Historical Events
- Jun 1 2,400 people attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
Music Concert
Jun 1 George Harrison is impressed by sitarist Ravi Shankar's concert in London
- Jun 1 Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic for the second time
- Jun 1 Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
- Jun 2 US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
- Jun 3 European DX Council forms in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
- Jun 3 Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
- Jun 4 -10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras
- Jun 4 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6
- Jun 4 Novelty single "Batman & His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70
- Jun 5 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Tony Roche wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats István Gulyás of Hungary 6-1, 6-4, 7-5
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 5 French Championships Women's Tennis: Ann Haydon-Jones of England beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 2nd French singles crown
James Meredith Wounded
Jun 6 Civil rights activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
- Jun 6 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
- Jun 6 Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement
Sports History
Jun 7 MLB Draft: New York Mets pass on Reggie Jackson to select Antelope Valley HS catcher Steve Chilcott #1
- Jun 8 NFL & AFL announce merger plans, one league with two divisions (NFC and AFC) starting in 1970
- Jun 8 Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
Baseball Record
Jun 9 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
- Jun 10 Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0
Music Concert
Jun 10 Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig with Big Brother & The Holding Company, at Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California
- Jun 10 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco)
- Jun 10 Mamas & Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday"
- Jun 10 The Beatles release single "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" in UK; "Rain" featured experimental studio tricks of slowed down bass and drums tracks, and backwards vocals in the fade out
- Jun 11 "(I'm A) Road Runner" by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20
- Jun 11 "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3
- Jun 11 "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 performances
#1 in the Charts
Jun 11 "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 in the US
- Jun 11 "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 performances
- Jun 11 "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hits #1 in UK
- Jun 11 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
TV Show Appearance
Jun 12 Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
- Jun 13 US Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspects must be informed of rights
- Jun 14 Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured
- Jun 14 Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
- Jun 15 Mexican record temperature of 52.5 °C (126.5 °F) in the shade is recorded in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
- Jun 16 20th Tony Awards: "Marat/Sade" (play) & "Man of La Mancha" (musical) win
Music History
Jun 16 Rowan & Martin host "The Dean Martin Show" Summer Series, on NBC-TV
- Jun 17 Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers
Sheila Scott Flies Round the World
Jun 20 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Billy Casper erases a 7-stroke deficit on the final 9 holes to tie Arnold Palmer; wins Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jun 21 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", film directorial debut of Mike Nichols, based on Edward Albee's 1962 play of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress, 1967)
Event of Interest
Jun 21 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam
- Jun 22 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government
- Jun 24 16th Berlin International Film Festival: "Cul-de-Sac" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 24 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I
- Jun 25 Beatles' "Paperback Writer" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Music Premiere
Jun 25 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
- Jun 25 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
- Jun 26 "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 41 performances
- Jun 26 Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland
- Jun 27 Dark Shadows, American Gothic soap opera, premieres on ABC-TV
- Jun 28 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 29 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
- Jun 29 Vietnam War: US planes bomb the North Vietnamese capital Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong for the first time
- Jun 30 England spin bowler Derek Underwood goes wicketless in his Test cricket debut v West Indies at Nottingham; captures 297 wickets in illustrious 86 Test career
- Jun 30 Leopoldville, Congo, is renamed Kinshasa
- Jun 30 Richard Helms promoted from deputy director to 8th director of US Central Intelligence Agency
- Jun 30 Some attendees at the National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women in Washington D.C. lay groundwork to establish a group to speak for women's rights - the National Organization of Women (NOW)
- Jun 30 The Beatles land in Tokyo, Japan for what becomes their final concert tour there - they perform 5 shows at the Budokan Hall over 3 days, and collaborate on a painting while there
- Jun 30 Vice Admiral William F. Raborn Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Greg Schiano, American football coach (College: Rutgers; NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
- Jun 1 Lisa Geoghan, English actress (The Bill - "Polly Page"), born in Southwark, London
- Jun 2 Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter, born in Güímar, Tenerife
- Jun 3 Bill Janovitz, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (Buffalo Tom), music writer, and real estate agent, born in Queens, New York
Wasim Akram (57 years old)
Jun 3 Pakistani cricketer, left arm fast bowler, coach and commentator, born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Jun 4 Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano, born in Rome, Italy
- Jun 4 Nick Kypreos, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 4 Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian mathematician
- Jun 5 Bill Spiers, American infielder (Houston Astros), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Jun 6 Angela Cavagna, Italian television personality, born in Genoa, Italy
- Jun 6 Sean Yseult [Shauna Reynolds], American rock bassist (White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Jun 6 Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
- Jun 7 Dan Payne, Canadian football tackle (Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders 1989; Toronto Argonauts 1996, 97; B.C. Lions 2000), born in New Westminster, British Columbia
- Jun 7 Eric Kretz, American rock drummer, Songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots - "Plush"), and sound engineer, born in San Jose, California
- Jun 8 Doris Pearson, British pop and disco singer (Five Star - "Can't Wait Another Minute"), born in London, England
Julianna Margulies (57 years old)
Jun 8 American actress (ER, The Good Wife), born in Spring Valley NY
- Jun 9 Tamela Mann, American gospel singer and actress, born in Limestone county, Texas
- Jun 9 Tony Martino, Canadian CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders), born in Kelowna, British Columbia
- Jun 10 David Platt, English soccer midfielder (62 caps; Crewe Alexandra, Aston Villa, Sampdoria, Arsenal) and manager (Sampdoria, Nottingham Forest, England U21), born in Chadderton, England
- Jun 10 Doug McKeon, American actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial), born in New Jersey
- Jun 11 Tiffany Cohen, American swimmer (Olympic gold 400m, 800m freestyle 1984), born in Culver City, California
- Jun 11 Vasili Kulkov, Russian soccer defensive utility (20 caps Soviet Union, 21 Russia; Spartak Moscow, Benfica), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2020)
- Jun 13 Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician (Proof of the Poincaré conjecture), born in Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
- Jun 13 Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo
- Jun 13 Thyme Lewis, American actor (Jonah-Days of our Lives), born in San Francisco, California
- Jun 14 Ricky Siglar, American NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jun 14 Traylor Howard, American actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common), born in Orlando, Florida
- Jun 16 Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics 2 gold-92, 96)
- Jun 16 Randy Barnes, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1996; WR 23.12m), born in Charleston, West Virginia
- Jun 17 Clare Look-Jaeger, high jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jun 17 Fred Barnett, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Gunnison, Mississippi
- Jun 17 Jason Patric, American actor (Lost Boys, Solar Babies), born in New York City
- Jun 17 Tory Burch, American fashion designer (Tory Burch LLC), born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Kurt Browning (57 years old)
Jun 18 Canadian figure skater (World C'ship gold men's singles 1989, 90, 91, 93) and broadcaster (CBS), born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
- Jun 18 Luke Jensen, American tennis player (1993 French Open doubles), born in Grayling, Michigan
- Jun 18 Sandy Alomar Jr., Puerto Rican baseball catcher (6 × MLB All-Star; AL Rookie of the Year 1990 Cleveland Indians), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico
- Jun 19 Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter (The Verve Pipe), born in Holland, Michigan
- Jun 19 Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
- Jun 19 Silje Nergaard, Norwegian jazz singer (Tell Me Where You're Going), born in Steinkjer, Norway
- Jun 21 Gretchen Carlson, American television commentator (Fox News) and 1989 Miss America, born in Anoka, Minnesota
- Jun 21 Mancow Muller, American radio personality, born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jun 21 Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist (CNN), born in Fresno, California
- Jun 22 Camille Benjamin, tennis star, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jun 22 Dean Woods, Australian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1984; silver individual pursuit 1988; bronze team pursuit 1988, 96), born in Wangaratta, Australia (d. 2022)
- Jun 22 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
- Jun 22 Meyrick Pringle, South African cricket fast bowler (4 Tests; 17 ODI), born in Adelaide, Cape Province
- Jun 22 Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
- Jun 23 (Jonathan) "Chico" DeBarge, American singer and keyboard player (DeBarge), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jun 23 Barbara Jordan, US softball outfielder (Olympic gold 1996)
- Jun 23 Chantal Daucourt, Swiss mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95), born in Bienne, Switzerland
- Jun 23 Richie Ren, Taiwanese actor (Breaking News, Life Without Principle), born in Changhua, Taiwan
- Jun 24 Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (The Unbelievable Truth), born in Queens, New York (d. 2006)
- Jun 24 John Arcilla, Filipino actor (On the Job: The Missing 8), born in Iloilo City, Philippines
- Jun 25 Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets), born in Leopoldville, Congo
- Jun 25 Paula Kahumbu, Kenyan-born wildlife activist (Hands Off Our Elephants campaign), born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Jun 25 Richard Matt, American murderer who escaped prison, born in Tonawanda, New York (d. 2015)
- Jun 26 József Duró, Hungarian soccer midfielder (21 caps; Debreceni VSC, Vasas SC, Budapest Honvéd FC), born in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary (d. 2022)
- Jun 26 Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (NHL All-Star 1990, 92; Vancouver Canucks), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 27 Giambattista Valli, Italian fashion designer, born in Rome, Italy
J. J. Abrams (57 years old)
Jun 27 American writer, producer and director (Lost, Star Wars: the Force Awakens), born in New York City
- Jun 27 Jeff Conine, American MLB outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Jun 27 Mercedes Paz, Argentine tennis star (1990 Strasbourg), born in Tucumán, Argentina
- Jun 27 Rob Harbison, American 3x40 rifle shooter (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Fallston, Maryland
- Jun 28 Andrew Lang, American NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Jun 28 John Cusack, American actor (Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 28 Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress (Some Kind of Wonderful), born in Houston, Texas
- Jun 29 John Part, Canadian darts player and commentator (PDC World C'ship 2003, 08; BDO World C'ship 1994), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 30 Louie Aguiar, American NFL punter (KC Chiefs), born in Livermore, California
- Jun 30 Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor (Guy de Lusignan-Kingdom of Heaven), born in Invercargill, New Zealand
Mike Tyson (57 years old)
Jun 30 American boxer (youngest ever heavyweight champion 1986-90, 20 years, 4 months, 22 days), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Weddings
- Jun 6 Socialite Claus von Bulow marries heiress Martha [Sunny]Sharp Crawford
Louis Jordan
Jun 14 Musician Louis Jordan (58) weds singer and dancer Martha Weaver
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Papa Jack Laine, American musician and pioneering bandleader, dies at 92
- Jun 3 Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress (Flowing Gold; Between Friends; Pampered Youth), and movie theater owner, dies of cancer at 65
- Jun 4 Blanche Knopf, American publisher, president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and wife of publisher Alfred A. Knopf Sr., dies at 71
- Jun 5 Natacha Rambova [Winifred Shaughnessy], American film costume designer, 2nd wife of Rudolph Valentino (1923-25), and Egyptologist, dies of a heart attack at 69
- Jun 6 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash at 27
- Jun 7 (Hans) "Jean" Arp, German-French sculptor, artist and poet, dies at 78
- Jun 8 Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
Joseph A. Walker (1921-1966)
Jun 8 American experimental physicist, World War II and NASA test pilot (1st spaceplane flights to edge of outer space), dies in an aircraft collision at 45
- Jun 11 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
- Jun 11 Wallace Ford [Samuel Jones Grundy], British actor (Freaks, Harvey, Spellbound, Deputy), dies of a heart attack at 68
- Jun 12 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 1922-50), and music theorist (Lehrbuch des Dirigierens -Treatise on Conducting), dies at 74
- Jun 12 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81
- Jun 16 German Galynin, Russian composer, dies at 44
- Jun 19 Ed Wynn [Isaiah Edwin Leopold], American comedian (Ed Wynn Show), dies at 79
- Jun 19 Marjan Kozina, Slovene composer, dies at 59
- Jun 20 Georges Lemaître, Belgian Catholic Priest, astronomer and physics professor, who initially proposed the universe expansion and big-bang theories, dies at 71
- Jun 21 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer, dies at 48
- Jun 22 Roger Blunt MBE, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), dies at 65
- Jun 27 Arthur D Waley [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
- Jun 29 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
- Jun 29 Isabel Dawn, American screenwriter, dies at 68
- Jun 29 Ronald Shiner, British actor (Dry Rot, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara), dies at 63
- Jun 30 Giuseppe Farina, Italian auto racer (World F1 champion 1950), dies in a domestic car accident at 59
- Jun 30 Margery Allingham, English detective writer (one of 'four 'Queens of Crime'), dies at 62
