This Week In History
June 7 - In 1982, Priscilla Presley opened Graceland to the public for the first time.
June 8 - In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
June 9 - In 1953, an F4 tornado killed 94 people in Worcester, Massachusetts, and surrounding towns.
June 10 - In 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
June 11 - In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.
June 12 - In 1987, President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."
