Historical Events
- Jun 1 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, in Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
- Jun 1 British troops occupy Baghdad, Iraq
- Jun 1 Germany bans all Catholic publications
- Jun 1 Germany occupies Crete after Allied evacuation
- Jun 2 WWII: British Royal Navy captures U-110, its 1st German U-boat; after gathering valuable code machinery, they sink the vessel
- Jun 3 Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol
- Jun 3 German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
- Jun 4 Republic of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
- Jun 5 German ammunition depot at medieval Smederovo Fortress, near Belgrade, Serbia explodes; kills close to 2,000
Szabo vs Nagurski
Jun 5 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
- Jun 5 World War II: At least 4,000 people who hid in a tunnel die after a Japanese air attack on the Chinese city of Chongqing
- Jun 6 1st US Navy vessel constructed as mine layer, USS Terror (CM-5) launched from the Philadelphia Navy Yard
- Jun 6 MLB New York Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time
73rd Belmont
Jun 7 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway to claim first of 2 Triple Crowns
Partition Chromatography
Jun 7 Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead
45th US Open
Jun 7 US Open Men's Golf, Colonial CC, Fort Worth: In sweltering heat, Craig Wood wins by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Denny Shute
- Jun 8 British & French troops overthrow pro-German Syria
- Jun 9 Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio
- Jun 11 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
- Jun 11 Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews
- Jun 14 Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia
Wichita's Boeing Plant II
Jun 14 Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) in Wichita, Kansas
- Jun 16 1st US federally owned airport opened Washington, D.C.
Louis KOs Conn
Jun 18 In his 18th world heavyweight title defence Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13th round in front of a crowd of 54,487 at the Polo Grounds, NYC
- Jun 18 Turkey signs peace treaty with Nazi Germany
- Jun 19 Romania orders Jewish evacuation of Darabani
- Jun 19 Soviet anthropologist Michael Gerasimov opens tomb of Timurid Empire founder Timur and allegedly finds the inscription that whoever opens the tomb shall "unleash an invader more terrible than I." Three days later Germany invades Russia.
Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act
Jun 19 US President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act - increases the size of US Navy by 70%
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Jun 22 Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union during WWII, the largest military operation in history
- Jun 22 Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group
- Jun 23 Germany occupies Telz, Lithuania
- Jun 24 Entire Jewish male population of Gorzhdy, Lithuania, exterminated
- Jun 24 Germans advance into Russia and take Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas
- Jun 25 -26] Soviet counter attack at Rovno, Ukraine
- Jun 25 Fair Employment Practices Commission established
- Jun 25 Finland declares war on Soviet Union
- Jun 25 Finland enters WW2 against the USSR following a massive airstrike the previous day
- Jun 25 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
Byrnes to Supreme Court
Jun 25 James F. Byrnes is admitted to the US Supreme Court
- Jun 25 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
- Jun 26 Lithuanian fascists massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno
- Jun 27 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
- Jun 27 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam
- Jun 28 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
- Jun 28 German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
- Jun 29 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
- Jun 30 Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) declare Ukraine independent
- Jun 30 World War II: Operation Barbarossa - Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Dean Chance, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1964, 67; Cy Young Award 1964; no-hitter 1967; LA / California Angels, Minnesota Twins), born in Wooster, Ohio (d. 2015)
- Jun 1 Edo de Waart, Dutch conductor (New Zealand Symphony, 2016-19; Milwaukee Symphony, 2009-17; Minnesota Orchestra, 1986-96; San Francisco Symphony, 1977-85), born in Amsterdam, Holland
Charlie Watts (1941-2021)
Jun 2 British rock and jazz drummer (Rolling Stones), born in London, England
- Jun 2 Lou Nanne, Canadian-born American hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), born in Sault Ste. Maria, Ontario
- Jun 2 Oda Mayumi, resident artist (Green Gulch Zen Center), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Jun 2 Stacy Keach, American actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Jun 2 William Guest, American soul singer (Gladys Knight Show), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2015)
- Jun 4 George Jinda, Hungarian-American smooth jazz and world music percussionist (Special EFX), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2002)
- Jun 5 Hartmut Heidemann, German soccer defender (3 caps West Germany; MSV Duisburg 347 games), born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 2022)
- Jun 5 Martha Argerich, Argentine-Swiss classical piano prodigy (concert debut at age 8; Chopin Competition winner, 1964), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robert Kraft (82 years old)
Jun 5 American owner of the New England Patriots, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Spalding Gray (1941-2004)
Jun 5 American actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Jun 6 Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist, born in Scotland (d. 2012)
- Jun 6 Howie Kane [Howard Kirshenbaum], American rock singer (Jay and the Americans - "Come a Little Bit Closer"), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2023)
- Jun 7 (Cecil) Hotep Idris Galeta, South African jazz pianist, composer, and educator, born in Crawford, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2010)
- Jun 7 Jaime Laredo, Bolivian violinist (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Prize, 1959), conductor (Vermont Symphony, 1999-), and educator, born in Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Jun 7 Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer, born in Wells, England (d. 1972)
- Jun 8 Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, American pop, R&B, and funk singer-songwriter (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), born in Elkins, West Virginia (d. 2023) [1]
- Jun 8 George Pell, Australian Catholic Cardinal and treasurer of the Vatican, convicted, and then acquitted, of child sex abuse, born in Ballarat, Australia (d. 2023) [1]
- Jun 8 Joop van den Berg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA), born in Bartlehiem, Netherlands
- Jun 9 Billy Hatton, English rock bassist (The Fourmost - "A Little Loving"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2017) [1]
- Jun 9 Jon Lord, British keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Whitesnake), born in Leicester, England (d. 2012)
- Jun 9 Maurizio Zamparini, Italian football executive (owner/director Palermo FC 2002–18), born in Sevegliano, Italy (d. 2022)
- Jun 9 Peter Wilson, CEO (Gallaher)
- Jun 10 Harry Muskee, Dutch blues-rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards), born in Assen, Netherlands (d. 2011)
- Jun 10 Jurgen Prochnow, German actor (Das Boot), born in Berlin, Germany
- Jun 10 Mickey Jones, American drummer (Trini Lopez; The First Edition; Bob Dylan), and actor (Home Improvement; Tin Cup; Justified), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2018)
- Jun 10 Shirley Owens Alston, American singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy"; "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"), born in Henderson, North Carolina
- Jun 12 Armando "Chick" Corea, American jazz-fusion pianist and composer; 27 time Grammy winner (Return To Forever; Delhpi I; Toy Dance), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 2021) [1] [2]
- Jun 12 Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from California, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 12 Marv Albert, American "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter, born in New York City
- Jun 12 Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], British rock vocalist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), and songwriter, born in Andover, Hampshire, England (d. 2013)
- Jun 12 Roy Harper, British folk-rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Folkjokeopus; Work of Heart), born in Rusholme, Manchester, England
- Jun 13 Esther Ofarim (née Zaied), Israeli folk and pop singer ("T'en vas pas"; Ester & Abi - "Cinderella Rockerfella"), and actress, born in Safed, British Palestine (now Israel)
- Jun 13 Marcel Lachemann, American MLB manager and pitching coach (Oakland Athletics), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 13 Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Miracles, 1958-73 - "The Tracks of My Tears"), born in Atlanta, Georgia, (d. 2011)
- Jun 13 Tom Hallick, American actor (Search), born in Buffalo, New York
- Jun 14 Inge Danielsson, Swedish soccer midfielder (17 caps; Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF, AFC Ajax, IFK Norrköping), born in Bromölla, Sweden (d. 2021)
- Jun 14 John Edgar Wideman, American writer (Brothers and Keepers), born in Washington, D.C.
Harry Nilsson (1941-1994)
Jun 15 American pop and rock singer-songwriter ("Everybody's Talkin'"; "One"; "Without You"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jun 16 Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, born in Fiume, Italy (d. 1974)
- Jun 16 Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland - "Heat Wave"; "Where Did Our Love Go"; "You Keep Me Hanging On"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2022) [1]
- Jun 16 Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist, born in Sialkot, Pakistan (d. 2011)
- Jun 18 Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter, born in Woking, England
- Jun 19 Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court justice and jurist
- Jun 19 Marlene Warfield, American actress (Across 110th Street; Maude - "Victoria"), born in Queens, New York
- Jun 19 Václav Klaus, Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic 2003-2013, born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Jun 20 Marius Frattini, French rugby league halfback (6 Tests; Avignon, Cavaillon, Entraigues), born in Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, France (d. 2023)
- Jun 20 Stephen Frears, film director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons), born in Leicester, England
- Jun 20 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut (STS 9, 42, Soyuz TM-19)
- Jun 21 Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian Emmy Award winning screenwriter and actor (SCTV; Freaks and Geeks), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2024) [1]
- Jun 21 Mitty Collier, American gospel and R&B singer ("I Had A Talk With My Man"), and church pastor, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jun 21 Pia Barendrecht, Indonesian-Dutch actress (Pinokkio)
- Jun 22 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Jun 22 Michael Lerner, American stage and screen actor (Eight Men Out; Harlem Nights: Barton Fink), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2023)
- Jun 23 Richard M. Richie Roberts, American former Marine and New Jersey Police Detective, Criminal Defense Attorney
- Jun 23 Robert Hunter, American lyricist (Grateful Dead - "Box Of Rain"; "Ripple"; "Friend Of The Devil"; "Truckin'"), and singer-songwriter, born in Arroyo Grande, California (d. 2019)
- Jun 23 Roger McDonald, Australian author
- Jun 24 Graham McKenzie, Australian cricket fast bowler (60 Tests, 246 wickets; WA CA, Leicestershire CCC), born in Perth, Australia
- Jun 24 Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist
- Jun 25 Denys Arcand, French Canadian film director (Jesus of Montreal), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
- Jun 25 Eddie Large [McGinnis], British comedian (Little and Large), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
- Jun 26 Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist (L'enfirouapé), born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
- Jun 27 Fevzi Zemzem, Turkish soccer striker (18 caps; AS Göztepe 356 games) and manager (Orduspor), born in İskenderun, Turkey (d. 2022)
- Jun 27 James P. Hogan, British sci-fi author (Giants' Star), born in London (d. 2010)
- Jun 27 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1996)
- Jun 28 Al Downing, American MLB baseball player (NY Yankees), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Jun 28 Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford) (d. 2006)
- Jun 29 John Boccabella, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), born in San Francisco, California
- Jun 29 Kwame Toure [Stokely Carmichael], American activist (Black Power movement), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1998)
- Jun 29 Margitta Gummel-Helmbold, German track & field athlete (Olympic gold GDR women's shot put 1968), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2021)
- Jun 30 John Jameson, English cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai), born in Bombay, British India
- Jun 30 Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), born in Hamlet, Ohio (d. 1997)
- Jun 30 Mike Leander, English songwriter and record producer, born in Walthamstow, Essex (d. 1996)
- Jun 30 Peter Pollock, South African cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 116 wickets, BB 6/38, 1 x 50; Eastern Province), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Famous Weddings
Gene Tierney
Jun 1 American actress Gene Tierney (20) weds Russian-Italian fashion designer Oleg Cassini (28); divorce in 1952
- Jun 3 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
Red Auerbach
Jun 5 NBA coach Red Auerbach (23) weds Dorothy Lewis
Famous Divorces
- Jun 14 American stage and screen actress Tallulah Bankhead (39) divorces American actor John Emery (36) in Reno, Nevada after less than 4 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Hugh S Walpole, British novelist and playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40), dies at 57
Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)
Jun 2 American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (6 x World Series, 2 x AL MVP; 7 x MLB All Star; NY Yankees), dies of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a disorder now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease at 37
- Jun 3 Andy Cooper, American Baseball HOF pitcher (East-West All-Star 1933, 36; Negro NL pennant 1929; 3 x Negro AL pennants; Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs), dies from a heart attack at 44
Wilhelm II (1859-1941)
Jun 4 German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888-1918), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 82
- Jun 6 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss auto racer (co-founder Chevrolet Motor Car Company), dies of a heart attack at 62
- Jun 10 Herschel Mayall, American silent screen actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78
- Jun 11 Daniel Carter Beard, American author, social reformer and founder of the Boy Scouts of America, dies at 91
- Jun 15 Evelyn Underhill, British Anglo-Catholic poet, dies at 65
- Jun 15 Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist, dies at 67
- Jun 16 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
- Jun 17 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
- Jun 20 [Stephanie] Hélène Swarth, Dutch poet ("Lonely flowers"), dies at 81
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Jun 29 Polish pianist, composer and statesman (Prime Minister of Poland, 1919), dies of pneumonia, in New York, at 80
