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===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[National Defense Act]] is signed into law, increasing the size of the [[United States National Guard]] by 450,000 men.
*[[1935]] &ndash; One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a [[On-to-Ottawa Trek|protest trek]] to Ottawa.
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Edward VIII|Duke of Windsor]] marries [[Wallis Simpson]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of France]], the [[Luftwaffe]] [[Operation Paula|bombs]] [[Paris in World War II|Paris]].
*  1940   &ndash; [[Franz Rademacher]] proposes [[Madagascar Plan|plans]] to make [[Madagascar]] the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist [[Theodor Herzl]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Herbert A. Strauss|author2=Norbert Kampe|title=Jewish Immigrants of the Nazi Period in the U. S. A.: Jewish Immigration from Germany, 1933-1945, a Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2J2AAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=K. G. Saur|isbn=978-3-598-08009-8|page=700}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Wehrmacht]] [[Razing of Kandanos|razes]] the Greek village of [[Kandanos]] to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] begins the [[Aleutian Islands Campaign]] by [[Battle of Dutch Harbor|bombing]] [[Unalaska Island]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; In [[Los Angeles]], California, white [[U.S. Navy]] sailors and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] attack Latino youths in the five-day [[Zoot Suit Riots]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|title=Zoot Suit Riots {{!}} Summary, Causes, Significance, & Facts|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927133424/https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots|archive-date=September 27, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Maurice Herzog|Herzog]] and [[Louis Lachenal|Lachenal]] of the [[1950 French Annapurna expedition|French Annapurna expedition]] become the first climbers to reach the summit of an [[Eight-thousander|8,000-metre]] peak.
*[[1962]] &ndash; At Paris [[Orly Airport]], [[Air France Flight 007]] overruns the runway and explodes when the crew attempts to abort takeoff, killing 130.
*[[1963]] &ndash; Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army [[Huế chemical attacks|attack]] protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
*[[1965]] &ndash; The launch of [[Gemini 4]], the first multi-day space mission by a [[NASA]] crew. [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]], a crew member, performs the first American [[extravehicular activity|spacewalk]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Melbourne–Evans collision]]: off the coast of [[South Vietnam]], the Australian aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer {{USS|Frank E. Evans|DD-754|6}} in half; resulting in 74 deaths.
*[[1973]] &ndash; A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[supersonic]] [[Tupolev Tu-144]] [[1973 Paris Air Show crash|crashes]] near [[Goussainville, Val-d'Oise|Goussainville]], France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
*[[1979]] &ndash; A blowout at the [[Ixtoc I]] oil well in the southern [[Gulf of Mexico]] causes at least {{convert|3000000|oilbbl|m3}} of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental [[oil spill]] ever recorded.
*[[1980]] &ndash; The [[1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak]] hits [[Nebraska]], United States, causing five deaths and $300&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|300|1980}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation-year|US}}) worth of damage.
*[[1982]] &ndash; The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, [[Shlomo Argov]], is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Operation Blue Star]], a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at [[Harmandir Sahib]], also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for [[Sikhs]], in [[Amritsar]]. The operation continues until [[June 6]], with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of [[Tiananmen Square]] after seven weeks of occupation.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Mount Unzen]] erupts in [[Kyūshū]], Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
*[[1992]] &ndash; Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in ''[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)]]'', a case brought by Torres Strait Islander [[Eddie Mabo]] which led to the ''[[Native Title Act 1993]]''  overturning the long-held colonial assumption of ''[[terra nullius]]''.
*[[1998]] &ndash; After suffering a mechanical failure, [[Eschede train disaster|a high speed train derails]] at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]] comes to an end with [[Montenegro]]'s formal declaration of independence.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A plane carrying 153 people [[Dana Air Flight 992|crashes]] in a residential neighborhood in [[Lagos, Nigeria]], killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120603-0|title=Accident description|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; The [[Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant|pageant]] for the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] takes place on the [[River Thames]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[United States v. Manning|trial]] of United States Army private [[Chelsea Manning]] for leaking classified material to [[WikiLeaks]] begins in [[Fort Meade, Maryland]].
*  2013   &ndash; At least 119 people are [[Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire|killed in a fire]] at a poultry farm in [[Jilin Province]] in northeastern China.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/world/asia/scores-die-in-fire-at-chinese-poultry-plant.html?_r=0 | title=More Than 100 Die in Fire at Chinese Poultry Plant | work=New York Times | date=2013-06-03 | accessdate=2013-06-03 | author=Buckley, Chris}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Khartoum massacre]]: In [[Sudan]], over 100 people are killed when security forces accompanied by [[Janjaweed]] militiamen storm and open fire on a [[2018–19 Sudanese protests|sit-in protest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/africa/sudan-death-toll-intl/index.html |title = Sudan death roll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors |author= Kareem Khadder and Julia Hollingsworth |website = CNN |date = 5 June 2019 |access-date = 6 June 2019}}</ref>