June 2007 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 2007 U.S. warships bomb a Somali village where Islamic militants have set up a base.
• 02 Jun 2007 Four individuals are being charged with plotting to attack JFK International Airport in New York.
• 03 Jun 2007 After boarding the Danish ship Danica White, off the Somali coast, the USS Carter Hall confronts the pirates.
• 04 Jun 2007 According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 40% of the world's population will be affected by global warming due to the loss of snow and glaciers in the mountains of Asia.
• 05 Jun 2007 According to the British Antarctic Survey, the flow rate of 300 glaciers that were previously not measured increased by 12% between 1993-2003. This raises concerns about glacier retreat and rising sea levels due to global warming.
• 06 Jun 2007 To win the NHL's Stanley Cup, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators in 4 games.
• 07 Jun 2007 Sri Lankan Civil War: For security reasons, hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamils are forced from Colombo by police.
• 08 Jun 2007 Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launches on mission STS-117.
• 09 Jun 2007 Nearly 400 soldiers were arrested by the Central Intelligence Organization in Harare, Zimbabwe. They are accused of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. The ringleaders are Colonel Ben Ncube, Major General Engelbert Rugeje and Air Vice Marshal Elson Myo.
• 10 Jun 2007 The 61st Tony Awards honors Broadway's best shows and takes place at Radio City Music Hall.
• 11 Jun 2007 The United States Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia, a three-judge panel rules that the United States cannot indefinitely hold U.S. citizens as ampquotenemy fighters.
• 12 Jun 2007 In honour of his career, Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian author, wins the Man Booker International Prize.
• 13 Jun 2007 Bombing of the Al Askari Mosque takes place for the third time.
• 14 Jun 2007 A U.S. federal jury has found James Ford Seale, a former Klansman, guilty of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiring in the 1964 deaths in Mississippi of two African-American teens.
• 15 Jun 2007 Bob Barker, a US TV personality, makes his final appearance on The Price is Right.
• 16 Jun 2007 The Fono has selected Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi as the O le Ao o le Malo Samoa.
• 17 Jun 2007 Several militants and civilians were killed in an attack on Al Qaeda headquarters in Afghanistan.
• 18 Jun 2007 Nine Charleston firefighters are killed in a roof collapse as they battle a fire at a furniture store.
• 19 Jun 2007 The preliminary study of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has shown that China's greenhouse gases emissions have exceeded those of the United States.
• 20 Jun 2007 At least ten people are killed in an accidental fire at a Russian nursing home near Omsk.
• 21 Jun 2007 After a month-long struggle at a Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon declares victory over Fatah al-Islam (an Al Qaeda-linked group).
• 22 Jun 2007 According to Christopher Dell, the U.S. Ambassador, inflation in Zimbabwe has risen to 11,000%. He predicts that it will rise to 1.5 million percent by December.
• 23 Jun 2007 230 people were killed by torrential rains in Pakistan, which includes Karachi.
• 24 Jun 2007 South Lake Tahoe is hit by a wildfire that eventually destroyed 254 homes.
• 25 Jun 2007 WWE wrestler Chris Benoit and his wife Nancy Benoit were killed in a suicide that occurred the weekend before.
• 26 Jun 2007 Two oil refineries in Bolivia are reclaimed by Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned energy company.
• 27 Jun 2007 In an episode known as the Complexo do Alemao Massacre, the Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemao.
• 28 Jun 2007 The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it would remove the Bald Eagle from the endangered species list.
• 29 Jun 2007 Apple's new iPhone has been released in the USA.
• 30 Jun 2007 Attack on the Glasgow International Airport:

Famous Birthday

• Baby Andre

  British baby of noted couple, model Katie Price whose professional name is simply "Jordan" and her husband Peter Andre.

• Ella Gordon

  American child of noted parents, NASCAR racer, Jeff Gordon and his Belgian model-actress wife, Ingrid Vandebosch.

• Romy Hucknall

  English member of noted family, her dad is musician Mick Hucknall, singer of the band 'Simply Red.

• Henry Moder

  American child of noted parents, the son of actress Julia Roberts and actor Daniel Moder.

• Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

  TV Actress.

• Bryce James

  Family Member.

• Harbor Miller

  Model.

• Andre

  Family Member.

• Kenadee Lucker

  Family Member.

• Millie Davis

  TV Actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Kurt Waldheim

  Austrian President 1986-1992, lawyer and diplomat, who served as the fourth Secretary General of the United Nations 1972-1981.

• Jim Clark

  American sheriff and segregationist (Born 1922).

• Edward Yang

  Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter (d. 2007).

• Sherri Martel

  American professional wrestler and valet (Born 1958).

• Rod Beck

  Burbank, California -- Pitcher (SF Giants).

• Tony Thompson

  American R&B singer (Hi-Five) (Born 1975).

• Kentaro Haneda

  Japanese composer (Born 1949).

• Kenny Olsson

  Swedish speedway racer (Born 1977).

• Walid Eido

  Lebanese MP (Born 1942).

• Ruth Graham

  China-born wife of Billy Graham (Born 1920).

• Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani

  Iranian cleric (Born 1931).

• Byron Baer

  American politician (Born 1929).

• Mahasti

  Iranian singer (Born 1946).

• Jeeva

  Indian film director (Born 1963).

• Patrick Allotey

  Ghanaian footballer (Born 1979).

• Dragutin Tadijanovic

  Croatian poet (Born 1905).

• Eugene Bennett Fluckey

  American Naval Officer and WW II submarine commander, winner of the Medal of Honor and of four Navy Crosses) (Born 1913).

• Sahib Singh Verma

  Indian politician and Chief Minister of Delhi (Born 1943).

• Gianfranco Ferre

  Italian fashion designer and style setter.

• Clete Boyer

  American baseball player and manager (d. 2007).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Maroon5 - Makes Me Wonder
2. Rihanna - Umbrella
3. T-Pain - Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')
4. Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rockstar
5. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Mutya Buena - Real Girl
2. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
3. Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar
4. Kate Nash - Foundations
5. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder