Historical Events
Cochet French Champion
Jun 4 French Championships Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet wins his 2nd of 4 home titles; beats countryman René Lacoste 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 4 President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents
- Jun 8 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
60th Belmont
Jun 9 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
- Jun 9 Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
Case Of Jonathan Drew
Jun 11 Alfred Hitchcock's silent film "Case Of Jonathan Drew" (or "The Lodger") is released
Gehrig Collects 14 Bases
Jun 12 New York Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig collects 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 home runs in a 15-7 win over Chicago White Sox
Herbert Hoover Nominated
Jun 14 Republican National Convention, meeting in Kansas City, nominates Herbert Hoover for President
Earhart 1st Female Passenger
Jun 17 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
- Jun 18 American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Burry Port, Wales
- Jun 23 Commencement of West Indies cricket's first ever Test match; England go on to win by an innings and 58 runs at Lord's
32nd Men's Opens
Jun 24 US Open Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Johnny Farrell defeats amateur Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win his only major title
- Jun 24 With declining business, the Great Gorge and International Railway begins using one-person crews on trolley operations in Canada
- Jun 25 NY Giants future Baseball HOF third baseman Freddie Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader in 12-4 & 8-2 wins over Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl
International Congresses of Modern Architects
Jun 26 First meeting of the International Congresses of Modern Architects (CIAM) at Lake Leman, Switzerland organized by Le Corbusier
- Jun 28 Alfred E Smith (NY-Governor) nominated for US President at Democratic Convention
- Jun 28 Friedrich Schmiedl attempts rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
West End Blues
Jun 28 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End Blues"
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Bob Monkhouse, comedian (Bonkers), born in Kent, England
- Jun 1 Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), born in Odessa, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1971)
- Jun 2 J. A. Cuddon, English dictionary writer (Dictionary of Literary Terms), (d. 1996)
- Jun 3 Donald Judd, American minimalist sculptor and artist, born in Excelsior Springs, Missouri (d. 1994)
- Jun 3 John Reid, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (58 Tests; 6 x 100s; 85 wickets) and ICC Match Referee (50 Tests 1993-2002), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- Jun 4 Lloyd Lambert, American bassist (Guitar Slim), born in Thilbodaux, Louisiana (d. 1995)
- Jun 4 Paul Greening, Royal Navy officer and master of Queen's household, born in Steyning, Sussex, England (d. 2008)
- Jun 4 Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist and media personality (Dr Ruth), born in Wiesenfeld, Germany
- Jun 4 Teddy Kotick, American jazz double bassist (Phil Woods; Charlie Parker; Bill Evans), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
- Jun 5 Don Chargin, American boxing promoter (IBHOF; Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), born in Santa Clara, California (d. 2018)
- Jun 5 Otto F. Walter, Swiss writer and publisher (Walter Verlag), born in Rickenbach (d. 1994)
- Jun 5 Robert Lansing [Brown], American stage and screen actor (12 O'Clock High; The Equalizer), born in San Diego, California (d. 1994)
- Jun 5 Tony Richardson, English theater and film director (Tom Jones), born in Shipley, England (d. 1991)
- Jun 6 George Deukmejian, American politician, 35th Governor of California (1983-91), born in Menands, New York (d. 2018)
- Jun 7 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, born in New York (d. 1996)
- Jun 7 Anthony Ortega, American session and jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (A Man and His Horns), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
Charles Strouse (95 years old)
Jun 7 American composer (Bye Bye Birdie; Annie), born in New York City
- Jun 7 Dave Bowen, Welsh soccer wing-half (19 caps; Arsenal) and manager (Wales 1964-74; Northampton Town), born in Maesteg, Wales (d. 1995)
- Jun 7 David Malcolm Lewis, English historian, expert in Greek Epigraphy, born in London (d. 1994)
- Jun 7 James Ivory, American producer, director and screenwriter (Howard's End; Remains of the Day), born in Berkeley, California
- Jun 7 James Jude, American thoracic surgeon (developed CPR), born in Maple Lake, Minnesota (d. 2015)
- Jun 7 Randy Turpin, British boxer (NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles 1951-53), born in Leamington Spa, England (d. 1966)
- Jun 7 Reg Park, British bodybuilder (Mr Universe - 1951, 58, 65), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2007)
- Jun 8 Kate Wilhelm, American fiction author (Hugo Award: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2018)
- Jun 9 Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh scholar (University of Wales), born in Tal-y-bont, Wales (d. 2015)
Jackie Mason (1928-2021)
Jun 9 American Emmy and Tony Award-winning stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor (The World According To Me!), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin [1]
- Jun 9 Shelly Kurland, American educator, classically trained session violinist and string arranger for country music recordings (Shelly Kurland Strings), born in New York City (d. 2010)
- Jun 10 Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in New York City (d. 2012)
- Jun 11 Bob Gordon, American cool jazz baritone saxophonist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1955)
- Jun 11 Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA), born in Ede, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- Jun 11 Queen Fabiola of Belgium [Doña Fabiola de Mora], Spanish wife of King Baudouin, Queen consort of the Belgians (1960-93), born in Zurbano Palace, Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
- Jun 12 Bob Davis, Australian football forward (All Australian captain 1958; VFL Premiership 1951, 52 Geelong FC), coach (VFL Premiership 1963 Geelong FC) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Ballarat, Australia (d. 2011)
- Jun 12 Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, born in London (d. 1996)
- Jun 12 Richard Sherman, American composer and lyricist (The Sherman Brothers - Mary Poppins), born in New York City
- Jun 12 Tom Rosqui, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather - "Rocco Lampone"), born in Oakland, California (d. 1991)
- Jun 12 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], American singer (On the Street Where You Live), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2018)
- Jun 13 Jean Villain, Swiss writer, born in Zurich (d. 2006)
John Nash (1928-2015)
Jun 13 American mathematician (subject of movie "A Beautiful Mind") and Nobel laureate, born in Bluefield, West Virginia
- Jun 13 Ken Behring, American real estate developer, NFL team owner, philanthropist (Seattle Seahawks), born in Freeport, Illinois (d. 2019)
Che Guevara (1928-1967)
Jun 14 Argentine Marxist revolutionary (Cuban Revolution), author and physician, born in Rosario, Argentina
- Jun 16 Dagmar Rom, Austrian alpine ski racer (World C'ship gold slalom & giant slalom 1950; Olympic silver giant slalom 1952), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 2022)
- Jun 16 John Cuneo, Australian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1972), born in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2020)
- Jun 16 Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony, 1959-64; Gothenburg Symphony, 1966-77; Philharmonic; Baltimore Symphony, 1969-84), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)
- Jun 18 David T. Lykken, American behavioral geneticist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2006)
- Jun 18 Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, American actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), born in New York City (d. 1978)
- Jun 18 Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)
- Jun 19 Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
- Jun 19 Nancy Marchand, American actress (The Sopranos, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2000)
- Jun 19 Raymond Powell, British MP
- Jun 20 David Mitchell, British MP, born in rural Buckinghamshire, England (d. 2014)
- Jun 20 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1964)
- Jun 20 Jean-Marie le Pen, French leader (National Front party)
- Jun 20 Martin Landau, American actor (Ed Wood; North By Northwest; Mission Impossible; Space 1999), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
- Jun 20 William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1993)
- Jun 21 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Le Nozze di Figaro - "Susanna"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
- Jun 21 Valentin Gavriyilovich Yershov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Moscow, Russia
- Jun 22 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), born in White Plains, New York (d. 2014)
- Jun 23 Michael Shaara, American writer (Killer Angels), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1988)
- Jun 25 Alexei Abrikosov, Russian-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 2003), born in Moscow (d. 2017)
- Jun 25 Jacob Druckman, American composer (Animus; Windows), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Jun 25 Michel Brault, Canadian filmmaker (Direct Cinema - pioneered hand-held camera work), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2013) [1]
- Jun 25 Peyo [Pierre Culliford], Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs; Johan et Pirlouit), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1992)
- Jun 25 William Joseph Russo, American trombonist, jazz, classical and theater composer (Titans Symphony) and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- Jun 26 Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jun 27 Rudy Perpich, American politician, 34th & 36th Governor of Minnesota, born in Carson Lake, Minnesota (d. 1995)
- Jun 28 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, English cybernetician stage producer and lyricist, born in Derby (d. 1996)
- Jun 28 Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, born in Lancashire, England (d. 2010)
- Jun 28 Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003, born in Uppsala, Sweden
- Jun 28 Harold Evans, English-American journalist and writer (editor of The Sunday Times), born in Patricroft, England
- Jun 28 Nick Virgilio, American Haiku poet, born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1989)
- Jun 28 Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's), born in Winterton, Natal, South Africa (d. 2005)
- Jun 28 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, British sailor (d. 1996)
- Jun 29 Ian Bannen, Scottish character actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park), born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1999)
- Jun 30 Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1996)
Famous Weddings
Thomas E. Dewey
Jun 16 New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (26) weds American stage actress Frances Eileen Hutt (25), until her death in 1970
Famous Deaths
Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856-1928)
Jun 2 American orator, civil rights leader, writer and publisher (New York Age), dies at 71
- Jun 3 Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864)
- Jun 6 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 67
- Jun 7 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
- Jun 12 Salvador Díaz Mirón, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas), dies at 74
- Jun 13 Dámaso Ledesma, Spanish organist, composer, musicologist, and priest, dies at 60
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Jun 14 British suffragette who formed the Women's Social & Political Union (1903), dies at 69
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)
Jun 18 Norwegian polar explorer who led the 1st expedition to the South Pole, dies in a plane crash while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic at 55
