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{{*mp|June 18}} [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel-laureate]] '''[[José Saramago]]''' of [[Portugal]] dies at the age 87. |
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{{*mp|June 17}} In [[basketball]], the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] '''[[2010 NBA Finals|defeat]]''' the [[Boston Celtics]] in [[List of NBA game sevens|seven games]] to win the [[NBA Finals]]. |
{{*mp|June 17}} In [[basketball]], the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] '''[[2010 NBA Finals|defeat]]''' the [[Boston Celtics]] in [[List of NBA game sevens|seven games]] to win the [[NBA Finals]]. |
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{{*mp|June 16}} '''[[2010 Var floods|Heavy rainfall]]''' in the [[Var (department)|Var]], [[France]], kills at least 25 people during the region's worst floods since 1827. |
{{*mp|June 16}} '''[[2010 Var floods|Heavy rainfall]]''' in the [[Var (department)|Var]], [[France]], kills at least 25 people during the region's worst floods since 1827. |
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Revision as of 20:25, 18 June 2010
- Nobel-laureate José Saramago of Portugal dies at the age 87.
- In basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Boston Celtics in seven games to win the NBA Finals.
- Heavy rainfall in the Var, France, kills at least 25 people during the region's worst floods since 1827.
- Soyuz TMA-19, carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew (pictured), launches on the one-hundredth flight to the International Space Station.
- The Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday finds that the British Army was "unjustified" in shooting 27 civilians in 1972.
- In Belgium, the Flemish nationalist New Flemish Alliance gains a plurality in the parliamentary election, with the francophone Socialist Party coming a close second.
- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa probe returns to Earth, completing a seven-year mission to sample the asteroid 25143 Itokawa.
- Ethnic clashes in south Kyrgyzstan leave at least 170 people dead.
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