June – Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting special education. June 1 – Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests. June 6 Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 (Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev) is launched. A midair collision between Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives. June 10 The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China. Corpus Thursday: A student rally on the streets of Mexico City is roughly dispersed. Amtrak had its first fatal accident when 11 people were killed and 163 injured in the derailment of the City of New Orleans train near Tonti, Illinois. June 11 – Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament. June 13 Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. Racing drivers Gijs van Lennep of the Netherlands and Helmut Marko of Austria win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Martini Racing Porsche 917K. June 14 – Norway begins oil production in the North Sea. June 17 Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa. President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. June 20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoly Fedoseyev has been granted asylum. June 21 – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership in Luxembourg. June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of conspiring to oust the government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador. June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue in New York City on March 8, 1968. June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo, boss of his eponymous crime family, in the head during an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma. June 30 New York Times Co. v. United States: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint. After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world's first human-occupied space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft die after their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.
juNE – massAchUsEtts pasSEs ITS ChaPtEr 766 lAWs EnactinG SpecIAl EduCAtiOn. June 1 – vietnam War: vIETnAm VetERaNs fOr a just PeaCe, cLAIMiNg To rePreSent tHe maJoritY of u.s. VETerAnS Who sERVed in souTHEAsT asiA, sPEak AgAinST waR pRotesTS. june 6 sOyuZ PRograM: soyuz 11 (vladIslAV VoLkOv, Georgi dObrovolsKi, vIKtor pAtsaYev) ?is Launched. a midaiR collisION betweeN huGhES aIrWest flight 706 douGLAS dc-9 jetlinEr and a U.s. mArine cOrpS McDonNell dOuglAs f-4 PhAntom jEt fIgHter neAr DuARte, cAli.foRNia Claims 50 liVES. june 10 THE U.s. eNds its TrAde EmbArgo Of cHINa. coRpuS thURSday: a sTudent RalLy on the stREets of MExico ciTy is roUghly dispeRSed. aMTrAK hAd its fIrst FAtal acCidenT whEn 11 pEOPle were killED and 163 InJurEd in the derailMEnt Of tHE City of new OrlEaNS Train near tonTi, illiNoIS. JUnE 11 – neviLLe Bonner beComEs tHe FirsT InDigEnous auSTRalIan to Sit In thE aUStRalIaN paRliament. juNe 13 vIetnam War: the new York tiMEs bEgINs To publIsh The peNtagon PapeRs. racing DrivErs giJs van len?nep of THE NETheRlAnds anD heLMut marko of austria WiN the 24 HoURs of Le mans in ThE MArtIni racinG POrsche 917k. june 14 – nORWAy begins oIL prODuCtioN in tHE North sea. JUne 17 rePResenTaTiveS Of JaPaN and The UniTeD stAtEs Sign The oKinawa reverSION agrEEment, whereby thE u.s. will rEtUrn control of okinaWA. pReSideNt rIChaRD Nixon DeclAres The u.s. war on DrugS. jUNe 18 – southwEsT airLines, a Low-cOSt CaRriEr, bEgins itS FirsT flights betwEen dAllas, housTOn anD San antONio. jUne 20 – brItaIn aNnOuNCes That sovieT Space scientist anaTOly fEdosEYeV haS beeN gRaNtED asYLum. June 21 – briTain beGins new NegotIationS for eEC membeRship In lUxemBouRg. jUne 25 – madagascAR acCusEs THE u.s. oF ConspiRINg To oUst THe gOvernmeNt; tHE U.s. recaLLs ITs ambasSaDor. june 27 – coNCert promoter biLl GRaHaM CLOsEs the LegEndAry FiLLmore East, whIcH FirST opeNED on 2nd AvenUe IN neW york cIty On March 8, 1968. juNe 28 – assaSSin jeRomE A. johnSoN ShoOts JOe colOmbo, boss of HIs epONymOus crime faMIlY, in The hEad duriNG aN italian-ameRiCan rAlly, PUtTIng hIm In a COma. june 30 new yoRk times co. v. UnitED STates: the u.s. SUPReMe cOuRt RulEs That ThE penTagon papErs may be pUbliShED, reJeCtInG GovERnMeNt INjuncTioNS as unconStitutIOnal PRior restraint. AfTer a succeSsfuL Mission aboArd salYuT 1, the WoRLD's firsT hUmaN-occUpiEd spacE statIon, the crEw oF the soYuz 11 spacECrAfT diE after their air sUPply lEaks out througH a fAulTY ValvE.