Page 9: Historical Events In June - 01
Saturday, 21 February 2026
2017 Amidst widespread criticism, the U.S. announces its decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement in due time 

2018 Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament, filed by Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez 

2018 Law professor Giuseppe Conte is sworn in as Italian Prime Minister as head of a populist coalition. 

2018 Rouzan al-Najjar, a 22 year-old Palestinian medic is shot and killed by Israeli forces on the Gaza border, causing widespread condmnation. 

2018 US unemployment rate falls to 3.8%, lowest since 2000 

2020 US President Trump threatens to employ the military to quell protests across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd then walks with staff to St. John’s Church 

2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo 

2021 US President Joe Biden 's administration suspends oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing Donald Trump 's decision. 

2021 COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization gives emergency use listing to the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the second non–Western vaccine to be authorized.[108] 

2023 US Congress passes bipartisan legislation raising $31.4 trillion debt ceiling avoiding a default, after deal struck between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy [1]. 

2024 In this year, Halla Tómasdóttir claims the Icelandic presidential election on June 1. 

2024 The Indian general election, which began on April 19, concludes.In the Lok Sabha, the BJP party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, retains its majority. 

2024 The Icelandic presidential election is held, with Halla Tómasdóttir elected president of Iceland. 

2024 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States, and is won by India. 

2025 Indian chess prodigy Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, from Madhya Pradesh, is recorded as becoming youngest player to earn official FIDE (International Chess Federation) rating at 3 years, 7 months and 20 days old, besting November 2024 youngesr record holder Anish Sarkar, by about a month. 

2025 Operation Spiderweb: Ukraine launches a large drone attack on Russian military bases. More than 40 aircraft of the Russian Air Force are attacked 

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