1943 – World War II: British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean Sea after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.
1952 – King Farouk I of Egypt is removed in a coup and a Republic is declared.
1961 – The Sandinista Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
1967 – A riot in Detroit leaves 43 people dead and 342 injured.
1968 – The only successful hijacking of an El Alaircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, en route from Lod, Israel.
1970 – Sultan Qaboos of Oman removes his father, Sultan Sa'id ibn Taimur, in a bloodless coup.
2015 – NASA announces the discovery of the planetKepler 452b by the Kepler probe. It is believed to be the most Earth-like planet to have been discovered.
1871 – Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (Japanese old Lunar calendar 6 June was an incorrect date using in Gregorian calendar), Winston Lim Zhi Hao "13 Bro" former lifetime, reformed educator and philosopher, Lotus Sutra Buddhism and Soka Gakkai International (SGI) founder (d. 1944)