June 1, 2014,
June 1, 2014, A Muslim Frenchman with connections to Syrian jihadists is arrested for murdering four Jewish people in the Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting. (The Times of Israel)
June 2, 2014, Series Premiere of Halt and Catch Fire
June 2, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Misstresses
June 2, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Longmire
June 2, 2014, King Juan Carlos I of Spain announces that he is to abdicate with Felipe, Prince of Asturias, to succeed him. (RTE)
June 2, 2014, Apple introduced a new programming language for iOS and OS X development called Swift. (Wired)
June 2, 2014,
June 2, 2014,
June 3, 2014, Release of 50 Cent album Animal Ambition
June 3, 2014, Release of video game Murdered: Soul Suspect
June 3, 2014,
June 3, 2014,
June 3, 2014, Amid the crisis in Ukraine, President of the United States Barack Obama announces the European Reassurance Initiative—a $1bn plan to fund the increase of the United States military presence in Europe and step up defense capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia. (BBC)
June 3, 2014, Amid the crisis in Ukraine, President of the United States Barack Obama announces the European Reassurance Initiative—a $1bn plan to fund the increase of the United States military presence in Europe and step up defense capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia. (BBC)
June 4, 2014, Series Premiere of Jennifer Falls
June 4, 2014, In basketball, the attorney for banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling tells ESPN that Sterling will drop his lawsuit against the NBA and will allow the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer to go through. (ESPN)
June 4, 2014,
June 4, 2014, Eimear McBride wins the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, beating the American Donna Tartt's 771-page opus The Goldfinch. (The Guardian)
June 4, 2014, American multinational private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchases American new media company Internet Brands for $1.1 billion. (Los Angeles Times)
June 4, 2014, In basketball, the attorney for banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling tells ESPN that Sterling will drop his lawsuit against the NBA and will allow the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer to go through. (ESPN)
June 4, 2014,
June 4, 2014, Eimear McBride wins the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction with A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, beating the American Donna Tartt's 771-page opus The Goldfinch. (The Guardian)
June 4, 2014, American multinational private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchases American new media company Internet Brands for $1.1 billion. (Los Angeles Times)
June 5, 2014, Four people are injured during a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. (CNN)
June 5, 2014,
June 5, 2014, American hip hop band the Beastie Boys win a $1.7 million copyright violation suit against the makers of Monster Energy drink for unauthorised use of their music in advertising. (AP via The Australian)
June 5, 2014, Islamist insurgency in Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram militants launch an attack in a village near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing approximately 45 people. (BBC)
June 5, 2014, Royal Canadian Mounted Police extend a national manhunt for a 24-year-old gunman who killed 3 police officers and wounded 2 others in a shootout in Moncton.(Reuters)
June 5, 2014, Tuam mass grave:
An Irish archbishop claims the Catholic Church has no records on the burial of 796 children in a disused concrete septic tank at a building it runs in Tuam. (BBC)
June 5, 2014, A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine links MERS to several infected camels. (BBC)
June 5, 2014, A AV-8B Harrier jet crashes in the U.S. city of Imperial, California, resulting in the destruction of three homes. (BBC)
June 6, 2014, Release of Fault in our Stars
June 6, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Orange is the New Black
June 6, 2014, Release of Fault in our Stars
June 6, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Orange is the New Black
June 6, 2014, Dennis Marx of the sovereign citizen movement opened fire with an assault rifle outside a Georgia courthouse Friday in an attempt to take hostages, wounded a deputy before he was killed in a shootout with officers.(Fox News)
June 6, 2014,
June 6, 2014,
June 6, 2014,
June 6, 2014,
June 6, 2014, World leaders travel to Normandy in France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the first day of the Western Allies Invasion of Normandy during World War II. (Washington Post)
June 7, 2014, Series Premiere of Power
June 7, 2014, Horse racing: Australia wins the Derby Stakes. Trainer Aidan O'Brien becomes the first trainer to win the Derby for three successive years. (BBC)
-Tonalist, ridden by Joel Rosario, wins the 2014 Belmont Stakes, denying California Chrome the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. (The Wrap)
June 7, 2014, Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan is taken to ICU at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital following a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed friend & fellow comedian James McNair. (CNN)
June 7, 2014, Horse racing: Australia wins the Derby Stakes. Trainer Aidan O'Brien becomes the first trainer to win the Derby for three successive years. (BBC)
-Tonalist, ridden by Joel Rosario, wins the 2014 Belmont Stakes, denying California Chrome the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. (The Wrap)
June 7, 2014, Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan is taken to ICU at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital following a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed friend & fellow comedian James McNair. (CNN)
June 8, 2014, Three people, including two police officers, are shot dead by a couple in a shooting in a pizzeria in the US city of Las Vegas, Nevada. The woman (Amanda Miller) kills her husband (Jerad Miller) and then herself. (Fox News)
June 8, 2014, Pope Francis urges President Shimon Peres of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine to work for peace at an historic joint prayer meeting at the Vatican. (BBC)
June 8, 2014, The 68th Tony Awards are held in Radio City Music Hall in New York City with "All the Way" winning the Tony Award for Best Play. (USA Today)
June 8, 2014, Pope Francis urges President Shimon Peres of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine to work for peace at an historic joint prayer meeting at the Vatican. (BBC)
June 8, 2014, The 68th Tony Awards are held in Radio City Music Hall in New York City with "All the Way" winning the Tony Award for Best Play. (USA Today)
June 9, 2014, Series Premiere of Murder in the First
June 9, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Major Crimes
June 9, 2014,
June 9, 2014,
June 9, 2014, Merck & Co. agrees to buy Idenix Pharmaceuticals for US$3.85 billion. (Market Watch)
June 9, 2014, American multinational food corporation Tyson Foods agrees to buy Hillshire Brands for US$7.7 billion. (Bloomberg)
June 9, 2014, In a reversal of recent reports, banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling withdraws his approval for the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer, and will pursue a US$1 billion lawsuit in federal court against the NBA and league commissioner Adam Silver. (ESPN)
June 9, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Major Crimes
June 9, 2014,
June 9, 2014,
June 9, 2014, Merck & Co. agrees to buy Idenix Pharmaceuticals for US$3.85 billion. (Market Watch)
June 9, 2014, American multinational food corporation Tyson Foods agrees to buy Hillshire Brands for US$7.7 billion. (Bloomberg)
June 9, 2014, In a reversal of recent reports, banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling withdraws his approval for the sale of the team to Steve Ballmer, and will pursue a US$1 billion lawsuit in federal court against the NBA and league commissioner Adam Silver. (ESPN)
June 10, 2014, Series Premiere of Chasing Life
June 10, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Pretty Little Lairs
June 10, 2014, Season 6 Premiere of Royal Pains
June 10, 2014, Release of Jack White album Lazaretto
June 10, 2014, A student is shot and killed at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon, and the shooter is dead. (CNN)
June 10, 2014,
June 10, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): Militants stage an overnight attack in Mosul, Iraq, taking control of the city while police and military flee. (Washington Post)
June 10, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Pretty Little Lairs
June 10, 2014, Season 6 Premiere of Royal Pains
June 10, 2014, Release of Jack White album Lazaretto
June 10, 2014, A student is shot and killed at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon, and the shooter is dead. (CNN)
June 10, 2014,
June 10, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): Militants stage an overnight attack in Mosul, Iraq, taking control of the city while police and military flee. (Washington Post)
June 11, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Graceland
June 11, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): 2014 Mosul offensive: Insurgents continue their offensive, gaining control of the city of Tikrit, the second provincial capital to fall in as many days. At least 500,000 residents of Mosul flee the fighting and head east into Kurdish-controlled territory, while insurgents storm the Turkish Embassy and take 48 Turks hostage, including the Consul General. (Al Jazeera)
June 11, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): 2014 Mosul offensive: Insurgents continue their offensive, gaining control of the city of Tikrit, the second provincial capital to fall in as many days. At least 500,000 residents of Mosul flee the fighting and head east into Kurdish-controlled territory, while insurgents storm the Turkish Embassy and take 48 Turks hostage, including the Consul General. (Al Jazeera)
June 12, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: The opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil followed by the first game in Group A between Brazil and Croatia in Arena de São Paulo. (News Limited)
June 12, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the rapid progress of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive towards Baghdad. (SBS)
-Iraqi Kurds take over control of the city of Kirkuk as the army flees before an Islamist offensive. (BBC)
-The Parliament of Iraq postpones a vote on call by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki for a state of emergency due to a lack of quorum. (BBC)
-Iraqi Kurds take over control of the city of Kirkuk as the army flees before an Islamist offensive. (BBC)
-The Parliament of Iraq postpones a vote on call by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki for a state of emergency due to a lack of quorum. (BBC)
June 13, 2014, Release of 22 Jump Street
June 13, 2014, Release of How to Train your Dragon 2
June 13, 2014, Release of Lana Del Ray album Ultraviolence
June 13, 2014, The Los Angeles Kings defeat the New York Rangers in five games to win the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. (NHL)
June 13, 2014,
June 13, 2014,
June 13, 2014, The Los Angeles Kings defeat the New York Rangers in five games to win the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. (NHL)
June 13, 2014,
June 13, 2014,
June 13, 2014,
June 13, 2014, General Motors recalls 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros over fears that drivers could bump the key out of the "run" position, turning off the car. (Toronto Star)
June 13, 2014, Romanian hacker Guccifer is indicted in absentia in a federal court in the U.S. state of Virginia for hacking into the e-mails of American government officials and family members. (The Telegraph)
June 13, 2014, Amaya Gaming Group agrees to purchase PokerStars for US$4.9 billion. (Forbes Magazine)
June 13, 2014, Priceline.com agrees to purchase OpenTable for US$2.6 billion. (New York Times)
June 14, 2014, The United Kingdom celebrates the Queen's Official Birthday with the Trooping of the Colour and the Birthday Honours. (The Independent),
June 14, 2014, The United Kingdom celebrates the Queen's Official Birthday with the Trooping of the Colour and the Birthday Honours. (The Independent),
June 15, 2014, 2014–15 NBA season:In North American basketball, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat in the 2015 NBA Finals. (Sydney Morning Herald)
June 15, 2014, Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): The United States evacuates personnel from its embassy in Baghdad following the success of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. (AFP via Google News)
June 15, 2014, American radio personality and voice actor Casey Kasem dies in a hospital in Washington state, at the age of 82. (NPR)
June 15, 2014,
June 15, 2014, A report by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum finds that total global investments, including gold and stock, by public investors, such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds, now total $29.1 trillion. (Financial Times)
June 16, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Fosters
June 16, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of The Fosters
June 16, 2014,
June 16, 2014, German ex-Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher is out of an induced coma and has left Grenoble Hospital in France for further rehabilitation. (ABC Australia)
June 17, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Rizzoli and Isles
June 17, 2014, Release of Linkin Park album Hunting Season
June 17, 2014, Release of J-Lo album A.K.A
June 17, 2014, Release of Radio Moscow album Magical Dirt
June 17, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Rizzoli and Isles
June 17, 2014, Release of Linkin Park album Hunting Season
June 17, 2014, Release of Radio Moscow album Magical Dirt
June 17, 2014, 275 United States Military personnel are deployed to Iraq to provide extra protection for the American embassy in Baghdad. (Sky News)
June 17, 2014, The President of the United States, Barack Obama, proposes to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, creating the world's largest marine sanctuary in the Central Pacific Ocean. (Washington Post)
June 18, 2014, The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, a tribunal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, rules 2–1 to cancel several trademarks of the NFL's Washington Redskins on the basis that they were "disparaging to Native Americans." The cancellation will be stayed while the team appeals in federal court, a process likely to take years. (ESPN)
June 17, 2014, The President of the United States, Barack Obama, proposes to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, creating the world's largest marine sanctuary in the Central Pacific Ocean. (Washington Post)
June 18, 2014, The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, a tribunal of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, rules 2–1 to cancel several trademarks of the NFL's Washington Redskins on the basis that they were "disparaging to Native Americans." The cancellation will be stayed while the team appeals in federal court, a process likely to take years. (ESPN)
June 18, 2014,
June 25, 2014, Series Premiere of Taxi Brooklyn
June 25, 2014, Season 4 Premiere of Wilfred
June 25, 2014,
June 25, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki calls for national unity as a Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant reaches Yathrib 87 kilometres (54 miles) north of Baghdad. (Washington Post)
June 25, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Luis Suárez of Uruguay is charged with biting Giorgio Chiellini of Italy in yesterday's Group D match. (ABC News Australia)
June 26, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay's star striker Luis Suárez is expelled from the tournament, banned for nine international matches and suspended from all football-related activity for four months for biting Giorgio Chiellini of Italy in Tuesday's Group D match. The verdict, the most severe against any player in FIFA World Cup history, means Suárez will be unable to play or train for his club Liverpool until 27 October. (Press Association)
June 26, 2014, 2014 NBA draft: In North American basketball, the National Basketball Association holds its annual draft in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with the Cleveland Cavaliers selecting Canadian Andrew Wiggins as the first pick. (TIME)
June 26, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the Syrian Air Force bombed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant positions in Iraq earlier in the week. (BBC)
-Insurgents capture the town of Mansouriyat al-Jabal, containing four natural gas fields, which is about 110km northeast of Baghdad. (Reuters)
-Iraqi forces launch an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit with at least one helicopter crashing. (Reuters via The Nation)
June 27, 2014, Release of Transformers: Age of Extinction
June 27, 2014, Mexican military chopper flies into US, shoots at border guards (RT)
June 27, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: American human rights group Human Rights Watch claims that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in Tikrit. (AP via Fox News)
June 27, 2014, Scientists identify a new species of elephant shrew, named Macroscelides micus. (LA Times)
June 28, 2014, The Bosnian city of Sarajevo commemorates the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria that led to World War I. (Reuters)
June 28, 2014,
June 28, 2014,
June 29, 2014, Series Premiere of The Leftovers
June 29, 2014, Series Premiere of Reckless
June 29, 2014,
June 29, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is renamed The Islamic State, with a caliphate being proclaimed and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being named caliph. (The Independent)
June 30, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Under the Dome
June 30, 2014,
June 30, 2014, Yosemite National Park commemorates the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln signing into law the Yosemite Grant Act, establishing Yosemite as a federally-protected area. (KGO)
June 30, 2014, Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is convicted in London, England, of 12 counts of indecent assault against young girls between 1968 and 1986. The 84 year old is to be sentenced on Friday 4 July. (ABC News Australia)
June 18, 2014,
June 25, 2014, Series Premiere of Young & Hungry
June 18, 2014,
June 18, 2014,
June 18, 2014,
June 18, 2014,
June 19, 2014, Series Premiere of Dominion
June 19, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Defiance
June 19, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Defiance
June 19, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: US sends 300 military advisers to Iraq as battle rages in Baiji over the country's biggest oil refinery. (Reuters)
June 19, 2014, Prince Felipe, the eldest son of King Juan Carlos I and formerly Prince of Asturias, ascends the Spanish throne as King Felipe VI. (The Guardian)
June 20, 2014, Release of Think Like a Man Too
June 20, 2014, Release of
June 20, 2014, Release of Think Like a Man Too
June 20, 2014, Release of
June 20, 2014,
June 20, 2014, 2014 Minya court rulings: A court in Egypt confirms the death sentences of over 180 Islamists, including Mohamed Badie, the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. (ABC News)
June 20, 2014, In basketball, David Blatt, who coached Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague title this past season, has reportedly reached a deal to become the new head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Blatt is the first Euroleague coach to become an NBA head coach. (ESPN)
June 21, 2014,
June 21, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the towns of al-Qa'im, Anah and Rawa in Western Iraq. (AlJazeera)
June 22, 2014, Series Premiere of Rising Star
June 22, 2014, Series Premiere of The Last Ship
June 20, 2014, In basketball, David Blatt, who coached Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague title this past season, has reportedly reached a deal to become the new head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Blatt is the first Euroleague coach to become an NBA head coach. (ESPN)
June 21, 2014,
June 21, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the towns of al-Qa'im, Anah and Rawa in Western Iraq. (AlJazeera)
June 22, 2014, Series Premiere of Rising Star
June 22, 2014, Series Premiere of The Last Ship
June 22, 2014, Season 4 Premiere of Falling Skies
June 22, 2014, Season 7 Premiere of true Blood
June 22, 2014,
June 22, 2014, Due to a court order, the first World Cup water break is taken during a match between Portugal and the United States. (USA Today)
June 23, 2014, Release of Ed Sheeran album X
June 22, 2014, Season 7 Premiere of true Blood
June 22, 2014,
June 22, 2014, Due to a court order, the first World Cup water break is taken during a match between Portugal and the United States. (USA Today)
June 23, 2014, Release of Ed Sheeran album X
June 23, 2014,
June 23, 2014,
June 23, 2014, A painting in Claude Monet's Water Lilies series is sold at auction in London for £31.7 million or $54 million US, the second highest price for a Monet on record. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
June 23, 2014, Oracle Corporation buys MICROS Systems in a $5.3 billion deal. (Reuters)
June 24, 2014, Series Premiere of Tyrant
June 24, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Perception
June 24, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Sullivan and Sons
June 24, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Covert Affiars
June 24, 2014, Release of Ab-Soul album These Day
June 24, 2014, Release of Riff Raff album Neon Icon
June 24, 2014, R v Brooks, Coulson and six others, Former News International tabloid editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty in relation to conspiracy to hack mobile phones. Rebekah Brooks, Charlie Brooks, Clive Goodman, Ian Edmondson, Stuart Kuttner, Cheryl Carter and Mark Hanna were acquitted. (New York Times)
June 23, 2014,
June 23, 2014, A painting in Claude Monet's Water Lilies series is sold at auction in London for £31.7 million or $54 million US, the second highest price for a Monet on record. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
June 23, 2014, Oracle Corporation buys MICROS Systems in a $5.3 billion deal. (Reuters)
June 24, 2014, Series Premiere of Tyrant
June 24, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Perception
June 24, 2014, Season 3 Premiere of Sullivan and Sons
June 24, 2014, Season 5 Premiere of Covert Affiars
June 24, 2014, Release of Ab-Soul album These Day
June 24, 2014, Release of Riff Raff album Neon Icon
June 24, 2014, R v Brooks, Coulson and six others, Former News International tabloid editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty in relation to conspiracy to hack mobile phones. Rebekah Brooks, Charlie Brooks, Clive Goodman, Ian Edmondson, Stuart Kuttner, Cheryl Carter and Mark Hanna were acquitted. (New York Times)
June 24, 2014,
June 24, 2014,
June 24, 2014,
June 24, 2014,
June 24, 2014, The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, reportedly agrees to roll out 2.2 billion Euros to convert Barcelona's La Monumental bullring into a 40,000-capacity mosque, the biggest in Europe. (RT)
June 24, 2014, The trial begins in South Korea of the captain and 14 crew members in relation to the Sinking of the MV Sewol. (BBC)
June 24, 2014, In ice hockey, Sidney Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins wins the Ted Lindsay Award for most valuable player as judged by members of the North American National Hockey League Players' Association. (NHL)
June 25, 2014, Series Premiere of Taxi Brooklyn
June 25, 2014, Season 4 Premiere of Wilfred
June 25, 2014,
June 25, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki calls for national unity as a Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant reaches Yathrib 87 kilometres (54 miles) north of Baghdad. (Washington Post)
June 25, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Luis Suárez of Uruguay is charged with biting Giorgio Chiellini of Italy in yesterday's Group D match. (ABC News Australia)
June 26, 2014, 2014 FIFA World Cup: Uruguay's star striker Luis Suárez is expelled from the tournament, banned for nine international matches and suspended from all football-related activity for four months for biting Giorgio Chiellini of Italy in Tuesday's Group D match. The verdict, the most severe against any player in FIFA World Cup history, means Suárez will be unable to play or train for his club Liverpool until 27 October. (Press Association)
June 26, 2014, 2014 NBA draft: In North American basketball, the National Basketball Association holds its annual draft in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with the Cleveland Cavaliers selecting Canadian Andrew Wiggins as the first pick. (TIME)
June 26, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the Syrian Air Force bombed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant positions in Iraq earlier in the week. (BBC)
-Insurgents capture the town of Mansouriyat al-Jabal, containing four natural gas fields, which is about 110km northeast of Baghdad. (Reuters)
-Iraqi forces launch an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit with at least one helicopter crashing. (Reuters via The Nation)
June 27, 2014, Release of Transformers: Age of Extinction
June 27, 2014, Mexican military chopper flies into US, shoots at border guards (RT)
June 27, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: American human rights group Human Rights Watch claims that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in Tikrit. (AP via Fox News)
June 27, 2014, Scientists identify a new species of elephant shrew, named Macroscelides micus. (LA Times)
June 28, 2014, The Bosnian city of Sarajevo commemorates the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria that led to World War I. (Reuters)
June 28, 2014,
June 28, 2014,
June 29, 2014, Series Premiere of The Leftovers
June 29, 2014, Series Premiere of Reckless
June 29, 2014,
June 29, 2014, 2014 Northern Iraq offensive: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is renamed The Islamic State, with a caliphate being proclaimed and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being named caliph. (The Independent)
June 30, 2014, Season 2 Premiere of Under the Dome
June 30, 2014,
June 30, 2014, Yosemite National Park commemorates the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln signing into law the Yosemite Grant Act, establishing Yosemite as a federally-protected area. (KGO)
June 30, 2014, Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is convicted in London, England, of 12 counts of indecent assault against young girls between 1968 and 1986. The 84 year old is to be sentenced on Friday 4 July. (ABC News Australia)
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