50 years ago today (6th June 1961)
\nDeath of Carlth Juneg, Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist, founder of analytical psychology<\/p>\n
250 years ago today (7th June 1761)
\nBirth of John Rennie, Scottish civil engineer, built bridges, canals, docks and harbours throughout Britain<\/p>\n
20 years ago today (12th June 1991)
\nBoris Yeltsin became the first directly elected President of Russia. (Inaugurated 10th July)<\/p>\n
75 years ago today (14th June 1936)
\nDeath of G. K. Chesterton, British writer, poet, journalist and critic<\/p>\n
200 years ago today (14th June 1811)
\nBirth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and novelist (\u2018Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin\u2019)<\/p>\n
25 years ago today (14th June 1986)
\nDeath of Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet and writer<\/p>\n
50 years ago today (16th June 1961)
\nSoviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris<\/p>\n
20 years ago today (17th June 1991)
\nApartheid: South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act (1950), which required that all inhabitants be classified according to their race<\/p>\n
50 years ago today (19th June 1961)
\nKuwait became independent from the United Kingdom<\/p>\n
150 years ago today (19th June 1861)
\nBirth of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British field marshal who commanded Britain\u2019s forces in France during WWI<\/p>\n
70 years ago today (22nd June 1941)
\nWorld War II: Operation Barbarossa \u2013 Germany invaded the Soviet Union<\/p>\n
25 years ago today (22nd June 1986)
\nThe \u2018Hand of God\u2019 goal \u2013 Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored a goal against England using his hand in the quarter-final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City. <\/p>\n
20 years ago today (25th June 1991)
\nCroatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia<\/p>\n
150 years ago today (29th June 1861)
\nDeath of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, British poet<\/p>\n
25 years ago today (29th June 1986)
\nBritish entrepreneur Richard Branson broke the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a powerboat<\/p>\n