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*[[1980]] – The [[African National Congress]] in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader [[Nelson Mandela]].
*[[1982]] – [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the [[Battle of Sultan Yacoub]].
*[[1987]] – [[June Democratic Struggle]]: The [[June Democratic Struggle]] starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
*[[1990]] – [[British Airways Flight 5390]] lands safely at [[Southampton Airport]] after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
*[[1991]] – Eleven-year-old [[Jaycee Lee Dugard]] is kidnapped in [[South Lake Tahoe, California]]; she would remain a captive until 2009.
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*[[2003]] – The [[Spirit (rover)|''Spirit'' rover]] is launched, beginning [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Exploration Rover]] mission.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Sudan Airways Flight 109]] crashes at [[Khartoum International Airport]], killing 30 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A310-324 ST-ATN Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080610-0 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; Eighty-eight year-old [[James Wenneker von Brunn]] opens fire inside the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]] and [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shootingshooting|fatally shoots]] Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement by President Obama on Holocaust Museum Shooting |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-obama-holocaust-museum-shooting |website=whitehouse.gov |access-date=6 August 2019 |language=en |date=10 June 2009}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Opportunity (rover)|''Opportunity'' rover]], sends it last message back to [[earth]]. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/rover-status/opportunity/recent/all/ | title=Rover Update: All }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; An [[AgustaWestland AW109|Agusta A109E Power]] [[2019 New York City helicopter crash|crashes]] onto the [[AXA Equitable Center]] on [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], sparking a fire on the top of the building. The pilot of the helicopter is killed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barron |first1=James |last2=McGeehan |first2=Patrick |title=Pilot Is Killed in Helicopter Crash on Roof of New York City Building |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/nyregion/pilot-dies-helicopter-crash.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/nyregion/pilot-dies-helicopter-crash.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=6 August 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=10 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>