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1980 In this year, Jimmy Carter claims enough delegates for renomination 
1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life.
1981 Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
1983 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60.
1986 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3767.
1986 Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81
1987 Andres Segovia, guitarist, dies.
1989 Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing.
1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone
1989 The Chinese government sends military troops to Tianamen square, in an effort to repress pro-democracy protesters
1989 Troops in China shoot and kill 100s of students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
1989 Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89.
1990 Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77.
1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan. Worst eruption in Japanese history.
1991 Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
1992 Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83.
1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53.
1994 Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52.
1995 Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher, dies at 69
1996 Len Creed, bookmaker, dies at 79
2006 Montenegro declares independence after a may 21 referendum. The state union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved on jun 5 leaving Serbia as the successor state.
2006 Seventeen men are arrested in the Greater Toronto Area for alleged ties to a terrorist plot to blow up targets in the region
2007 The Valley of Geysers in Russia was destroyed by a mudflow.[14].
2012 Suicide car bombing results in the deaths of 15 and inures 42 people in Bauchi, Nigeria.
2013 20 people, including 10 children, are killed by a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan
2014 Hashim Amla is recorded as becoming the inaugural non-white captain of the South African national cricket team.
2017 Terrorist attack in Borough Market, London by three men who drive van into pedestrians then stab and kill 7 and wound 48. Attackers shot dead by British police.
2017 The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts.
2018 Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts killing at least 110, with 332 missing and forcing the evacuation of over 3100.
2018 Boat capsizes off eastern Tunisia drowning at least 48 migrants
2018 Dead whale are discovered with 17 pounds (80 pieces) of plastic in its stomach in Songkhla province, Thailand
2018 In this year, US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but claims in playoff with Kim Hyo-joo.
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 19 point Game 2 win over Cleveland.
2018 At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcano for over a century
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