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June 1984

Extracted from the Wikipedia article 1984.

June 5 – The Indian government begins Operation Blue Star, the planned attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
June 8 – An F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
June 10 – A Soviet soldier defects to West Germany across the inner German border, the first such defection since 1976.
June 14–16 – voting days for the European Parliament election
June 16 – The Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil is founded.
June 19 – 17-year-old Ricky Kasso murders Gary Lauwers in Northport, New York, contributing to the Satanic panic association of heavy metal music and satanism.
June 22 – Virgin Atlantic makes its inaugural flight.
June 25 – Hayim Association is founded by Rina Zaizov Marx and parents of children with cancer as paediatric oncology department in Israel.
June 27 – France beats Spain 2–0 to win Euro 84.
June 30 – John Turner becomes the 17th Prime Minister of Canada.