What Happened in June 1964

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jun 1 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President

  • Jun 1 Rolling Stones arrive in New York's Kennedy International Airport for 1st US tour, greeted by about 500 fans
  • Jun 2 "Folies Bergère" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances

Music History

Jun 3 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour

  • Jun 4 Beatles 1st (and only) "World Tour" begins with two ten-song shows at 4,400 seat KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark; British drummer Jimmie Nicol replaces Ringo Starr (recovering from tonsillitis) for the first five dates (10 concerts + a Dutch TV appearance)

Sports History

Jun 4 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter; beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia

  • Jun 4 Maldives adopts constitution
  • Jun 4 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48

I Can't Help Thinking About Me

Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees release debut single "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie

  • Jun 5 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee) debuts in San Bernadino, California
  • Jun 6 96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6
  • Jun 6 The Beatles arrive in Netherlands
  • Jun 6 Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume
  • Jun 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam, with a substitute for Ringo
  • Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
  • Jun 9 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India after being selected by the ruling Congress Party after Jawaharlal Nehru passed away
  • Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their "12x5" album at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jun 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
  • Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue
  • Jun 11 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
  • Jun 11 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
  • Jun 13 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
  • Jun 14 Drummer Ringo Starr re-unites with the Beatles in Melbourne, Australia, after recovering from tonsillitis
  • Jun 15 Last French troops leave Algeria
  • Jun 16 Quake strikes Niigata, Japan
  • Jun 18 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar

Music History

Jun 19 Bob Dylan completes UK tour

  • Jun 19 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden

Event of Interest

Jun 19 Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, home of the famous horticulturist, is designated a National Historical Landmark in Santa Rosa, California

  • Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Congressional CC: Ken Venturi wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tommy Jacobs

Murder of Interest

Jun 21 Byron De La Beckwith arrested for the murder of civil rights activist Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later

Baseball Record

Jun 21 Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning hurls a perfect game as Philadelphia beats the New York Mets, 6-0 on Fathers Day at Shea Stadium

  • Jun 21 Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, disappear after being released from a Mississippi jail, later found murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
  • Jun 21 UEFA European Championship Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Marcelino scores the winner as Spain beats Soviet Union, 2-1
  • Jun 23 General Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
  • Jun 24 FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages
  • Jun 24 In South Africa, the 90-Days Act commences, providing for any person to be detained, without trial, for 90 days; further, the person could be re-arrested under the same law for another 90 days
  • Jun 25 Prince A Taylor becomes first African American methodist bishop (NJ)
  • Jun 25 WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
  • Jun 26 14th Berlin International Film Festival: "Dry Summer" wins the Golden Bear
  • Jun 26 Blacks & Whites riot over racial segregation in St Augustine
  • Jun 26 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo
  • Jun 27 "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97

Event of Interest

Jun 28 Organization for Afro-American Unity formed in New York by Malcolm X

  • Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83-day filibuster in the US Senate
  • Jun 29 NBC approves Gene Roddenberry's script for pilot episode of "Star Trek" titled "The Cage"
  • Jun 30 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
  • Jun 30 Last UN troops leave Congo
1964 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 2 Caroline Link, German film director and screenwriter
  • Jun 3 Dorothee "Doro" Pesch, German heavy metal singer and songwriter (Warlock), known as the 'Metal Queen', born in Düsseldorf, West German
  • Jun 3 James Purefoy, English actor (Rome), born in Taunton, England
  • Jun 3 Kerry King, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jun 3 Nelson Liriano, Dominican MLB infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
  • Jun 4 Chris Kavanagh, British rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile F-111"), born in Woolwich, London, England
  • Jun 4 Steve Searcy, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Jun 5 Karl Sanders, American heavy metal guitarist and singer (Nile), born in Greenville, South Carolina
  • Jun 5 Magz [Maggie Dunne], English musician (Fuzzbox), born in Solihull, England
  • Jun 5 Rick Riordan, American author (Percy Jackson & the Olympians), born in San Antonio, Texas
  • Jun 6 Konnan, Mexican professional wrestler
  • Jun 6 Paul "Guru" Josh, British musician (Infinity), born in London, England (d. 2015)
  • Jun 7 Andris Vecumnieks, Latvian contemporary classical composer (Concertino Art-I-Shock), conductor, teacher, and musicologist, born in Riga, Latvian SSR
  • Jun 7 Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress
  • Jun 7 Graeme Labrooy, Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 27 wickets; 44 ODIs; chairman of selectors; international match referee), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Jun 7 Judie Aronson, American actress
  • Jun 8 Butch Reynolds, American athlete who held 400m WR 43.29s 1988-99; Olympic gold 4x400m relay, silver 400m 1988, born in Akron, Ohio
  • Jun 9 Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • Jun 9 Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), and singer, born in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
  • Jun 9 Wayman Tisdale, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) and smooth jazz bassist, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2009)
  • Jun 10 Ben Daniels, British actor (The Crown), born in Nuneaton, England
  • Jun 10 Gary Wallis, British session and touring drummer, percussionist, and musical director (Pink Floyd; 10cc; Il Divo; Mike + The Mechanics; Tom Jones; Jean-Michel Jarre; and Schiller), born in Westminster, London, England
  • Jun 10 Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins), born in Joliet, Illinois
  • Jun 10 Vincent Perez, Swiss actor (The Crow-City of Angels), born in Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Jun 11 Antti Sarpila, Finnish swing jazz clarinetist, born in Helsinki, Finland
  • Jun 11 Ivan Moody, English composer (Lamentations of the Myrrhbearers), choral conductor, and musicologist, born in London, England
  • Jun 11 Jean Alesi, French auto racer (201 x F1 GP starts, 1 win [Canadian GP 1995]; International Formula 3000 C'ship 1989), born in Avignon, France
  • Jun 11 Kim Gallagher, American athlete (Olympic silver 800m 1984; bronze 1988), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2002)
  • Jun 12 Derek Higgins, Irish auto racer (British Formula Ford Champion 1988; Mexican Formula 3 Champion 1995, 97), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • Jun 12 Lorraine Downes, New Zealand beauty queen (Miss Universe 1983), born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Jun 12 Paula Marshall, American actress (Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons), born in Rockville, Maryland
  • Jun 12 Peter Such, English cricketer (England off-spinner 1993-), born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • Jun 13 Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer and organist, born in Bucharest, Romania
  • Jun 13 Jennifer Gillom, American WNBA center and forward (Phoenix Mercury/Olympic gold 1988), born in Abbeville, Mississippi
  • Jun 13 Kathy Burke, English actress and playwright (Absolutely Fabulous, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), born in London, England
  • Jun 13 Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian NBA guard (Sacramento Kings), born in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
  • Jun 14 Jamie Dukes, American NFL center (Arizona Cardinals), born in Schenectady, New York
  • Jun 14 Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer, born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England

Courteney Cox (59 years old)

Jun 15 American actress (Monica Geller on Friends), born in Birmingham, Alabama

  • Jun 15 Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer
  • Jun 16 Danny Burstein, American stage actor (Moulin Rouge!), born in Mt Kisco, New York
  • Jun 17 Diane Murphy, American actress (Tabitha Stevens in Bewitched), born in Encino, California
  • Jun 17 Erin Murphy, American actress (Tabitha Stevens in Bewitched), born in Encino, California
  • Jun 17 Michael Gross, German swimmer (3 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Jun 17 Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver, born in Asti, Italy
  • Jun 17 Steve Rhodes, English cricketer (England wicket-keeper 1994-95), born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England
  • Jun 18 Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, administrator, murderer, and eldest son of Saddam Hussein, born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2003)

Boris Johnson (59 years old)

Jun 19 British Conservative politician, (UK Prime Minister, 2019-22, Mayor of London, 2008-2016), born in New York City

  • Jun 19 David Freedman, cricketer (NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990)
  • Jun 20 Andy Coen, American college football coach (Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2006-18; record 85-64), born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (d. 2022)
  • Jun 20 Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
  • Jun 20 Michael Landon Jr., American actor and director (Little House on the Prairie; Bonanza (TV movies)), born in Encino, California
  • Jun 20 Najee Mustafaa, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
  • Jun 20 Paul Goydos, American golfer (4th 59 in PGA history 2010), born in Long Beach, California
  • Jun 20 Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
  • Jun 21 David Morrissey, British actor (State of Play; The Walking Dead), born in Liverpool, England
  • Jun 21 Doug Savant, American actor (Matt Fielding-Melrose Place), born in Burbank, California
  • Jun 21 Kari Kennell, American actress (Eric's Revenge) and Playboy playmate (Feb, 1988), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Jun 21 Sammi Davis-Voss, English actress (Hope & Glory), born in Kidderminster England
  • Jun 22 Amy Brenneman, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue), born in New London, Connecticut

Dan Brown (59 years old)

Jun 22 American author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code), born in Exeter, New Hampshire

  • Jun 22 Dicky Barrett, American rock and ska singer (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), and TV announcer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 2004-2022), born in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Jun 22 Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
  • Jun 22 Kevin Sargeant, English rock drummer (Thrashing Doves - "Reprobate's Hymn"), keyboardist, and film and television score composer, born in Fulham, England
  • Jun 22 Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
  • Jun 22 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones - "The Devil You Know"), born in Wiltshire, England
  • Jun 22 Tommy Cunningham, Scottish drummer (Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was"), born in Drumchapel, Scotland
  • Jun 23 Joey Allen [Cagle], American glam-metal rock guitarist (Warrant, 1987-94, 2004–present) - "Cherry Pie"), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Jun 23 Joss Whedon, American director, screenwriter and producer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avengers), born in New York City
  • Jun 23 Trent Bushey, American actor (David Rampal-All My Children), born in New Hampshire
  • Jun 23 Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
  • Jun 24 Gary Suter, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, USA), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • Jun 25 Dell Curry, American basketball guard and broadcaster (NBA Sixth Man of The Year 1994; Charlotte Hornets all-time points leader [9,839]), born in Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • Jun 25 Emma Suárez, Spanish actress (El Perro del Hortelano), born in Madrid, Spain
  • Jun 25 Greg Raymer, American professional poker player, born in Minot, North Dakota
  • Jun 25 John McCrea, American singer and musician (Cake), born in Sacramento, California
  • Jun 25 Johnny Herbert, British race car driver (Le Mans 24 Hours, 1991), television announcer (Sky Sports F1), born in Brentwood, Essex, England
  • Jun 25 Phil Emery, Australian cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994), born in St Ives, New South Wales, Australia
  • Jun 26 Pamela Wright, Scottish golfer (US Open 9-hole record with 30 1994), born in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Jun 26 Zeng Jinlian, Chinese tallest woman ever recorded (2.46m, 8'1"), born in Hunan, China (d. 1982)
  • Jun 27 Chuck Person, American NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs), born in Brantley, Alabama
  • Jun 27 James Sanders, American classical, and jazz violinist, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jun 27 Michel Bénébig, New Caledonian jazz Hammond B3 organ, and accordion player, born in Nouméa City, New Calédonia
  • Jun 27 Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director, born in Doorwerth, Netherlands
  • Jun 28 Bryan Barker, NFL punter (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Jacksonville Beach, Florida
  • Jun 28 Susan Mascarin, American tennis player, born in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
  • Jun 28 Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer, born in Oakland, California (d. 2014)
  • Jun 29 Pepper Johnson, American NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Cleveland Browns), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • Jun 29 Stedman Pearson, English pop vocalist (Five Star - "Rain OR Shine"; "The Slightest Touch"), born in Islington, London
  • Jun 29 Wendy Kilbourne, American actress (Devon-Midnight Caller), born in Los Angeles, California
Born in 1964

Famous Weddings

Ernest Borgnine & Ethel Merman

Jun 27 Broadway musical actress-singer Ethel Merman (56) weds Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine (47) in Beverly Hills, California; divorce 1964

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 1 Rutkowski Bronislaw, Belarusian organist, pedagogue, and composer, dies at 66
  • Jun 3 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • Jun 4 Samuil Marshak, Russian-Soviet writer, translator and children's poem poet, dies at 76
  • Jun 6 Robert Warwick, American actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85
  • Jun 7 Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies at 87
  • Jun 9 [William Maxwell] Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian British newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies at 85
  • Jun 10 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), dies at 79
  • Jun 11 Frank D. Smith, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame administrator (Beaches/Greater Toronto Hockey League), dies at 70
  • Jun 18 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), dies at 58
  • Jun 19 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), dies at 83
  • Jun 20 Edgar Barrier, American actor (Phantom of the Opera, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), dies from a heart attack at 57
  • Jun 21 Andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20
  • Jun 21 James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
  • Jun 21 Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist, murdered at 21
  • Jun 22 Havank [Hans van der Kallen], Dutch thriller and mystery writer (St Eustache; Shade), dies at 60
  • Jun 25 Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect and furniture designer (Sonsbeek Pavilion), dies at 76
  • Jun 26 Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian hockey executive, dies at 74
  • Jun 27 Daniel Lazarus, French composer, dies at 65
  • Jun 28 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
  • Jun 29 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36
  • Jun 29 Milenko Živković, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63