Historical Events
- Jun 1 Tunisian nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba returns to Tunisia after imprisonment and exile in France
- Jun 2 The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
- Jun 3 KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sports History
Jun 3 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
Mickey Rooney Show
Jun 4 "Mickey Rooney Show" TV comedy last airs on NBC
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 4 French Championships Men's Tennis: Defending champion Tony Trabert beats Sven Davidson of Sweden 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Championships Women's Tennis: Angela Mortimer of England beats American Dorothy Knode 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 for her first Grand Slam singles title
Sports History
Jun 5 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
- Jun 7 "$64,000 Question" hosted by Hal March, premieres on CBS TV
TV Show Appearance
Jun 7 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
Event of Interest
Jun 7 India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visit USSR
Baseball History
Jun 8 MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax
- Jun 9 Temperature reaches 100°F in Seattle, Washington, the then hottest day on record
- Jun 9 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
- Jun 10 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
- Jun 10 KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jun 11 1st magnesium jet airplane flies
Belmont Stakes
Jun 11 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29
- Jun 11 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
- Jun 12 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network
- Jun 12 TV comedy "Mister Peepers" starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
- Jun 13 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France
- Jun 14 Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
- Jun 15 Australia score 8-758 v West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
- Jun 15 The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack
- Jun 15 The International Olympic Committee votes to award Rome the rights to host the 1960 Summer Olympic Games
Juan Perón Ex-communicated
Jun 16 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Perón
- Jun 18 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
- Jun 19 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
- Jun 19 Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs, 1-0 in 15 innings; ties longest shutout in club history
US Golf Open
Jun 19 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Jack Fleck wins an 18-hole playoff by 3 strokes to claim his only major title and deny Ben Hogan a record fifth US Open title
- Jun 20 Portia Nelson, Raymond Taylor and James Shelton's musical revue "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater. NYC; runs for 16 performances
Music History
Jun 21 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
Event of Interest
Jun 22 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy
- Jun 22 US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea
Lady & the Tramp
Jun 22 Walt Disney's animated film "Lady & the Tramp" released
- Jun 24 5th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Rats" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
Baseball History
Jun 24 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)
- Jun 25 "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
- Jun 25 "Imogene Coca Show" last airs on NBC-TV
Event of Interest
Jun 25 Notre Dame du Haut chapel designed by Le Corbusier is consecrated in Ronchamp, France
- Jun 26 Freedom Charter signed in South Africa
LPGA Western Open
Jun 26 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th WO title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs and Fay Croker; first WO played at stroke play
Johnny Carson Show
Jun 30 "Johnny Carson Show" debuts on CBS-TV
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (31 tournament c'ships; Kyushu Tournament 1981-88), born in Fukushima, Japan (d. 2016)
- Jun 1 Lorraine Moller, New Zealand athlete (Olympic bronze marathon 1996; Boston Marathon 1984; Osaka Ladies Marathon 1986, 87, 89), born in Putaruru, New Zealand
- Jun 1 Ralph Morse, British actor, singer and writer of historical dramas, born in Colchester, England
- Jun 2 Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite
- Jun 2 Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor (SNL - "George Bush"; Wayne's World - "Garth"), born in Missoula, Montana
- Jun 2 Gary Grimes, American actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in San Francisco, California
- Jun 4 Mary Testa, American stage actress (On The Town), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jun 4 Paul Stewart, British writer (The Edge Chronicles, Far Flung Adventures), born in London, England
- Jun 5 Edino, Brazilian soccer defender (45 caps; Fluminense, Udinese) and manager (Fluminense, Boavista), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jun 5 Hugh Marsh, Canadian session, touring, and jazz electric violinist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 6 Sandra Bernhard, American stand-up comic and actress (The King of Comedy; Roseanne - "Nancy"), born in Flint, Michigan
- Jun 6 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), born in Villiers, South Africa (d. 2023)
- Jun 7 Bill Koch, American skier, born in Brattleboro, Vermont
- Jun 7 Joey Scarbury, American singer-songwriter ("Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)"), born in Ontario, California
- Jun 7 Jon Balke, Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (Magnetic North Orchestra), born in Furnes, Norway
- Jun 7 William Forsythe, American actor (Raising Arizona; Once Upon a Time in America; Boardwalk Empire), born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Jun 8 (Thomas) Griffin Dunne, American actor (American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl; After Hours), and filmmaker, born in New York City
- Jun 8 Greg Ginn, American punk rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Black Flag), born in Tucson, Arizona
- Jun 8 James Jonathan Sylvers, American keyboardist and vocalist (The Sylvers -"Boogie Fever"), born in Los Angeles, California
Tim Berners-Lee (68 years old)
Jun 8 English inventor (World Wide Web), born in London, England
- Jun 9 Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, Puerto Rican food historian (face of Puerto Rican cuisine), born in Fort Benning, Georgia (d. 2023)
- Jun 10 Andrew Stevens, American actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jun 10 Stanislav Kropilák, Slovak basketball power forward-center (4 × FIBA European Selection; 5 × Czech Player of the Year; BK Inter Bratislava), born in Kremnica, Slovakia (d. 2022)
- Jun 11 Tony Allcock, English bowls player (World Singles Champion (1986-87, 2002), born in Leicestershire
- Jun 11 Yuriy Sedykh, Russian athlete (Olympic gold hammer throw 1976, 80 Soviet Union; WR 86.74m), born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 2021)
- Jun 13 Alan Hansen, Scottish soccer defender (26 caps; Liverpool 434 games) and broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day), born in Sauchie, Scotland
- Jun 14 Kim Lankford, American actress (Gingers-Knots Landing), born in Montebello, California
- Jun 14 Michael D. Duvall, American politician (Member of the California State Assembly from the 72nd district), born in Alameda County, California
- Jun 14 Paul O'Grady, English TV presenter, comedian and drag queen (Lily Savage), born in Tranmere, England (d. 2023) [1]
- Jun 14 Vince Evans, American football quarterback (USC; MVP Rose Bowl 1977; NFL: Chicago Bears, LA / Oakland Raiders), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Jun 15 Julie Hagerty, American actress (Airplane, Princesses), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jun 15 Polly Draper, American actress (Thirtysomething, Side Effects), born in Gary, Indiana
- Jun 15 Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
- Jun 16 Laurie Metcalf, American actress (Roseanne, Ladybird), born in Carbonville, Illinois
- Jun 16 Simon Bailey, priest, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire (d. 1995)
- Jun 16 Tree Rollins, American NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Winter Haven, Florida
- Jun 17 Gail Jones, Australian author (Dreams of Speaking), born in Harvey, Western Australia
- Jun 21 David Marshall Grant, American actor (Legs, French Postcards), born in Westport, Connecticut
- Jun 21 Juan Carlos Orellana, Chilean soccer left winger (11 caps; Deportes Temuco, CSD Colo-Colo, O'Higgins FC), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2022)
- Jun 21 Leigh McCloskey, American actor (Dallas, Executive Suite, Gen Hosp), born in Los Angeles, California
Michel Platini (68 years old)
Jun 21 French footballer, born in Jœuf, France
- Jun 22 Jeffrey Mumford, American contemporary classical composer, and educator, born in Washington, D.C.
- Jun 23 Glenn Danzig [Anzalone], American rock musician, singer (The Misfits; Samhain; Danzig), born in Lodi, New Jersey
- Jun 23 Jean Tigana, French footballer
- Jun 23 Maggie Greenwald, American film director and writer
- Jun 23 Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
- Jun 24 Betsy Randle, American actress
- Jun 24 Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga
- Jun 24 Loren Roberts, American golfer (British Senior Open 2006, 09; US Open 1994 runner-up), born in San Luis Obispo, California
- Jun 25 Michael Sabatino, American actor (Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful), born in Venice, California
- Jun 26 Mick Jones, English rock guitarist and singer (The Clash, 1976-83 - "Rock The Casbah"; Big Audio Dynamite, 1984-97 - "Rush"), born in London, England
- Jun 26 Philippe Streiff, French auto racer (55 x F1 Grand Prix; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 runner-up; French Formula 3 C'ship 1981), born in La Tronche, France (d. 2022)
- Jun 27 Frank de Grave [Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus de Grave], Dutch politician (VVD), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Jun 27 Isabelle Adjani, French actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar), born in Paris, France
- Jun 27 Sam Tshabalala, South African guitarist, and composer (The Malopoets; Sabeka), born in South Africa
- Jun 28 Eric Gates, English football player, born in Ferryhill, County Durham, England
Nikolay Zimyatov (68 years old)
Jun 28 Soviet-Russian cross-country skier (5 Olympic golds 1980 & 84), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
- Jun 28 Shirley Cheriton, English actress (Debbie Wilkins-EastEnders), born in London
- Jun 28 Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone, born in Elkhart, Indiana
- Jun 29 Charles J. Precourt, American NASA astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91), born in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Jun 29 Terence M. O'Sullivan, American labor union activist who is president of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Weddings
- Jun 26 Trinidadian-American actor Geoffrey Holder (24) weds American actress, and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade (24) in New York City, until his death in 2014
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84
- Jun 3 Barbara Graham, American criminal convicted of murder, dies at 31
- Jun 6 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), dies at 79
- Jun 6 Vernon Isley, American rock singer (The Isley Brothers), dies from injuries sustained when he is struck by a car while riding his bicycle at 13
- Jun 10 Margaret Abbott, American golfer (1st American woman to win Olympic event, golf 1900), dies at 76
- Jun 11 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
- Jun 11 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), dies at 72
- Jun 11 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 75
- Jun 16 Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter, dies at 90
- Jun 18 Walter Rein, German composer, dies at 61
- Jun 18 Willy Burkhard, Swiss composer, dies at 55
- Jun 22 Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
- Jun 22 Sadu Shinde, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 6/91; Maharashtra, Bombay, Baroda), dies of typhoid at 32
- Jun 22 Wyllis Cooper, American TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56
- Jun 27 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch politician (SDAP), dies at 77
- Jun 29 Max Pechstein, German painter and graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73
