Historical Events
- Jun 1 England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70
Cricket Debut
Jun 1 Future England cricket captain David Gower makes his Test debut in 1st Test against Pakistan in Birmingham; England win by an innings and 57 runs
Event of Interest
Jun 1 High Council destroys judgment against Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten
- Jun 1 The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Jun 2 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen fourth studio album "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
Golf Major
Jun 4 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 8 strokes from Hollis Stacy
- Jun 4 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
- Jun 6 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
20/20 Premieres
Jun 6 US TV news program "20/20", created by Roone Arledge premieres on ABC
NBA Finals
Jun 7 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets defeat Seattle Supersonics in 7 games; MVP: Wes Unseld
- Jun 7 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
- Jun 8 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
- Jun 8 Braves draft Bob Horner #1
Mormon Will a Fake
Jun 8 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery
- Jun 9 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
Event of Interest
Jun 9 Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, the first book produced using the printing press, (1 of 21 complete versions) sells for $2.4 million, London
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 9 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in a 15 round split decision at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada for the WBC heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 10 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed to wrap up the Triple Crown
- Jun 10 Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Virginia Ruzici of Romania claims her lone major singles title; beats Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-2
- Jun 10 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
- Jun 11 Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24½ hrs of hula-hoop
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg wins his 3rd French title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 11 Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
LPGA Championship
Jun 11 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 6 strokes from fellow American Amy Alcott
- Jun 12 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
- Jun 12 US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
- Jun 13 Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- Jun 14 Sierra Leone adopts constitution
- Jun 15 Belgian government resigns
- Jun 15 Italy's pres Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
- Jun 15 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
Sports History
Jun 16 Cincinnati Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
Grease
Jun 16 Film "Grease" opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
Bad Boy
Jun 16 Ringo Starr releases album "Bad Boy"
Music History
Jun 17 "Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
Sports History
Jun 17 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
- Jun 17 The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill an RUC officer and kidnap another near Crossmaglen, County Armagh
US Golf Open
Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Andy North holds on for a 1-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his 2 US Open titles
- Jun 18 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
- Jun 19 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
Cricket History
Jun 19 Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
- Jun 20 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
Evita
Jun 21 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Evita", starring Elaine Page, premieres at the Prince Edward Theatre, London
- Jun 21 The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack
- Jun 22 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced
- Jun 22 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois
- Jun 25 FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
- Jun 25 First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
- Jun 26 Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
- Jun 26 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
- Jun 26 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
- Jun 27 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
- Jun 27 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
- Jun 27 US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
- Jun 28 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
- Jun 28 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as Ambassadors of Goodwill
Event of Interest
Jun 29 US Vice President Walter Mondale begins trip to Middle East
Sports History
Jun 30 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Larry Doby becomes only the second African-American manager in MLB with the Chicago White Sox
Baseball Record
Jun 30 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Charles Lincoln Neal III "Link", American YouTube comedian (Good Mythical Morning), born in Durham, North Carolina
- Jun 2 A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
- Jun 2 Dominic Cooper, British stage and screen actor (The History Boys; Fleming; Mamma Mia!; Agent Carter), born in Greenwich, London, England
- Jun 2 Justin Long, American actor (Jeepers Creepers; Alvin and the Chipmunks), born in Fairfield, Connecticut
- Jun 2 Nikki Cox, American actress (Unhappily Ever After; The Norm Show; Las Vegas), born in Santa Monica, California
- Jun 3 Lyfe Jennings, American R&B singer-songwriter, born in Toledo, Ohio
- Jun 5 Fernando Meira, Portuguese soccer defender who played 54 internationals; VfB Stuttgart 173 games, born in Guimarães, Portugal
- Jun 6 Carl Barât, English rock singer (The Libertines; Dirty Pretty Things), born in Basingstoke, North Hampshire, England
- Jun 6 Jeremy Gara, Canadian drummer (Arcade Fire), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Jun 6 Judith Barsi, American child actress (The Land Before Time), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1988)
- Jun 6 Mariana Popova, Bulgarian pop singer ("Dream About Me"), born in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Jun 7 Adrienne Frantz, (Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan
- Jun 7 Bill Hader, American comedian and actor (Saturday Night Live, Barry), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Jun 7 Tony An, Korean K-pop singer and dancer (H.O.T), born in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Maria Menounos (45 years old)
Jun 8 American actress, TV star (Today, Access Hollywood, WWE) and 1996 Miss Massachusetts Teen USA, born in Medford, Massachusetts
- Jun 9 Matthew Bellamy, British singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Muse - "Uprising"; "Supermassive Black Hole"), born in Cambridge, England
- Jun 9 Michaela Conlin, American actress
Miroslav Klose (45 years old)
Jun 9 German footballer (Bayern Munich, Lazio), born in Opole, Poland
- Jun 9 Shandi Finnessey, game hostess
- Jun 10 Shane West, American actor and singer (What We Do Is Secret), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Jun 11 Joshua Jackson, American actor (Dawson's Creek, Fringe), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jun 12 DJ Qualls, American actor (Road Trip), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Jun 12 Shiloh Strong, American actor (Maybe This Time, House of Cards), born in San Francisco, California
- Jun 13 Ethan Embry, American actor
- Jun 13 Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
- Jun 13 Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
- Jun 14 Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
- Jun 14 Diablo Cody, American screenwriter
- Jun 14 Steve Bégin, French Canadian hockey player
- Jun 14 The-Dream [Terius Nash], American R&B singer (Shawnty is a 10), songwriter, and record producer, born in Rockingham, North Carolina
- Jun 15 Mohamed Muizzu, Maldivian politician, President of the Maldives (2023-), born in Malé, Maldives
- Jun 15 RoRo [Romell Chapman], American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jun 15 Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
- Jun 15 Zach Day, American baseball player
- Jun 16 Dainius Zubrus, Lithuanian ice hockey player
- Jun 16 Daniel Brühl, German actor (Good Bye Lenin!), born in Barcelona, Spain
- Jun 16 Jasmine "Fish" Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer (Courage), born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- Jun 16 Lyndsey Marshal, British actress (Rome), born in Manchester, England
- Jun 17 Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer (World Champion 2008), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Jun 17 Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress, born in Sanmu, Japan
- Jun 18 Tara Platt, American actress and voice actress for Japanese anime films (Temari-Naruto), born in Fairfax, Virginia
- Jun 19 Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
- Jun 19 Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball power forward (NBA Finals MVP 2011; NBA MVP 2007; 14 × NBA All-Star; Dallas Mavericks), born in Würzburg, Germany
- Jun 19 Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"
- Jun 19 Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
- Jun 19 Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler, born in Miramichi, New Brunswick
Zoe Saldaña (45 years old)
Jun 19 American actress (Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Jun 20 Frank Lampard, English footballer
- Jun 20 Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
- Jun 20 LaVar Arrington, American football player
- Jun 20 Quinton Jackson, American Mixed Martial Artist
- Jun 21 Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer and coach, born in Perugia, Italy
- Jun 21 Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin football player
- Jun 21 Erica Durance, Canadian actress (Smallville), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Jun 21 Matt Kuchar, American golfer (British Open 2017 runner-up), born in Winter Park, Florida
- Jun 22 Champ Bailey, American College/Pro Football HOF cornerback (Uni of Georgia; First-team All-Pro 2004–06; 12 x Pro Bowl; NFL record most passes defended: 203; Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos), born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Dan Wheldon (1978-2011)
Jun 22 British race car driver (Indianapolis 500, 2005 & 2011), born in Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England
- Jun 22 Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
- Jun 23 Frédéric Leclercq, French heavy metal bassist and guitarist (DragonForce; Sinsaenum), born in France
- Jun 23 Matt Light, American football player
- Jun 23 Memphis Bleek [Malik Cox], American rapper ("Is Theat Your Chick"), born in New York City
- Jun 24 Ariel Pink [Rosenberg], American hypnagogic pop and chillwave musician and songwriter ("Before Today"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 24 Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish symphonic metal guitarist (Nightwish; Brother Firetribe), born in Kitee, Finland
- Jun 24 Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- Jun 24 Luis García, Spanish footballer
- Jun 24 Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
- Jun 24 Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
- Jun 25 Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor (Mast), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Jun 25 Layla El, English dancer, model and 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, born in London
- Jun 26 Alex Dana, French singer (L5's singer), born in Marseille, France
- Jun 27 Lolly [Anna Shantha Kumble], British singer ("Viva la Radio"), born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
- Jun 29 Luke Kirby, Canadian-American actor (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Jun 29 Nicole Scherzinger, American singer (Pussycat Dolls), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jun 29 Sam Farrar, Australian-American bassist (Phantom Planet), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 30 Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player (Richmond), born in Geelong, Victoria
Famous Weddings
Howard Stern
Jun 4 Broadcaster Howard Stern (24) marries Alison Berns at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline Massachusetts.
Robin Williams
Jun 4 Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams (26) weds first wife Valerie Velardi
Famous Divorces
Edward W. Brooke
Jun 15 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (58) divorces first wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco after 31 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Jun 4 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), dies at 58
- Jun 5 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
- Jun 6 D. H. Th. Vollenhoven, Dutch composer and philosopher, dies at 85
- Jun 6 Lester "Shad" Collins, American jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger (Chick Webb; Lester Young: Cab Calloway), dies at 67
- Jun 7 Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1967, dies at 80
- Jun 9 Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
- Jun 12 Guo Moruo, Chinese scholar and writer, dies at 85
- Jun 14 Theodore Karyotakis, Greek classical composer, dies at 74
- Jun 15 Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician and NCRV-chairman, dies at 83
- Jun 16 Felicia Montealegre, Costa Rican-American actress (Studio One; Kraft Television Workshop), and social activist, dies of lung cancer at 56
- Jun 17 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
- Jun 18 Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
- Jun 20 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
- Jun 22 Jens Otto Krag, Danish politician, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72), dies at 63
- Jun 22 Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league centre and captain (10 Tests; Queensland 34 games), dies at 77
- Jun 24 Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
- Jun 25 Barry Brown, American actor (Frederick Winterbourne-Daisy Miller), dies at 27
- Jun 25 Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
- Jun 26 Rabbaji, president of South-Yemen, executed
- Jun 28 Clifford Dupont, First President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
- Jun 29 Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Hogan's Heroes; The Donna Reed Show), murdered at 49
