June 8

1984: Homosexuality is decriminalised in NSW.

June 11

1872: Trade unions are legalised in Canada.

1981: IRA political prisoner Kieran Doherty is elected as an Irish MP while on hunger strike.

June 12

1964: Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa.

June 13

1995: French President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear testing in French Polynesia.

June 16

1936: Aboriginal activist and Freedom Rider Charlie Perkins is born.

1976: Police open fire on a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, killing 566 youth.

June 18:

1970: The first Green Ban is imposed in NSW by the Builders Labourers Federation to stop development at Kelly’s Bush.

June 20

1880: Ned Kelly is captured in Glenrowan.

1933: German communist Clara Zetkin dies.

June 21

1979: A 24-hour strike is called to protest the arrest of union officials in WA.

From Green Left Weekly, June 8, 2005.
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