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Len Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was a Test cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Marked out as a potential star from his teenage years, Hutton made his debut for Yorkshire in 1934 and by 1937 was playing for England. He set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, scoring 364 runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years. During the Second World War, he received a serious arm injury from which he never fully recovered. In 1946, he assumed a role as the mainstay of England's batting; the team depended greatly on his success for the remainder of his career. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the 20th century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy in 1953, England won the Ashes for the first time in 19 years. As a batsman, Hutton was cautious and built his style on a sound defence. He remains statistically among the best batsmen to have played Test cricket, and was knighted for his contributions to the game in 1956. He went on to be a Test selector, a journalist and broadcaster, an engineering firm director and, in 1990, Yorkshire's president. (Full article...)

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In basketball, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Finals (MVP LeBron James pictured).
The United Nations reports 80,000 civilians have fled Fallujah, as Iraqi Army and Shia militias retake most of the city from ISIL.
British Member of Parliament Jo Cox dies after being shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
In association football, fan violence at UEFA Euro 2016 results in arrests and deportation of fans, and fines for the Croatian, Hungarian and Russian teams.

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June 23: Victory Day in Estonia; Jāņi in Latvia; Grand Duke's Official Birthday in Luxembourg

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1780 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army victory in the Battle of Springfield effectively put an end to British ambitions in New Jersey.
1894 – Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, an international congress at the Sorbonne in Paris founded the International Olympic Committee to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games.
1946 – Canada's largest onshore earthquake, measuring 7.3 M_w, struck Vancouver Island, but only caused two casualties since there were no heavily populated areas near its epicenter.
1956 – Gamal Abdel Nasser (pictured) became President of Egypt, a post he held until his death in 1970.
1991 – The first installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series was first released, transforming Sega into a leading game company.

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