Historical Events
- Jun 1 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
- Jun 1 KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
- Jun 1 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles
- Jun 1 Russian super heavyweight weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev snatches world record 211 kg
- Jun 2 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 2 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
- Jun 2 Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
- Jun 3 38th Tony Awards: "The Real Thing" (play) & "La Cage aux Folles" (musical) win
LPGA Championship
Jun 3 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Defending champion Patty Sheehan finishes 10 strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
- Jun 3 Revival of musical "The Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 13 performances
- Jun 4 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers win
US Golf Open
Jun 4 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years
Born in the USA
Jun 4 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 7th studio album "Born in the USA", his biggest commercial success topped the charts in 11 countries and sold over 30 million copies, worldwide
- Jun 4 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
- Jun 4 MLB Draft: New York Mets take Mechanicsburg Area Senior HS outfielder Shawn Abner at #1
Event of Interest
Jun 5 Indira Gandhi orders an attack on Sikh's holiest site, the Golden Temple in Amritsar
- Jun 6 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
- Jun 6 Video game Tetris is first released in the Soviet Union by Alexey Pajitnov
Ghostbusters Premieres
Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres
- Jun 8 "Gremlins", American comedy horror film, is released
- Jun 8 Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia
- Jun 9 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
Belmont Stakes
Jun 9 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
#1 in the Charts
Jun 9 Cyndi Lauper gets her first US #1 hit with "Time After Time"
- Jun 9 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 9 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once
- Jun 9 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
- Jun 9 NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509
- Jun 9 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
Music History
Jun 9 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 1st career Grand Slam title; beats John McEnroe 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
- Jun 10 US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time
- Jun 10 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
- Jun 11 Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial of half of his ashes
- Jun 11 Michael Larson shown winning record $110,237 on American TV game show "Press Your Luck" by memorizing patterns
- Jun 11 US Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally
- Jun 12 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title
- Jun 14 Southern Baptist convention decide against allowing women clergy members
- Jun 15 "Thicke Of The Night" TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
Hearns KOs Durán
Jun 15 American boxer Thomas Hearns retains WBC light middleweight title with 2 round KO of Roberto Durán of Panama at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas; marks first time in his illustrious career Durán knocked out
- Jun 16 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
- Jun 16 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
Event of Interest
Jun 17 John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada
- Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Fuzzy Zoeller beats Greg Norman of Australia by 8 strokes in a Monday 18-hole playoff to win his first Open title
- Jun 19 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
- Jun 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
- Jun 20 Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss
Baseball History
Jun 20 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam & 14th lifetime
- Jun 22 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
- Jun 22 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins
- Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Weather Report, The Smiths, and Black Uhuru headline; other performers include: Ian Dury, Joan Baez, The Waterboys, Fela Kuti, General Public, Dr. John, Fairport Convention, Christy Moore, Brass Construction, The Staple Singers, Billy Bragg, and Amazulu,
- Jun 22 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
- Jun 22 Joseph Luns resigns as secretary-general of NATO
Event of Interest
Jun 22 Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways commences operations with flight from Gatwick to Newark
Baseball Record
Jun 24 Joe Morgan sets career HR mark for 2nd basemen with #265
- Jun 24 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Arnold Palmer wins 2nd straight Champions Tour major by 3 strokes ahead of Peter Thomson of Australia
- Jun 25 Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
Purple Rain
Jun 25 Prince releases his "Purple Rain" album
- Jun 25 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
- Jun 26 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4
Here We Are at Last
Jun 26 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"
Daytime Emmy Awards
Jun 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
- Jun 27 Fire destroys a set in "A View to a Kill"
- Jun 27 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop
- Jun 27 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
UEFA European Championship Final
Jun 27 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Michel Platini & Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain, 2-0
- Jun 28 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
- Jun 28 Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year-old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola
Sports History
Jun 29 Montreal Expos infielder Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th MLB game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox
Sports History
Jun 29 Pitcher Orel Hershiser begins string of making every scheduled start until 1990 for Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jun 29 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
- Jun 30 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
- Jun 30 Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
Event of Interest
Jun 30 Pierre Trudeau officially steps down as Prime Minister of Canada after serving two separate terms for a total of 15 years
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Jean Beausejour, Chilean soccer left wing-back (107 caps; Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Universidad de Chile), born in Santiago, Chile
- Jun 1 Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian judoka (Olympic gold -100kg 2008; silver 2012; first Mongolian Olympic gold medallist), born in Saikhan sum, Bulgan Province, Mongolia
- Jun 4 Rainie Yang, Taiwanese mando-pop singer, actress, and television personality, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Jun 5 Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress, born in Cannes, France
- Jun 5 Iris Van Herpen, Dutch fashion designer, born in Wamel, Netherlands
- Jun 6 Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer
- Jun 6 Shannon Stewart, American model
- Jun 8 Andrea Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco
- Jun 8 Javier Mascherano, Argentine soccer centre-back, defensive midfielder (147 caps; River Plate, Liverpool, FC Barcelona), born in San Lorenzo, Argentina
- Jun 9 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter ("Vivo en el Limbo" - I Live in the Limbo), born in Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia (d. 2005)
- Jun 9 Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer, born in Shiraz, Iran
- Jun 9 Wesley Sneijder, Dutch soccer midfielder (134 caps; Ajax, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Galatasaray), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
- Jun 9 Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player, born in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
- Jun 10 Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian judoka
- Jun 11 Andy Lee, Irish boxer (WBO middleweight title 2014-15), born in London, England
- Jun 11 Vágner Love, Brazilian soccer striker (20 caps; SE Palmeiras, CSKA Moscow, CR Flamengo), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jun 13 Nery Castillo, Mexican soccer forward (21 caps; Olympiacos 105 games), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Jun 14 Becca Stevens, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Jun 14 Lorenzo Booker, American NFL football player, 2007-2012 (Minnesota Vikings and 2 other teams), born in Oxnard, California
- Jun 14 Siobhán Donaghy, British pop singer-songwriter (Sugababes, 1998–2001 & 2011–present), born in London, England
- Jun 15 Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
- Jun 16 Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey left wing (#1 pick NHL Draft 2002; 6 x NHL All Star; Olympic gold 2010, 14; World C'ship gold 2007; Columbus BJs, NY Rangers), born in Brampton, Ontario
- Jun 16 Steven Whittaker, Scottish soccer defender (31 caps; Hibernian, Rangers, Norwich City), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jun 17 John Gallagher Jr., American stage actor (The West Wing, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Jun 18 Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper, born in Kuopio, Finland
- Jun 19 Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan footballer, born in Luanda, Angola
- Jun 19 Paul Dano, American actor (Love and Mercy), born in New York City
- Jun 21 Jujubee [Airline Inthyrath], American drag queen and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jun 22 Dustin Johnson, American golfer (US Open 2016; Ryder Cup 2010, 12, 16, 18; FedEx Cup 2020), born in Columbia, South Carolina
- Jun 22 Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player (Davis Cup 2010), born in Belgrade, Serbia
- Jun 22 Jerome Taylor, West Indies cricket all-rounder (46 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 106, 130 wickets, BB 6/47; Jamaica, Somerset CCC, Gloucestershire CCC), born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
- Jun 24 JJ Redick, American basketball player and sport analyst, born in Cookeville, Tennessee
- Jun 25 Indigo [Alyssa Ashley Nichols], American actress (Weeds), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 26 Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian (Parks and Recreation), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Jun 26 Deron Williams, American basketball player, born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Jun 26 Elijah Dukes, American baseball player (Washington Nationals), born in Homestead, Florida
- Jun 26 J. J. Barea, Puerto Rican basketball player, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Jun 27 Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress (Haven), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jun 27 Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer (İstanbul Başakşehir), born in Olten, Switzerland
- Jun 27 Julie Ordon, Swiss model, born in Geneva, Switzerland
Khloé Kardashian (39 years old)
Jun 27 American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 27 Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Jun 28 Anita Rachvelishvili, Georgian opera singer (Carmen), born in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Jun 28 Tamara Ecclestone (Rutland), British model, socialite, and television personality, born in Milan, Italy
- Jun 29 Christopher Egan, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Jun 29 Derek Lee Rock [Smith], American drummer (Mêlée; Suburban Legends), born in the USA
- Jun 29 Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model, born in Gwangju, South Korea
- Jun 30 Fantasia [Barrino], American singer (American Idol, "Back to Me"), born in High Point, North Carolina
- Jun 30 Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer, born in San José, Costa Rica
Famous Weddings
Ernie Banks
Jun 14 MLB baseball 's "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks (53) weds Marjorie Wardlawholm in Los Angeles, California: divorce in 1997
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), dies at 52
- Jun 2 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek violinist, composer (Four Preludes on The Return from The Front; Clouds), educator and arts advocate, dies at 75
- Jun 5 Frederick Stratten Russell, English marine biologist (plankton life history and long-term changes in marine ecosystems), dies at 86
- Jun 5 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
- Jun 6 A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
- Jun 6 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
- Jun 7 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
- Jun 8 Gordon Jacob, British composer, dies at 88
- Jun 11 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian National Secreatary of Italian Communist Party (PCI), dies after a brain haemorrhage at 62
- Jun 13 António Variações [António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro], Portuguese singer-songwriter (Dar & Receber), dies at 39 of AIDS-related pneumonia complications
- Jun 13 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92
- Jun 13 Nathaniel Owings, American architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears Tower), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Meredith Willson, American composer for stage (The Music Man), and screen (The Great Dictator; Little Foxes), dies at 82
- Jun 15 Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of heat failure at 78
- Jun 16 Harmonica Slim [Travis Blaylock], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter ("You Better Believe It"), dies at 49
- Jun 16 Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (b. 1895)
- Jun 17 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
- Jun 17 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), dies at 78
- Jun 17 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
- Jun 18 Alan Berg, American radio talk show host, dies after being shot by White Nationalists at 50
- Jun 19 Lee Krasner, American abistract expressionist painter, dies at 75
- Jun 19 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
- Jun 19 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel, composer, dies at 88
- Jun 20 Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], British-American stage and screen character actress (Quality Street; Darby O'Gill and the Little Peoples; The Producers), and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild, dies at 101
- Jun 20 Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
- Jun 22 (Dillwyn) "Dill" Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, dies of throat cancer at 60
- Jun 22 Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (The Damned: The Servant; Accident; The Go-Between), dies at 75
Clarence Campbell (1905-1984)
Jun 24 Canadian ice hockey executive (President NHL 1946-77), dies from respiratory ailments at 78
- Jun 24 William Keighley, American director (The Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
- Jun 25 Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (History of Sexuality), dies of AIDS at 57
- Jun 26 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
Jun 30 American playwright, (Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes), dies at 79
