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Events on Wednesday 5 June 1963 1
1963John Profumo resigns in sex-and-security scandalBritish war minister admits lying to ParliamentBritish Secretary of State for War John Profumo resigned after admitting he had lied to Parliament about an affair with Christine Keeler, who was also linked to a Soviet naval attache. The scandal badly damaged Harold Macmillan's government. It remains one of Britain's most notorious political scandals.