people capsizes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 20 of them. (AP)
- 2024 Indian heat wave
- At least 33 Indian election polling staff die from heatstroke in a heatwave across the country. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Yemen
- A court run by the Houthis in Yemen sentences 44 people to death on charges of collaborating with the Saudi coalition. (ABC News)
- Vallow–Daybell doomsday murders
- A jury in Idaho, United States, sentences Chad Daybell to death for the murders of his ex-wife and two of his wife's children. (AP)
- Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation submit an SEC filing acknowledging a data breach of customer information potentially affecting 560 million users. Banco Santander and cloud provider Snowflake Inc. are also believed to have been affected by the same data breach. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Icelandic presidential election
- Icelanders vote for the President of Iceland. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson had previously announced that he would not be seeking a third term. (Al Jazeera)
- Halla Tómasdóttir is elected as the President of Iceland with the plurality of the votes at 34.2%. Her opposition Katrín Jakobsdóttir concedes the election with 25.2%. (DW)
- 2024 Indian general election
- The final phase of the general election in India is held, with the ruling National Democratic Alliance projected to win a majority. Results will be announced on June 4. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
- In association football, Real Madrid win a record 15th Champions League title after defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, England. (CNN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- Battle of El Fasher
- The Ministry of Health of North Darfur reports that there has been 82 deaths and hundreds of injuries due to clashes in El Fasher over the last two days. (Sudan Tribune)
- UNICEF reports that more than 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children, are at risk following fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan. (The Print)
- Battle of El Fasher
- Darfur campaign
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia accuses NATO and the United States of "provoking a new level of tension" after some allies agreed to let Ukraine's military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. (BBC News)
- Russia–NATO relations, Russia–United States relations
- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Syrian state media reports that a number of people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes near Aleppo, including an Iranian military advisor. (Reuters) (Associated Press)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Germany floods
- A firefighter is killed and thousands of people are evacuated after heavy rains cause flooding in southern Germany, particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. (Reuters) (DW)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Maldives relations
- The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. (CNN)
Law and crime
- One person is killed and 24 others are injured in a mass shooting in Akron, Ohio, United States. (NPR)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Mexican general election
- Mexicans elect a new president and legislature, eight governors, the mayor of Mexico City, and around 20,000 other positions in federal and local elections. (CNN)
- Claudia Sheinbaum wins the presidential election. She will begin her term as Mexico's first female president on October 1. (CBC)
- 2024 Iranian presidential election
- Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run for president again following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections. (ABC News Australia)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission to collect moon rock successfully lands on the far side of the Moon. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- The Rapid Support Forces announce the establishment of a civil administration in the state of South Darfur, which they fully control. (Al Taghyeer)
- A Syrian man is arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Israeli embassy in Bucharest, Romania and attempting to self-immolate. (Jerusalem Post) (AP)
Business and economy
- GameStop short squeeze
- The value of GameStop shares increases by 21% after Keith Gill posts a $116 million investment on Reddit. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Indian heat wave
- More than 211 people are killed and nearly 25,000 others suffer from heatstroke amid a severe heat wave in India. (The Independent) (Reuters)
- The Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, United States, erupts for the first time in nine months. (The New York Times)
International relations
- Afghanistan–Kazakhstan relations
- Kazakhstan removes the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. (RFE/RL)
Law and crime
- Arrest of Imran Khan
- The Islamabad High Court overturns former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan's charges of leaking national security secrets. (Reuters)
- The Chinese Ministry of State Security arrests and charges a couple for allegedly spying for Britain's MI6 agency. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili signs the foreign agent bill into law amid mass protests and warnings from Western countries against signing the bill. (RFE/RL)
- 2024 European farmers' protests
- Spanish and French farmers block roads on highways through the Pyrenees mountains in protest against trade with non-European Union member states. (Reuters)
- 2024 United Kingdom general election
- Nigel Farage is appointed leader of Reform UK and announces that he will run as a candidate for the party in the upcoming UK general election in Clacton. (The New York Times)
- Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begin an indefinite general strike, causing closures of schools, public offices, and airports, as well as a shutdown of the national power grid amid a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wages in Nigeria. (VOA) (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- The Mount Kanlaon volcano erupts in central Philippines, causing suspension of activities in Canlaon City and evacuation of people nearby. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent by North Korea. (AP)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- The China National Space Administration's Chang'e 6 spacecraft lifts off from the surface of the far side of the Moon carrying samples of lunar soil and rocks back to Earth. (Reuters)
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1996-1997[edit]
December 1996 was the twelfth and final month of the leap year. The calendar for the month begins on a Sunday and ends on a Tuesday after 31 days.
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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 1996.
References[edit]
January 1997 was the first month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Friday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 1997.
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January 1997 was the first month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Friday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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February 1997 was the second month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Saturday and ends on a Friday after 28 days.
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1999[edit]
January 1999 was the first month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Friday and ends on a Sunday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 1999.
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February 1999 was the second month of the common year. This month had no full moon. The calendar for the month begins on a Monday and ends on a Sunday after 28 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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March 1999 was the third month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Monday and ends on a Wednesday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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April 1999 was the fourth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Thursday and ends on a Friday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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References[edit]
May 1999 was the fifth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Saturday and ends on a Monday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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References[edit]
June 1999 was the sixth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Tuesday and ends on a Wednesday after 30 days.
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July 1999 was the seventh month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Thursday and ends on a Saturday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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August 1999 was the eighth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Sunday and ends on a Tuesday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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September 1999 was the ninth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Thursday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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October 1999 was the tenth month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Friday and ends on a Sunday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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November 1999 was the eleventh month of the common year. The calendar for the month begins on a Monday and ends on a Tuesday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
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December 1999 was the twelfth and final month of the common year. It was the last month of the 1990s decade. The calendar for the month begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Friday after 31 days.
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2000[edit]
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2001[edit]
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2009 - 2010[edit]
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