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  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Monday Jun 1, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Over 6 Million in Cases of Covid-19

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Monday Jun 1, 2020

    On the first of July, the WHO announced that the number of cases reached 6,057,853 and the death tally became 371,166




  • San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020
    Zoom Video Communications

    Zoom was valued at over $67 billion

    San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020

    By June 2020, Zoom was valued at over $67 billion.




  • Brazil
    Tuesday Jun 2, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Brazil Reach half a million cases

    Brazil
    Tuesday Jun 2, 2020

    On the second of June, Brazil reached half a million cases.




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 5, 2020
    Reddit

    Ohanian resigned from the board

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 5, 2020

    On June 5, 2020, Ohanian resigned from the board and planned to be replaced "by a Black candidate".




  • San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 5, 2020
    Reddit

    Alexis Ohanian resigned

    San Francisco, California, United States
    Friday Jun 5, 2020

    On June 5, 2020, Alexis Ohanian resigned as a member of the board in response to the George Floyd protests and requested to be replaced "by a Black candidate".




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Tuesday Jun 9, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    7+ Million cases

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Tuesday Jun 9, 2020

    On June 9, the number of cases surpassed the 7 million mark, with a total of 7,039,918 cases infected and 404,396 deaths




  • Russia
    Thursday Jun 11, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Russia Reach 500K Cases

    Russia
    Thursday Jun 11, 2020

    Russia reached 500 thousand infections on July 11.


  • California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020
    Oculus

    Oculus Go End-of-Life

    California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020

    Oculus Go was declared end-of-life in June 2020, with software submissions to end in December 2020, and firmware support ending in 2022.


  • European Union
    Thursday Jun 11, 2020
    Amazon

    European Union announced that it will be pressing charges against Amazon over its treatment of third-party e-commerce sellers

    European Union
    Thursday Jun 11, 2020

    On June 11, 2020, the European Union announced that it will be pressing charges against Amazon over its treatment of third-party e-commerce sellers.


  • Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 2020
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Isolated at Windsor Castle

    Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 2020

    A photo of Philip with the Queen as they isolated at Windsor Castle during the COVID-19 pandemic was released ahead of his 99th birthday in June 2020.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Jun 13, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    U.S record Over 2 Million Cases

    U.S.
    Saturday Jun 13, 2020

    On June 13, the United States of America reached a cases total of 2,010,391 which was over a quarter of the total world infections at the time.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    Surpassing The 8 Millions Infections

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Wednesday Jun 17, 2020

    On 17 June, the WHO confirmed that the cases of infections have reached 8,061,550 and the death tally reached 440,290.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
    11:33:00 PM
    Frederick Douglass

    Second Marriage

    U.S.
    Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
    11:33:00 PM

    Douglass married again, to Helen Pitts, a white suffragist and abolitionist from Honeoye, New York. Pitts was the daughter of Gideon Pitts Jr., an abolitionist colleague and friend of Douglass.


  • Massachusetts, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020
    Juneteenth

    Juneteenth Independence Day

    Massachusetts, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020

    In 2020, Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker issued a proclamation that the day would be marked as "Juneteenth Independence Day". This followed the filing of bills by both the House and Senate to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Baker did not comment on these bills specifically, but promised to grant the observance of Juneteenth greater importance.


  • North Dakota, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020
    Juneteenth

    North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced that the state would formally recognize Friday

    North Dakota, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020

    North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced that the state would formally recognize Friday, June 19, 2020, as Juneteenth Day in North Dakota for the year 2020.


  • South Dakota, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020
    Juneteenth

    Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota proclaimed June 19, 2020, as Juneteenth Day

    South Dakota, U.S.
    Friday Jun 19, 2020

    Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota proclaimed June 19, 2020, as Juneteenth Day, spurring calls for it to be recognized annually, rather than just for 2020.


  • United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 19, 2020
    Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak

    The UK Reach 300K Infections

    United Kingdom
    Friday Jun 19, 2020

    On 19 June, the UK reached 300K of total infections but managed to keep their number of daily infections decreasing through the process.


  • San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020
    Zoom Video Communications

    Zoom hired its first chief diversity officer

    San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020

    In June 2020, Zoom hired its first chief diversity officer, Damien Hooper-Campbell.


  • San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020
    Zoom Video Communications

    Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong-Kong based groups

    San Jose, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020

    In June 2020, Zoom was criticized for closing multiple accounts of U.S. and Hong-Kong based groups, including that of Zhou Fengsuo and two other human rights activists, who were commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The accounts were later re-opened, with the company stating that in the future it "will have a new process for handling similar situations."


  • Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 25, 2020
    Mohamed Salah

    Winning the Premier League

    Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 25, 2020

    Mohamed Salah won the Premier League with Liverpool as the club got their first premier league title and their first league title in 30 years.


  • San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020
    Uber

    Uber announced that it would manage the on-demand high-occupancy vehicle fleet for Marin Transit

    San Francisco, California, U.S.
    Jun, 2020

    In June 2020, Uber announced that it would manage the on-demand high-occupancy vehicle fleet for Marin Transit, a public bus agency in Marin County, California. This partnership is Uber's first SaaS partnership.


  • Antioquia, Colombia
    Friday Jun 26, 2020
    Colombian conflict

    Operation Mil

    Antioquia, Colombia
    Friday Jun 26, 2020

    On June 26, Clan del Golfo and FARC dissidents were confirmed to be in a direct armed conflict in northern Antioquia known as Operation Mil. The Gulf's Clan, which dispatched 1,000 of its paramilitaries from Urabá, southern Córdoba, and Chocó, hopes to remove FARC dissent from northern Antioquia and take control of the entire municipality of Ituango.


  • Espoo, Finland
    Jun, 2020
    Nokia

    Nokia won a 5G contract worth approximately $450 million from Taiwan Mobile

    Espoo, Finland
    Jun, 2020

    In June, Nokia won a 5G contract worth approximately $450 million from Taiwan Mobile to build out the telecom operator's next-generation network as the sole supplier.


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