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	Nov. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
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Number of additional shares authorized (in shares)	3,000
Number of shares authorized (in shares)		7,000
Number of shares available for grant (in shares)		8,000
Issuance of common stock for employee stock plans and other		$ 133	$ 176	$ 166
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average fair value per share (in dollars per share)		$ 30.90	$ 20.03	$ 22.38
Total intrinsic value of options exercised		$ 109	$ 145	$ 125
Award vesting period (in years)		4 years
Expiration period (in years)		10 years
Compensation cost not yet recognized		$ 12
Compensation costs not yet recognized, period for recognition (in years)		1 year
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost not yet recognized		$ 29
Compensation costs not yet recognized, period for recognition (in years)		1 year
Fair value of shares vested		$ 15	$ 9	$ 5
Granted (in dollars per share)		$ 210.78	$ 156.25	$ 152.12
Nonvested awards outstanding (in shares)		315	294
Weighted-average grant date fair value per share of nonvested awards (in dollars per share)		$ 178	$ 150
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Restricted Stock \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Restricted Stock \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Performance Shares
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Compensation cost not yet recognized		$ 10
Compensation costs not yet recognized, period for recognition (in years)		1 year
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Weighted-average grant date fair value per share of nonvested awards (in dollars per share)		$ 172.04	$ 148.59
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Deferred Stock Units for Nonemployee Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors reinvested dividends (in shares)		4
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors distributed (in shares)		31
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors granted weighted average fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 199.50
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors reinvested weighted average fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		198.51
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors distributed weighted average fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 83.24
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors outstanding (in shares)		174
Deferred stock units for nonemployee directors outstanding weighted average fair value on grant date (in dollars per share)		$ 106.62