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Portal:Current events/June 2013

June 2013 was the sixth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Sunday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 2013.

June 1, 2013 (2013-06-01) (Saturday)
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June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02) (Sunday)
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June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03) (Monday)
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June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04) (Tuesday)
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June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) (Wednesday)
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June 6, 2013 (2013-06-06) (Thursday)
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June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07) (Friday)

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  • PRISM (U.S. government surveillance program):
    • The US government comes under heavy criticism at home and abroad when news of its secret PRISM surveillance program to monitor emails and other person information is leaked. (Welt)
    • The Wall Street Journal reveals the National Security Agency's monitoring of American citizens includes credit-card transactions and customer records from the three major phone networks. (The Wall Street Journal)
    • Democratic Senator Joe Manchin calls on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the U.S. Department of Justice's seizure of journalist phone records. (TPM)
    • The Guardian reveals U.S. President Barack Obama ordered a list of foreign targets for cyber-attacks "to advance US national objectives around the world with little or no warning to the adversary or target and with potential effects ranging from subtle to severely damaging". Obama's order also authorizes hits on foreign nations without their government's consent. (The Guardian)
    • U.S. director of national intelligence James Clapper denounces the revelations of government surveillance into civilian lives as "reprehensible". (The Guardian)
    • British Prime Minister David Cameron is urged to launch an investigation into allegations that the UK's electronic listening post GCHQ had access to data from the program. (BBC)
  • Richard Ramirez, a prolific American serial killer during the 1980s, dies on death row from liver failure. (Reuters)
  • Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping 3 Cleveland, Ohio women is indicted on 329 charges, including 2 counts of murder. (CBS News)
  • Cambodia passes a controversial law that makes it illegal to deny atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime. (BBC)

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June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) (Saturday)
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  • Asteroid 2013 LR6 passes within 65,000 miles of Earth the day after it is discovered. (Nature World News)
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June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09) (Sunday)
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  • An outbreak of Hepatitis A linked to a fruit juice product made by Townsend Farms sickens 79 people in the United States. (RTT News)
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June 10, 2013 (2013-06-10) (Monday)
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June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) (Tuesday)
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June 12, 2013 (2013-06-12) (Wednesday)
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June 13, 2013 (2013-06-13) (Thursday)
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  • The incumbent President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, determines that elections will be scheduled for 31 July 2013, however Mugabe's leading presidential contestant and primary political rival Morgan Tsvangirai rejects this as being "a unilateral and flagrant breach of the constitution". (allAfrica)
June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14) (Friday)
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June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) (Saturday)
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June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16) (Sunday)
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June 17, 2013 (2013-06-17) (Monday)
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June 18, 2013 (2013-06-18) (Tuesday)
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  • 2013 NBA Finals:
    • The San Antonio Spurs lead by 5 points against the Miami Heat with 28 seconds remaining in game 6 of the NBA finals as a victory will secure a fifth NBA title for the Spurs. They fail to collect a defensive rebound, allow Miami to score back-to-back three-pointers and go 1 out of 2 on the free throw line. The game is sent to overtime where they eventually lose by three points.
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June 19, 2013 (2013-06-19) (Wednesday)
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  • After receiving negative feedback, Microsoft decides to change many features of its upcoming Xbox One. (Xbox Wire)
June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20) (Thursday)
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June 21, 2013 (2013-06-21) (Friday)
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June 22, 2013 (2013-06-22) (Saturday)
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  • 100,000 workers and unemployed march against record unemployment in Rome, the first major demonstration since Enrico Letta's government took power earlier this year. (Al Jazeera)
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June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) (Sunday)
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June 24, 2013 (2013-06-24) (Monday)
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June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25) (Tuesday)
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June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26) (Wednesday)
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June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27) (Thursday)
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June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) (Friday)
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June 29, 2013 (2013-06-29) (Saturday)
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June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30) (Sunday)
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