June - This Month in the Cold War

June 5: 1967 - Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, beginning the Six-Day War.

On June 8, 1967 - The USS Liberty, a United States Navy signals intelligence ship, was attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats off the Egyptian coast.  34 sailors were killed and 171 wounded.

June 11, 1994 - The Soviet military occupation of East Germany ended after 49 years.

June 15, 1954 - A US Air Force RB-29 was shot down either over the Sea of Japan near the Kamchatka Peninsula. No remains or survivors were rec...