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The United Kingdom experiences its first critical case of A (H1N1) influenza. (BBC) Pakistan 's military rescues 80 people whom the Taliban kidnapped on June 1. (Reuters) At least 61 people are discovered dead in a Harmony Gold mine in Free State, South Africa. (BBC) June 3, 2009 (Wednesday) edit. history.
150,000 people assemble in Hong Kong, China, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. (BBC) Two hundred thousand people attend the funeral of Dera Sach Khand leader Sant Ramanand Dass in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. (BBC) ( Times of India) Month. June 2009.
Portal. : Current events/2009 June 12. Iran goes to the polls for its presidential election. (AFP via Yahoo) (BBC) The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings in game seven to win the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. (AP via WSLS) The head of the fourth largest coalition in the Iraqi parliament, Harith al-Obeidi, is assassinated in west Baghdad.
Current events/2009 June 8. At least 18 factory workers are killed when their bus collides with a truck in the Nile Delta, Egypt. ( Irish Examiner) Lloyds Banking Group repay £ 2.56 billion to Her Majesty's Government to compensate for partial nationalisation on 19 January 2009. ( Times)
Current events/2009 January 6. United States President-elect Barack Obama offers CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta the position of Surgeon General. ( Washington Post) Russia 's Gazprom alleges that Ukraine has blocked three key gas pipelines to Europe, making natural gas delivery there impossible. (Reuters)
Current events/2009 November 1. At least two women are killed and six people trapped after a landslide in Los Gigantes, Tenerife. ( The Daily Telegraph) (RTÉ) (Reuters) (BBC) South Sudan 's leader, Salva Kiir, announces he will back the independence of the semi-autonomous region in a 2011 referendum. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Current events/2009 June 14. The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Orlando Magic four games to one to win the 2009 NBA Finals. Lakers coach Phil Jackson wins his tenth NBA Championship, becoming the all-time leader. ( The New York Times) Europe 's first death from H1N1 is reported in Paisley, Scotland. (Reuters) (RTÉ) ( The Irish Times)
TerreStar-1, the largest commercial telecommunication satellite ever built, is successfully launched. (spaceflightnow.com ) The European Union declares Ireland free of brucellosis, a disease which cost the country millions of euro to eradicate.