Historical Events
- Jun 1 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jun 1 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Coronation of Elizabeth II
Jun 2 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England
- Jun 3 KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
- Jun 4 Pittsburgh pirates trade outfielder Ralph Kiner & catcher Joe Garagiola to Chicago Cubs
- Jun 5 Denmark adopts a new constitution
- Jun 5 US Senate rejects China People's Republic membership to UN
- Jun 7 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Massachusetts)
- Jun 7 WDAU (now WYOU) TV channel 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins
- Jun 8 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touches down in Flint, Michigan killing 113
- Jun 8 Mary Church Terrell wins struggle to end illegal segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants [1]
Television Finale
Jun 9 Milton Berle's TV show "Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 9 South African premier D. F. Malan visits the Netherlands
- Jun 9 Worcester County tornado kills 94 injures 1310 and leaves 10,000 homeless
- Jun 11 "Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
- Jun 11 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
- Jun 13 85th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 2:28.6
Cricket History
Jun 13 English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) vs Australia
World Record Marathon
Jun 13 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
- Jun 13 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
US Golf Open
Jun 13 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Ben Hogan wins a record-tying 4th US Open title, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead
Eisenhower Condemns McCarty
Jun 14 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal
Elvis Graduates
Jun 14 Elvis Presley graduates from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jun 14 Military coup by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
- Jun 14 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
- Jun 15 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 & Browns 14-game losing streak
- Jun 15 NY Yankees first baseman Johnny Mize is 93rd MLB player to get 2,000 hits
- Jun 15 NYC Transit Authority forms
- Jun 15 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 16 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
- Jun 17 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
- Jun 17 Riots in East Germany for reunification
Event of Interest
Jun 17 US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
- Jun 18 3rd Berlin International Film Festival: "The Wages of Fear" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
- Jun 18 Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
- Jun 18 Red Sox rookie Eugene Stephens is 1st player in AL history to register 3 hits in an inning as Boston scores 17 runs in the 7th during 23-3 rout of visiting Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jun 18 USAF C-124 Globemaster crashes shortly after takeoff from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, killing 129 servicemen; at the time, it was the deadliest incident in aviation history
- Jun 19 Albert W Dent elected president of US National Health Council
- Jun 19 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 19 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Jun 20 LPGA Western Golf Open Women's Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 & 5 in the final
- Jun 24 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jun 25 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
- Jun 25 86°F in Anchorage, Alaska
- Jun 26 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
Lavrentiy Beria Ousted
Jun 26 Lavrentiy Beria, one of the trio of Soviet leaders after Stalin's death and the former secret police chief, is ousted from power and arrested
- Jun 27 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
US Women's Golf Open
Jun 28 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 David Berkowitz, American serial killer (Son of Sam)
- Jun 1 Diana Canova, American actress (Corrine-Soap), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Jun 2 Cornel West, American philosopher, activist and author, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Jun 2 Craig Stadler, American golfer (US Masters 1982), born in San Diego, California
- Jun 4 Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish songwriter and guitarist (Thunderclap Newman; Wings), born in Dumbarton, Scotland (d. 1979)
- Jun 4 Paul Samson [Sansom] British heavy metal and blues guitarist (Samson), born in Norwich, England (d. 2002)
- Jun 4 Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser), born in Shikama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Kathleen Kennedy (70 years old)
Jun 5 American film producer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park) President of Lucasfilm (2012-), born in Berkeley, California
- Jun 6 Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician
- Jun 6 Ken Calvert, American politician (Rep-R-California 1993-), born in Corona, California
- Jun 7 Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster, born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Jun 7 Johnny Clegg, South African musician "The White Zulu", born in Bacup, Lancashire (d. 2019)
- Jun 10 John Edwards, American politician and lawyer (Senator (R) North Carolina 1999-2005), born in Seneca, South Carolina
- Jun 11 Peter Bergman, American actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band), born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- Jun 12 Allan Weiner, American pirate radio station owner, born in Yonkers, New York
- Jun 12 Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette, American rock and roll vocalist ("Tired of Toein' the Line"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Tim Allen (70 years old)
Jun 13 Canadian comedian (Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle), born in Denver, Colorado
Xi Jinping (70 years old)
Jun 15 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (2012-) and President of the People's Republic of China (2013-), born in Beijing
- Jun 16 Ian Mosley, British drummer (Marillion - "Clutching At Straws"), born in Paddington, London, England
- Jun 18 Jerome Smith, American guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band - "Boogie Shoes"), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2000)
- Jun 19 Larry Dunn [Dunhill], rock and soul keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire, 1972-83), born in Denver, Colorado
- Jun 20 Brian J Duffy, American USAF Major and astronaut (STS-45, -57, -72), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jun 20 Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player (French Open mixed doubles 1975, 77; Wimbledon 1976; World #1 doubles 1976), born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
- Jun 20 Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
- Jun 21 Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown), born in St. Andrew, Jamaica (d. 1999)
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007)
Jun 21 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan and 1st female leader of a Muslim nation, born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Jun 21 Charlie Moore Jr., American baseball player, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jun 21 Michael Bowen, American actor (Valley Girl; Breaking Bad), born in Houston, Texas
- Jun 21 Robyn Douglass, American actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy), born in Sendai, Japan
- Jun 22 Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
Cyndi Lauper (70 years old)
Jun 22 American singer ("Girls Just Want To Have Fun"; "Time After Time"), born in New York City
- Jun 23 Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic silver 1980)
- Jun 23 Roberta Leighton, actress (Ginger-Days of Our Lives), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jun 24 Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
- Jun 25 Ian Davis, Australian cricket batsman (15 Tests, 1 x 100; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jun 26 Ralph Ezell, American singer (Shenandoah - "Sunday in the South"), born in Union, Mississippi
- Jun 26 Robert Davi, American actor (Die Hard; License to Kill), director (The Dukes), and singer ("Davi Sings Sinatra"), born in Queens, New York
- Jun 26 Tara VanDerveer, American women's collegiate basketball coach (3 x NCAA National Championships - Stanford University; Olympic gold, 1996), born in Melrose, Massachusetts
- Jun 27 Kent Bostick, American pursuit cyclist (Olympics-84, 96), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Jun 29 Billy Hinsche, American pop musician, singer, and songwriter (Dino, Desi & Billy; The Beach Boys), born in Manila, Philippines (d. 2021)
- Jun 29 Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work - "Who Can It Be Now?"), born in Saltcoats, Scotland
- Jun 29 Don Dokken, American heavy metal singer (Dokken - "Alone Again"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 30 Hal Lindes, American-English rock guitarist (Dire Straits, 1980-85), and film score composer (The Boys Are Back), born in Monterey, California
Famous Weddings
Arthur C. Clarke
Jun 15 Sci-Fi author Arthur C. Clarke (35) weds Marilyn Torgenson in New York
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jun 18 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (24) weds fellow activist and singer Coretta Scott (26) on the lawn of her parent’s home in Marion, Alabama; ceremony officiated by his father
James Brown
Jun 19 Singer James Brown (20) weds Velma Warren at Trinity CME Church in Toccoa, Georgia; divorce in 1969
Famous Deaths
Florence Price (1888-1953)
Jun 3 American composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932) and 1st African-American woman to have a composition played by a major orchestra, dies at 66
Bill Tilden (1893-1953)
Jun 5 American tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29; Wimbledon 1920-21, 30; French 1927, 30), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Jun 5 Roland Young, English American actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
- Jun 5 William Farnum, American actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76
- Jun 8 Godfrey Tearle, English-American actor (39 Steps; Mandy; At Dawn We Die), dies at 68
- Jun 9 Ugo Betti, Italian judge and dramatist (The Fugitive), dies at 61
- Jun 10 Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish composer, dies at 73
- Jun 16 John Scott Lidgett, English theologist, dies at 98
- Jun 16 Margaret Bondfield, English politician and 1st British female cabinet minister (Labour), dies at 80
- Jun 17 Walter Niemann, German composer, dies at 76
Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953)
Jun 19 1st US civilian executed (in 5 tries) at Sing Sing, NY, for espionage at 37
Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953)
Jun 19 1st American civilian executed for espionage after he and his wife were convicted of passing secret radar, jet and nuclear information to the Soviet Union, executed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, NY at 35
- Jun 20 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67
- Jun 25 Algy Gehrs, Australian cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies at 72
- Jun 29 Jules van Nuffel, Belgian composer, priest, and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia), dies at 70
- Jun 30 Charles William Miller, father of football in Brazil (b. 1874)
- Jun 30 Elsa Beskow, Swedish children's author and illustrator (Tale of the Little Little Old Woman), dies at 79
- Jun 30 Göte Carlid, Swedish composer (Eine kleine Teemusik), dies at 32
- Jun 30 Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director and theorist (Mother, Deserter), dies of a heart attack at 60
