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June 2016 Magnanville stabbing. A senior French police commander is killed by a knife-wielding 25-year-old man outside his home in Magnanville near Paris, France. The attacker, who retreated inside the house, is also killed when elite police commandos storm the residence after negotiations failed.
At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post- Ceaușescu elections. 1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
June 13 – Lightning Rod, the world's first launched wooden roller coaster, opens at the Dollywood amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States. [129] June 15–16 – In response to the attack in Orlando, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) holds a filibuster for nearly fifteen hours, demanding new gun control laws from Congress.
June 2016 was the sixth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Thursday after 30 days. Portal:Current events. This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2016.
Orlando. United States. Orlando shooting of 2016, mass shooting that took place at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, and left 49 people dead and more than 50 wounded. It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that time. The shooter.
Jun 13, 2016 · 13. Historical Events. Some Democratic Party members of US House of Representatives protest 'moment of silence' as an inadequate response to mass shooting, and demand legislative action on gun control. Famous Weddings. Michael Phelps.
June 10–July 10 – France hosts the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament, which is won by Portugal. June 12 – A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opens fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others. June 23 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union.
