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5 June 1947

United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. This becomes known as the Marshal

4 June 1989

A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky

3 June 1940

The Battle of Dunkirk is over with a German victory and with Allied forces in full

2 June 1855

The Portland Rum Riot take place in Portland,

1 June 2001

Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of the royal family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen

31 May 1927

The final Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after 15,007,003 vehicles are

30 May 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand was

29 May 1953

The New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount

28 May 1987

The young West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in

27 May 2005

The Australian Schapelle Corby gets sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for drug smuggling by a court in