Scene 6 - June 1996

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June
Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the U.S. fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.
June 1–3 - The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.
June 4 - The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes 40 seconds after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments 7.5 billion US dollars over 11 years.
June 6 - Leighton W. Smith, Jr. resigns as NATO commander in the face of increasing criticism.
June 7 - An IRA gang murders Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick.
June 8 - The 10th European Football Championship (UEFA Euro 96) begins in England.
June 8 - Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open, to win her 19th Grand Slam title.
June 10 - Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.
June 10 - The Colorado Avalanche wins their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of Denver, Colorado, defeating the Florida Panthers 4 games to none. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
June 11 - An explosion in a Sao Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 and injures more than 100.
June 11 - A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; 8 are killed.
June 12 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. The panel says that the 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults.
June 13 - An 81-day standoff between the Montana Freemen and FBI agents ends with their surrender in Montana.
June 15 - In Manchester, UK, a massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.
June 16 - The Chicago Bulls win their fourth NBA Championship by defeating the Seattle SuperSonics in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2.
June 19 - Boris Yeltsin emerges as the winner in Russia's first round of presidential elections.
June 20 - Thousands of Megawati Sukarnoputri supporters clash with police in Jakarta.
June 23 - The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan.
June 23 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu is given an official farewell at his retirement service in St George's Cathedral.
June 25 - The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
June 26 - Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot and killed in her car just outside Dublin.
June 28 - A new government is formed in Turkey, with Necmettin Erbakan of Refah Partisi becoming prime minister of the coalition government, and deputy and foreign minister Tansu Ciller of the True Path Party succeeding him after two years.
June 29 - The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
June 29 - An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 36 people and injures another 52.
June 30 - Costas Simitis is elected President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece.
June 30 - Germany beats the Czech Republic to win Euro 96.
June 30 - Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic reliquishes power to his deputy, Biljana Plavsic.