1997:
June:
June 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi military escorts on board an UNSCOM helicopter try to physically prevent the UNSCOM pilot from flying the helicopter in the direction of its planned destination, threatening the safety of the aircraft and their crews.
June 1 – Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
June 2 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and
Conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
June 5 – Kim Hyun Chul, son of Kim Young Sam, president of South Korea, is charged with bribery and
Corruption related to the awarding of government contracts.
June 6 – In Lacey Township, New Jersey, high school senior
Melissa Drexler kills her newborn baby in a toilet.
June 7 – A computer user known as "_eci" publishes his Microsoft C source code on a Windows 95 and Windows NT exploit, which later becomes WinNuke. The source code gets wide distribution across the internet, and Microsoft is forced to release a security patch.
June 7 – The Detroit Red
Wings win their first Stanley Cup championship in 42 years, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 0. Red
Wings goaltender Mike Vernon is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
June 8 – A United States Coast Guard helicopter crashes near Humboldt Bay, California; all 4 crewmembers perish.
June 10 – Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief, Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern
Stronghold (the news does not reach outside Cambodia for 3 days).
June 11 – The British House of Commons votes for a total ban on handguns.
June 12 – The United States Department of the Treasury unveils a new $50 bill, meant to be more difficult to counterfeit.
June 13 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
June 16 – About 50 are killed in the Dairat Labguer
Massacre in Algeria.
June 19 – The fast food chain McDonald's wins a partial
Victory in its libel trial, known as the McLibel case, against 2 environmental campaigners. The
Judge decides it was true that McDonald's targeted its advertising at children, who pestered their parents into visiting the company's restaurants.
June 22 – Swedish musician Ted Gärdestad commits suicide by jumping in front of a train. He is found dead later the morning.
June 25 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
June 26 – Bertie Ahern is appointed as the 10th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland and Mary Harney is appointed as the 16th, and first female, Tánaiste, after their parties, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election.
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