Wikinews:2011/June
June 1Edit
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June 3Edit
- Dan Savage wins Webby Award for It Gets Better Project
- LulzSec claims Sony network hack
- YouTube allows users to share videos under Creative Commons license
- Gay couple elected prom king and queen in Maine's Sanford High School
- Hertfordshire, England police arrest armed suspect after stand-off
- Australia questions involvement in War in Afghanistan after death of two soldiers
June 4Edit
- Space Shuttle Endeavour enters history books after nineteen years following penultimate landing of program
- Mars Opportunity rover passes distance milestone
June 5Edit
- Vanuatu denies announcing recognition of Abkhazia
- EF-3 tornado strikes western Massachusetts
- Assisted-suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83
- French broadcasters barred from saying "Facebook" or "Twitter" on air
June 6Edit
- 'Unfounded and unsubstantiated': London policemen cleared of beating Muslim
- Casey Stoner wins 2011 Catalunya MotoGP
June 7Edit
- NATO deploys helicopters in Libya
- Skype suffers downtime in Europe
- Smoke from Arizona fire spreads to other states
- Scottish university to introduce comic studies degree
- Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins fifth Britain's Got Talent series
- LulzSec attacks Nintendo server
- Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to move into Kensington Palace, London
- US X Factor producers confirm line-up changes
- Apple announces Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud
June 8Edit
- New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
- Trump criticizes media bias towards Obama, especially during UK state visit
June 9Edit
- Chilean deputy's 'homophobic' comment on Facebook causes controversy
- British voice artist Roy Skelton dies at age 79
June 10Edit
June 11Edit
- Russian reverse engineers Skype; uploads source to public
- Somali interior minister killed by bomb attack in own home
- Eritrea accuses four Britons of espionage and terrorism
June 12Edit
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June 14Edit
- Fire in central London causes traffic chaos
- BBC Television Centre placed up for sale
- Casey Stoner wins 2011 British MotoGP
- Apples top most contaminated produce list
- Sky purchases UK Glee rights
June 15Edit
- US congressmen sue Obama for military action in Libya
- Woman's body found in home of Papua New Guinea leader
- First Libertarian Party presidential nominee John Hospers dies at 93
June 16Edit
June 17Edit
- US Representative Anthony Weiner resigns over sexual conduct
- Study says young stars 'shoot water bullets'
- Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party potential presidential candidate R.J. Harris
- New York Assembly passes same-sex marriage bill
June 18Edit
June 19Edit
- South Korean troops mistakenly attack passenger jet
- US Food and Drug Administration proposes new regulations on sunscreen labeling
June 20Edit
- Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian Party presidential candidate R. Lee Wrights
- Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s E Street Band sax player, dies at 69
June 21Edit
- Soviet human rights activist Yelena Bonner dies aged 88
- Jackass star Ryan Dunn dies in car accident aged 34
June 22Edit
- Brazil spots unknown tribe of indigenous people in Amazon jungle
- UN report says 80 per cent of world's refugees live in poor countries
June 23Edit
- Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
- RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons
- Greek parliament votes in favor of new Papandreou cabinet as debt crisis deepens
- Prohibition Party holds convention; nominates Jack Fellure for U.S. President
June 24Edit
- Former Rwandan government minister Nyiramasuhuko convicted of genocide
- Obama announces troop reductions in Afghanistan
- Nebraska's two nuclear plants near Omaha on alert
- Libyan rebels in Misrata restrict press freedoms
June 25Edit
June 26Edit
- Scientists discover 300 new species on island of Luzon in the Philippines
- US actor Peter Falk dies aged 83
- New York legalizes same-sex marriage
June 27Edit
- Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visits Shakespeare's birthplace
- Funeral held for former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba
- Ryan Dunn twice over drink-drive limit at time of fatal accident
- Internet hacking group LulzSec disbands
June 28Edit
- Greek workers strike over austerity measures
- Wall collapse kills twelve in Chhattisgarh, India
- Chinese political dissident Hu Jia freed as Chinese Premier Wen visits Britain
June 29Edit
- Google introduces the '+1' button
- US Supreme Court rules video games are protected speech
- Debris narrowly misses International Space Station