The field of modern biotechnology is thought to have largely begun on June 16, 1980, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that a genetically modified microorganism could be patented in the case of Diamond v. Chakrabarty.

After performing for Queen Elizabeth II at a command performance in 1979, Haley made his final performances in South Africa in May and June 1980.

* Sergio Pignedoli ( 30 June 1979 – 15 June 1980 )

* Umberto Mozzoni ( 15 June 1980 – 2 February 1983 )

On 11 June 1980, the United States signed a treaty with the Cook Islands specifying the maritime border between the Cook Islands and American Samoa and also relinquishing its claim to the islands of Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Manihiki, and Rakahanga.

Firstly, her younger son Sanjay had been her chosen heir ; but after his death in a flying accident in June 1980, his mother persuaded a reluctant elder son Rajiv Gandhi to quit his job as a pilot and enter politics in February 1981.

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980 ) was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.

A brief, low-key European tour was undertaken in June and July 1980, featuring a stripped-down set without the usual lengthy jams and solos.

After briefly toying with the name The Bastions of Immaturity, they settled on the name Meat Puppets in June, 1980 after a song by Curt of the same name which appears on their first album.

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (; ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000 ), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.

The inflation rate, 13. 5 % in 1980, fell to 4. 1 % in 1988, which was achieved by applying high interest rates by the Federal Reserve ( peaked at 20 % in June 1981 ).

In June 1980, Chun ordered the National Assembly to be dissolved.

With altered line-ups, Skyhooks continued until they disbanded on 8 June 1980 ; they briefly reformed in 1983, 1984, 1990 and 1994.

* John Murphy ( later of SPK and Death In June )-drums ( 1980 – 81 )

Rhino Handmade officially released Live At The Starwood Dec. 3, 1980 on June 14, 2010.

After the various band members discovered first-generation English punk bands like The Clash, The Jam, The Damned, and The Buzzcocks, Dogbreath changed their name to The Impediments and played a drunken performance without Tommy Stinson at a church hall gig in June 1980.

In June 1980, it was introduced in the U. S. Also launched in the UK in 1980, it came with stereo playback and two mini headphone jacks, permitting two people to listen at the same time ( though it came with only one pair of MDR-3L2 headphones ).

* June 25 – William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1980 )

* June 23 – September 6 – The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1, 700 lives.

* June 16 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist ( d. 1980 )

* June 14 – Siggie Nordstrom, American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and singer ( d. 1980 )

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

In June 2010, Transport Minister Manuk Vartanian revealed that Yerevan is seeking as much as $ 1 billion in loans from China to finance the railway ’ s construction.

Costa Rica maintained official relations with the Republic of China ( commonly known as " Taiwan ") instead of the People's Republic of China ( commonly known as " China ") until June 1, 2007, when it opened relations with China.

On June 5, 1926, Chiang became Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army ( NRA ), and on July 27 he launched a military campaign known as the Northern Expedition in order to defeat the warlords controlling northern China and to unify the country under the KMT.

The China Railway Seventh Group Co. Ltd will be in charge of the contract, under signed by the China Railway Engineering Corporation, with construction to be started from June 2008.

It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001 ; in North America on June 11, 2001 ; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001 ; and in the People's Republic of China on June 8, 2004 ( excluding Hong Kong ).

The precarious international situation reached a crisis point in June 1967 when the Six Day War flared in the Middle East and six days later China tested its first H-bomb.

Since June 1, 2006, there has been a daily bus service across the boundary from Gilgit, to Kashghar, China

Following the Boxer rebellion in China and the Boer War, a second navy bill was passed on 14 June 1900.

The basic labour laws are the Labour Law of People's Republic of China ( promulgated on 5 July 1994 ) and the Law of the People's Republic of China on Employment Contracts ( Adopted at the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress on June 29, 2007, Effective from January 1, 2008 ).

At the Third Congress of the Communist Party, held in Shanghai in June 1923, the delegates reaffirmed their commitment to working with the Kuomintang, accepting that they should become the driving force leading the labour movement in China.

By the June 2010, China had 420 million internet users.

The number of mobile phone web users in China was 73. 05 million by June 2008, making up about 30 % of China's 253 million internet users.

First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957.

Since Jiang Zemin became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body in China, including Jiang Zemin ( General secretary and President ), Zhu Rongji ( Premier ), Wu Bangguo ( Chairman of the National People's Congress ), Huang Ju ( Vice Premier ), and Xi Jinping ( Vice President ).

The first test mailing ( to 14 companies ) was made in June, 1960.

Lots of cheese made from June grass milk is served.

On 6 June 1224 Andrew made a peace with Duke Leopold VI of Austria.

In June 2009, an announcement was made that All Quiet on the Western Front will be remade.

Moreover, the special fund (€ 80, 189, 123 ) was removed from the asset and co-currently for the equity as scheduled, made Roma group had a negative equity of € 8. 795 million on 30 June 2007.

The Athlon made its debut on June 23, 1999.

The Born brothers were kept in a known Argentine State Intelligence safehouse for nine months until their June 1975 release, something made possible without public suspicion of outside involvement by the agency's numerous contacts inside the Montoneros ( including the leader, Mario Firmenich ).

On 19 June 1920 Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Smyth made a speech to the ranks of the Listowel RIC in which he was reported as having said:

Frederick Seitz, in a June 12, 1996 editorial-page piece in the Wall Street Journal complained that alterations made to Chapter 8 of the 1995 IPCC report were made to " deceive policy makers and the public into believing that the scientific evidence shows human activities are causing global warming.

Following a 12-year inquiry, Saville's report was made public on 15 June 2010, and contained findings of fault that could re-open the controversy, and potentially lead to criminal investigations for some soldiers involved in the killings.

When their son, Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, was born on 5 May 1925, Chaplin sent Grey and the child into hiding: it was seen as too close to their wedding, so a fake birth announcement was made to the press at the end of June.

On June 30, 1945, before ENIAC was made, mathematician John von Neumann distributed the paper entitled First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.

There is a Fly TACV website, though as June 2008 no bookings can be made.

The team's commitment to contend was complete when Green made a midseason deal on June 15 to shore up the starting rotation due to injuries to Rick Reuschel ( 5 – 5 ) and Sanderson.

The various efforts made by ONUC to retrain the ANC from August 1960 to their effective end in June 1963 are described in Arthur House's book The UN in the Congo: The Civilian Operations, pages 145-155.

In June 2004, the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stated that US authorities had repeatedly assured him that no detainees had passed in transit through Diego Garcia or were disembarked there .< ref > In October 2007 the all-party Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament announced that it would launch an investigation of continued allegations of a prison camp on Diego Garcia, which it claimed were twice confirmed by comments made by Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey.

An agreement for Dalhousie to amalgamate with Technical University of Nova Scotia was made on 10 June 1996, with the act of amalgamation occurring 31 March 1997.

", from Hunky Dory, was released in June 1973 and made number three in the UK singles chart.

In June 1791, the King made an ill-fated attempt to flee the country ( flight to Varennes ), but was apprehended short of his goal on the Austrian Belgian border and was forced to return under guard to Paris.

From July 1, 1941 to June 6, 1969, when the Army stopped publishing awards of the DSM in Department of the Army General Orders, over 2, 800 further awards were made.

Their marriage was kept out of the public eye for nearly 18 months, and when made public, in June 1969, caused a considerable backlash for Jones from fans accusing him of deception.

After more light rain in June, the lake finally began to dry enough for an attempt to be made.

The first EVA repairs of a spacecraft were made by Charles " Pete " Conrad, Joseph Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz on May 26, June 7 and June 19, 1973, on the Skylab 2 mission.