Historical Events
Allied Generals Meet Over D-Day
Jun 1 Allied generals Bernard Montgomery, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Miles Dempsey and Harry Crerar meet in Portsmouth, England just prior to D-Day
- Jun 1 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots
- Jun 1 Washington Senators MLB outfielder Stan Spence goes 6-for-6 in an 11-5 win over the St. Louis Browns; collects 5 singles and a home run
Eisenhower, Montgomery Dinner
Jun 2 Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery dine in Portsmouth, England
- Jun 2 Herzogenbusch concentration camp near Vught, Netherlands, is disbanded by Allied forces, one of two SS-run camps outside Germany
- Jun 3 76th Belmont: G. L. Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
- Jun 3 Generals Giraud & de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution
- Jun 3 Nazis pull out of Rome
- Jun 4 French General Charles de Gaulle arrives in London
Battle of Interest
Jun 4 General Eisenhower cancels planned D-Day invasion on June 5th after receiving unfavorable weather reports
- Jun 4 U505 becomes the first German submarine captured and boarded on high seas by the US Navy
Liberation of Rome
Jun 4 US 5th Army enters and liberates Rome - first European Fascist city to be liberated
- Jun 5 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
- Jun 5 After receiving favorable weather reports, General Eisenhower decides to proceed with the D-Day invasion on June 6
- Jun 5 Allied forces march into Rome
- Jun 5 As part of Operation Tonga, the 1st British gliders touch down on French soil to prepare for the D-Day invasion
Event of Interest
Jun 5 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies
- Jun 6 Alaska Airlines commences operations
- Jun 6 German submarines U-955, U-970, U-629 and U-373 sink in Bay of Biscay
- Jun 6 Operation Overlord: As part of the D-Day landings, the 82nd Airborne Division arrives at the French town of Sainte-Mère-Église
- Jun 6 Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II
- Jun 6 World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France
- Jun 7 Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
- Jun 7 British forces attack Bréville in France during the Normandy invasion while other British forces attempt to encircle Caen
- Jun 7 Canadian 50th Division occupies Bayeux during the Normandy invasion
- Jun 8 1st SS-Panzer Korps counterattacks at Normandy
- Jun 8 Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy
- Jun 8 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested
- Jun 8 General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully
- Jun 9 Soviet offensive in Carelia, Finland
- Jun 10 Nazi forces carry out a massacre of 642 civilians in the French village Oradour-sur-Glane
- Jun 10 Relief pitcher Joe Nuxhall at 15 years, 316 days, debuts for Cincinnati Reds; youngest player in MLB history; becomes All Star and broadcaster
- Jun 10 World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops
- Jun 11 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
- Jun 11 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC
- Jun 12 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
- Jun 12 British 12th airborne battalion and the 13th & 18th Hussars attack and capture Bréville
- Jun 12 Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully
- Jun 12 US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
- Jun 13 German counterattack on Villers-Bocage, Normandy
- Jun 13 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) flying bomb (doodle-bugs) attacks
- Jun 14 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
De Gaulle Returns to France
Jun 14 French General Charles de Gaulle returns to France, landing in Normandy, proclaiming Bayeux the capital of Free France
- Jun 15 US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific
George Stinney is Executed
Jun 16 George Stinney, a 14-year-old African-American boy, is wrongfully executed for the murder of two white girls, becoming the youngest person ever executed in 20th-century America
- Jun 16 Iceland adopts constitution
- Jun 16 US bombs Kyushu, Japan
- Jun 17 -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
- Jun 17 Hitler secretly meets with Field Marshals von Rundstedt and Rommel in Marjival, Soissons, France to assess response to Normandy Invasion
- Jun 17 Iceland dissolves its union with Denmark and declares itself a Republic
- Jun 17 Resistance fighter and poet Col Blake arrives in London
- Jun 18 Farewell concert of conductor Willem Mengelberg in Paris, France
- Jun 18 German submarine U-767 sunk by English Navy destroyers in the English Channel
Capa's Magnificent Eleven
Jun 19 Five of the "The Magnificent Eleven" photos taken by Robert Capa during the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, Normandy first published in "Life Magazine"
- Jun 19 French troops free Elba
- Jun 19 Heavy air raid on US fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
- Jun 19 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
- Jun 19 World War II: First day of the 2 day Battle of the Philippine Sea, US naval forces defeat Japanese fleet
- Jun 20 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
- Jun 20 Great storm of 1944: Heavy Atlantic storm destroys Mulberry Harbor - allies artificial harbour used during D-Day at Omaha Beach
- Jun 20 Soviet forces conquer Finnish held Viborg / Wiborg
- Jun 20 US attacks Japanese fleet in the Philippine Sea
- Jun 21 Very heavy bombing on Berlin
- Jun 22 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn
- Jun 22 British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam from the Japanese
- Jun 22 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn
- Jun 22 Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre
GI Bill of Rights
Jun 22 US President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
- Jun 22 US troops occupy Biak during Battle of Biak, New Guinea
- Jun 23 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153
Thomas Mann
Jun 23 German writer Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen
- Jun 23 Soviet offensive in central front sector
- Jun 25 British assault at Caen, Normandy
- Jun 26 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line
- Jun 26 Yanks, Dodgers & Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 & Giants-0
- Jun 27 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
- Jun 29 French Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
- Jun 29 German counterattack at Caen
- Jun 29 German generals Rommel & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden
- Jun 29 Soviet Armies join in Bobroesjk
- Jun 29 US 7th army corps conquers Cherbourg, France
- Jun 30 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea
- Jun 30 French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands
- Jun 30 Universal strike against Nazi terror in Copenhagen
- Jun 30 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-American architect (20 Fenchurch Street (London); Kimmel Center (Philadelphia); Booth School of Business (Chicago)), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2023) [1]
- Jun 1 Robert Powell, English actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets), born in Salford, England
- Jun 2 Antone Tavares, American R&B musician (Tavares - "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Jun 2 Garo Yepremian, American NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins), born in Larnaca, Cyprus (d. 2015)
- Jun 2 Marvin Hamlisch, American EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony Awards winner) and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor (The Sting; A Chorus Line), born in New York City (d. 2012)
- Jun 2 Poul Jensen, Danish sailor (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- Jun 3 Eddy Ottoz, Italian athlete (hurdles) and coach, born in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
- Jun 3 Edith McGuire, US 200m sprinter (Olympic gold 1964)
- Jun 3 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1993)
- Jun 4 Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress (Mamas & Papas - "California Dreaming"), born in Long Beach, California
- Jun 4 Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), born in Broughty Ferry, Scotland
- Jun 5 Chris Finnegan, British boxer (Olympic gold middleweight 1968), born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 2009)
- Jun 5 Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer (Les Misérables), born in Drimnagh, Ireland
- Jun 6 Bud Harrelson, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star 1970, 71; World Series 1969; Gold Glove 1971 New York Mets) and manager (NY Mets 1990, 91), born in Niles, California (d. 2024)
- Jun 6 David Penhaligon, British politician (President of the Liberal Party) (d. 1986)
- Jun 6 Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), born in Tilsit, East Prussia (d. 2015)
- Jun 6 Peter Albin, American rock bassist and guitar player (Big Brother and the Holding Company), born in San Francisco, California
- Jun 6 Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and molecular biologist (Nobel 1993), born in Falmouth, Kentucky
Tommie Smith (79 years old)
Jun 6 American athlete and 200m sprinter who was the 1st to break the 20-second barrier (performed the black power salute while accepting his Olympic gold medal in 1968), born in Clarksville, Texas
- Jun 7 Clarence White, American session and country-rock guitarist (The Byrds, 1968-73 - "Ballad of Easy Rider"), born in Lewiston, Maine (d. 1973)
- Jun 8 (William) "Boz" Scaggs, American rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band, 1967-68), and singer-songwriter ("Lowdown"; "Lido Shuffle"), born in Canton, Ohio
- Jun 8 Don Grady [Agrati], American actor (Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons), born in San Diego, California (d. 2012)
- Jun 8 Marc Ouellet, Canadian Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church, Archbishop of Quebec City, born in La Motte, Quebec, Canada
- Jun 8 Mark Belanger, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1976; 8 x Gold Glove winner; Baltimore Orioles), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Jun 9 23 puppies (record litter), born to Lena, a foxhound in Ambler, Pennsylvania
- Jun 9 Brigid Bazlen, American actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady), born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (d. 1989)
- Jun 9 Christine Goitschel, French alpine skier (Olympic gold 1964), born in Sallanches, France
- Jun 10 Rick Price, British rock bassist (The Move, 1969-71; Wizzard, 1972-75), and pedal steel guitar player, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2022)
- Jun 11 Alan Horworth, British politician (L), first Conservative to change to Labour party, born in London
- Jun 11 Barrie Stevens, English-Dutch choreographer (Personals, Young Again), born in London
- Jun 11 James "Ox" van Hoften, American astronaut (STS 11, STS 20), born in Fresno, California
- Jun 12 Linda Foster, American actress (Doris-Hank), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Jun 12 Maurice Jackson, American singer (The Independents - "Leaving Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
Ban Ki-moon (79 years old)
Jun 13 South Korean politician and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007-16), born in Injō, Japanese Korea
- Jun 13 Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991), born in Exeter, Pennsylvania
- Jun 14 Joe Grifasi, American actor, born in Buffalo, New York
- Jun 14 Laurie Colwin, American author (Happy All the Time), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1992)
- Jun 15 Inna Ryskai, Soviet volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76), born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
- Jun 15 Robert Keppel, American criminologist
- Jun 16 Barbara Grigor, Scottish filmmaker and art entrepreneur (d. 1994)
- Jun 16 Gary F. Jones, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer ($52.6m in purses; 1,465 race wins; US Racing HOF), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2020)
- Jun 16 Kip Addotta, American stand-up comic, born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 2019)
- Jun 16 Takamiyama Daigorō [Jesse Kuhaulua], American wrestler (1972 1st non-Japanese sumo champion), born in Maui, Hawaii
- Jun 17 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), born in Nuevo Valle de Moreno, Mexico (d. 2013)
- Jun 17 Bill Rafferty, American comedian (Laugh-In; Real People), born in Queens, New York (d. 2012)
- Jun 17 Chris Spedding, British session and touring rock guitarist (Sharks; Bryan Ferry; Harry Nilsson), and producer, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
- Jun 18 Paul Lansky, American electronic composer, born in New York City
- Jun 18 Rick Griffin, American artist and a leading designer of psychedelic posters in the 1960s (Grateful Dead), born in Palos Verdes, California (d. 1991)
- Jun 18 Sandy Posey, American pop and country singer ("Single Girl"), born in Jasper, Alabama
- Jun 19 Chico Buarque, Brazilian samba singer-songwriter, and poet, born in Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jun 20 Dave Nelson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1973 Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers Fox Sports Wisconsin), born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
- Jun 20 David Roper, English actor (The Cuckoo Waltz), born in Bradford, Yorkshire
- Jun 20 Terry Funk, American HOF pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship 1998; NWA World Heavyweight C'ship 1975-76) and actor (Paradise Alley; Roadhouse), born in Hammond, Indiana (d. 2023)
- Jun 21 Corinna Tsopel, Greek actress (Man Called Horse) and Miss Universe 1964, born in Athens, Greece
- Jun 21 Jon Hiseman, British drummer (Arthur Brown; Colosseum), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- Jun 21 Miguel Vicens, Spanish rock bass player (Los Bravos - "Black Is Black"), born in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Ray Davies (79 years old)
Jun 21 British singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"; "Come Dancing"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England
- Jun 21 Tony Scott, English film director and producer (Top Gun; Revenge: Days of Thunder), born in Northumberland, England (d. 2012)
- Jun 22 Gérard Mourou, French scientist (Nobel Prize for Physics 2018, lasers), born in Albertville, France
- Jun 22 Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
- Jun 22 Michael Obst, German coxsman (Olympic gold 1960), born in German FR
- Jun 22 Peter Asher, English pop singer, guitarist (Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love"), artist manager, and record producer (Linda Ronstadt; James Taylor), born in London, England
- Jun 23 Clive Barker, South African soccer coach (South Africa 1994-97; AmaZulu FC), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2023)
- Jun 23 Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (d. 2014)
- Jun 24 Charlie Whitney, British rock guitarist (Family), born in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
- Jun 24 Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker's Air Force; Jimi Hendrix), born in Quinton, Birmingham, England (d. 1983)
Jeff Beck (1944-2023)
Jun 24 English Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist (Yardbirds, 1965-66; Jeff Beck Group, 1967-72), born in Wallington, Surrey, England [1] [2]
- Jun 24 Terry Donahue, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (head coach UCLA 1976-96, record 151–74–8; Pac-10 Coach of the Year 1985, 93), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
- Jun 25 Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer and composer, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 26 Bengt Åberg, Swedish motocross racer (World 500cc Motocross Champion 1969, 70; Motocross des Nations gold 1970, 71, 74), born in Gävleborg County, Sweden (d. 2021)
- Jun 26 Ruth Kempson, British linguist (SOAS)
- Jun 27 Kees [Cornelis Johannes] Ouwens, Dutch writer and poet (Intimate Acts), born in Zeist, Netherlands (d. 2004)
- Jun 27 Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist, 1K time trial (Olympic gold 1964), born in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
- Jun 29 Claude Humphrey, American Pro Football HOF defensive end (6 × Pro Bowl, 5 × First-team All-Pro Atlanta Falcons; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2021)
- Jun 29 Collin Peterson, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota), born in Fargo, North Dakota
- Jun 29 Gary Busey, American actor (The Buddy Holly Story; A Star in Born (1976); Lethal Weapon), born in Goose Creek, Texas
- Jun 29 Seán Patrick O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Lakewood, Ohio
- Jun 29 Sisto Malaspina, Australian cafe owner (Pellegrini's) who started Melbourne coffee culture, born in Marche region, Italy
- Jun 30 Glenn Shorrock, British-Australian rock vocalist (Little River Band - "Reminiscing"; "Lonesome Loser"), born in Chatham, Kent, England
- Jun 30 Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist, physician and author (Life After Life), born in Porterdale, Georgia
- Jun 30 Ron Swoboda, American baseball outfielder and sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
- Jun 2 Vera Menchik, Russian born British chess master, 1st official Women's World Chess Champion (1927-39), dies in a London air raid at 38
- Jun 5 Riccardo Zandonai, Italian composer, dies at 61
- Jun 6 Den Brotheridge, British lieutenant who was the 1st to die during D-Day landings in World War II is killed at 28
- Jun 9 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
- Jun 10 French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed
- Jun 10 Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 41 (b. 1902)
- Jun 10 Johan Limpers, Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter, executed at 28
- Jun 10 Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist and mathematician, dies at 33
- Jun 13 Christopher Heseltine, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1895-96), dies
- Jun 14 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
- Jun 14 Robert H. Iseley, American pilot (Saipan), dies when his plane is shot down in battle at 35
- Jun 16 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals), dies at 82
- Jun 16 George Stinney, African-American boy wrongfully convicted of murder, is executed by electric chair at 14
- Jun 16 Marc Bloch, French historian and member of the French resistance, executed by firing squad by the Gestapo at 57
- Jun 19 Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
- Jun 19 Han Yong-woon, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet, at 65
- Jun 21 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter and friend of Hannie Schaft, dies
- Jun 24 Rio Gebhardt, German jazz pianist, composer, and orchestra leader, dies in France during WWII battle at 36
- Jun 25 Lucha Reyes [María de Luz Flores], Mexican mariachi singer ("Guadalajara"), dies of barbiturate intoxication at 38
- Jun 26 Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies
- Jun 27 Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878)
- Jun 27 Werner Wehrli, Swiss composer, pedagogue, and conductor, dies at 52
- Jun 29 Chick Henderson [Henderson Rowntree], British dance band vocalist (Joe Loss Orchestra - "Begin the Beguine"), killed in action while serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, at 31
