June 20, 2001 In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf dismisses the president and names himself to the post. He also dissolves the national assembly and four provisional assemblies.    

June 21, 1970 Former president Sukarno, 69, dies during his house arrest in Wisma Yaso, Jakarta. The Indonesian independence proclaimer and first president is buried in Blitar, East Java.

June 22, 1945 The World War II battle for O