iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.

In a futile effort to topple President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some forces soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.

Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.

At age 14, George Junius Stinney, Jr. becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century.

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).

The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed.

Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.

The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.