Former P.M. Margaret Thatcher Joins House Of Lords - 1992

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and only woman to hold either post.

Thatcher’s tenure as Prime Minister was the longest since that of Lord Salisbury and was the longest continuous period in office since the tenure of Lord Liverpool who was prime minister in the early 19th century. She was the first woman to lead a major political party in the UK, and the first of only three women to have held any of the four great offices of state. On June 30, 1992, Margaret Thatcher was raised to the House of Lords by the conferment of a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire.

501 Killed In Seoul Department Store Collapse - 1995

The Sampoong Department Store collapse was a structural failure that occurred on June 29, 1995 in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea.

The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history, 501 people were killed and 937 injured. It was a direct result of the deliberate use of substandard construction materials, remarkably poor engineering practises, and governmental corruption. It was initially feared that the collapse was the result of a terrorist attack, including North Korea as a prime suspect but Investigation of the rubble revealed that the building was constructed with a substandard concrete mix (of cement and sea water) and poorly reinforced concrete on the ceilings and walls.

The Constitution Of Ukraine Is Signed Into Law - 1996

The Constitution of Ukraine was adopted at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, on June 28, 1996.

The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 possible (300 ayes minimum). The Constitution is the fundamental law of the land: laws and other normative legal acts must conform to it. The right to amend the Constitution through a special legislative procedure is vested exclusively with the parliament. According to a ruling of the Constitutional Court, current Constitution took force at the moment when the results of the parliamentary vote were announced, i.e., June 28, 1996, at approx. 9 a.m. Kiev time.

Hurricane Audrey Kills 419 In Louisiana And Texas - 1957

Hurricane Audrey was the first named storm, first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 1957 Atlantic hurricane season. Audrey was the only storm to reach Category 4 status in June. A powerful hurricane, Audrey caused catastrophic damage across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. The storm then affected the South Central United States as a powerful extratropical storm. In its wake, Audrey left $1 billion (2005 USD) in damage and at least 419 fatalities. At the time period, the devastation from Hurricane Audrey was the worst for the United States since the Great New England Hurricane of 1938.

Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin Is Shot In Her Car - 1996

Veronica Guerin was an Irish Journalist who wrote about criminals for Irish newspaper the Sunday Independent. She used nicknames for underworld figures to avoid Irish libel laws. When she began to cover drug dealers, she received numerous death threats. On June 26, 1996, when Guerin was sitting in her red Opel Calibra at an intersection on the Naas Dual Carriageway, a few miles outside Dublin, one of two men sitting on a motorcycle beside her car fatally shot her five times. Guerin’s murder caused outrage, and Taoiseach John Bruton called it “an attack on democracy”. The following criminal investigation led to over 150 arrests and a hunt against Irish organised criminal gangs.

Final Episode Of Another World - 1999

Another World was an NBC soap opera that ran for 35 years, from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was created by legendary serial creator Irna Phillips and her young assistant William J. Bell, and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions in studios located in Brooklyn. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opened with announcer Bill Wolff (1964-1987) intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Irna said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for”. Another World has won fifteen Daytime Emmy Awards.

Georges Bidault Becomes Prime Minister Of France - 1946

Georges-Augustin Bidault (October 5, 1899 - January 27, 1983) was a French politician and active in the French Resistance and Organisation armée secrète. After the war Bidault served as a foreign minister in Félix Gouin’s provisional government in 1946. In June 24 1946 National Constituent Assembly elected him to the president of the provisional government (de facto prime minister). His government composed of socialists, communists and Bidault’s own MRP. They conducted elections of the National Assembly in November 29 after which Bidault resigned.

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Is Sworn In - 1969

Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 - June 25, 1995) was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1969 to 1986.

Although Burger was a conservative and considered a strict constructionist, still under his leadership, the United States Supreme Court delivered a variety of major decisions on abortion, capital punishment, religious establishment, and school desegregation. He worked hard for the adoption of modern management techniques in the nation’s judicial system. As Chief Justice he swore in President Nixon in 1973, President Ford in 1974, President Carter in 1977, and President Reagan in 1981 and 1985.

American Actress Meryl Streep Born - 1949

Mary Louise Streep (born June 22, 1949), known as Meryl Streep, is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film.

Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971’s The Playboy of Seville and her film debut in 1977’s Julia opposite Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Streep holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, having been nominated fourteen times (11 for Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress).

Meryl Streep also holds the record for actress with the most Golden Globe Awards for films with 6 wins. She is also the second-most nominated performer for a Golden Globe Award (she has twenty-one nominations to Jack Lemmon’s twenty-two)

The Miller Test Governing Obscenity In U.S. Established - 1973

In handing down the decision in Miller v. California 413 US 15, on June 21, 1973 the Supreme Court of the United States established the Miller Test, which now governs obscenity in U.S. law.

The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court’s test that provides criteria for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.

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