Historical Events
Sports History
Jun 1 Cleveland Indians pitcher Phil Niekro beats Detroit Tigers, 9-6 for his 314th MLB victory; combines with Joe Niekro (216) for most combined wins by brothers in baseball history (530)
Sports History
Jun 2 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr. #1
- Jun 3 "Little Shop of Horrors" released in France
- Jun 3 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
- Jun 4 American hurdler Edwin Moses' 122 race winning streak which extends to nearly 10 years ends when he is beaten by countryman Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain
- Jun 5 "Nightline" presents its 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM
Sports History
Jun 5 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
Music History
Jun 5 Prince's Trust Rock Gala: Eric Clapton leads an all-star band including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Phil Collins, and Jeff Lynne at Wembley Stadium, London
- Jun 6 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 6 French Open Women's Tennis: 17-year-old German Steffi Graf beats World #1 Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6; Graf's first Grand Slam victory
- Jun 6 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
- Jun 7 41st Tony Awards: "Fences" (play) and "Les Misérables" (musical) win
- Jun 7 Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 7 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl retains title; beats Mats Wilander of Sweden 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
Music City News Awards
Jun 8 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis wins
- Jun 8 New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power.
Iran-Contra Hearing
Jun 8 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall testifies at Iran-Contra hearing
- Jun 10 NASA Discovery's SRBs & external tank are mated
Event of Interest
Jun 11 George Galloway is elected as the MP for Glasgow Hillhead in the general election
Event of Interest
Jun 11 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
Dictator Bokassa I
Jun 12 Central African Republic ex-emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa sentenced to death
Tear Down this Wall!
Jun 12 US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall
Senior Players Championship
Jun 14 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Sawgrass CC: South African Gary Player wins by 1 stroke from Bruce Crampton and Chi-Chi Rodriguez
- Jun 15 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
- Jun 15 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Jun 16 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
- Jun 16 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Getz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
- Jun 17 With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct
- Jun 18 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
- Jun 19 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Jun 19 Gay Kelleway rides 12-1 shot Sprowston Boy to win the two-mile six-furlong Queen Alexandra Stakes; becomes first female jockey to ride a winner at England’s Royal Ascot Racecourse
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 19 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Elvis Costello, and Van Morrison headline; other performers include: New Order, The Robert Cray Band, Los Lobos, Ben E. King, Taj Mahal, Richard Thompson, Courtney Pine, Hüsker Dü, The Woodentops, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Michelle Shocked, and World Party
- Jun 19 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
- Jun 20 1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France, 29-9
- Jun 20 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss
- Jun 21 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
Sports History
Jun 21 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
US Golf Open
Jun 21 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club: Scott Simpson passes and holds off 1982 champion Tom Watson on the Lake Course to win his only major title by 1 stroke
- Jun 22 A bomb blast in a Johannesburg video game arcade kills an unborn baby and injures ten people
- Jun 22 The International Labour Organisation, meeting for its annual conference in Geneva, calls for international sanctions against South African minerals
Sports History
Jun 22 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
- Jun 24 CFL's Montreal Alouettes team folds
- Jun 24 Minor League Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
Event of Interest
Jun 25 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim
King's Record Shop
Jun 26 Columbia Records releases "King's Record Shop", the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and the final of her albums produced by husband Rodney Crowell
- Jun 26 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
Event of Interest
Jun 26 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announces his retirement
- Jun 27 "The Living Daylights", 15th James Bond film, 1st film to star Timothy Dalton premieres in London
- Jun 27 In South Africa, the Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
- Jun 28 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
- Jun 28 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees
Sports History
Jun 29 New York Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Don Mattingly also grand slams
- Jun 29 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
Daytime Emmy Awards
Jun 30 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time
- Jun 30 Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden sets a new men's high jump world record 2.42m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jun 30 The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Mike Protich, American rock musician (Red Sun Rising), born in Akron, Ohio
- Jun 1 Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter (World C'ship gold 2015; Olympic silver 2012), born in San Luis, Cuba
- Jun 2 Darin [Zanyar], Swedish pop singer (Lovekiller, Tvillingen), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jun 3 Lalaine [Vergara-Paras], American stage and screen actress and singer (Les Misérables; Lizzie McGuire), born in Burbank, California
- Jun 3 Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
- Jun 5 Charlie Clements, English actor (Eastenders), born in Sidcup, England
- Jun 5 Lara Worthington [Bingle], Australian model, born in Sydney, Australia
Daniel Logan (36 years old)
Jun 6 New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jun 6 Kyle Falconer, Scottish rock singer-songwriter (The View), born in Dryburgh, Dundee, Scotland
- Jun 6 Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer, born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Jun 7 Daniel Scheinert, American filmmaker (Everything Everywhere, All at Once), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jun 10 Amobi Okoye, Nigeria-born American football player
- Jun 10 Anna Nordqvist, Swedish golfer (Women's PGA 2009, Evian C'ship 2017, British Open 2021), born in Eskilstuna, Sweden
- Jun 10 James Maynard, English mathematician (Fields Medal 2022 for analytic number theory), born in Chelmsford, England
- Jun 10 Kelly Vitz, American actress (Sky High), born in Hollywood, California
- Jun 10 Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
- Jun 11 Jorja Smith, English pop and R&B singer-songwriter ("Blue Lights"), born in Walsall, England
- Jun 12 Abe Stoklasa, American country music songwriter and musician, born in Princeton, Missouri (d. 2023)
- Jun 13 Charlotte Wells, Scottish director (Aftersun), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jun 14 Andrew Cogliano, Professional Hockey Player
- Jun 16 Abby Elliott, American actress (The Bear), born in New York City
- Jun 16 Ali Stroker, American actress and singer, first actress to appear in a wheelchair on Broadway and win a Tony award, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Diana DeGarmo (36 years old)
Jun 16 American singer (American Idol) and actress (The Young and the Restless), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Jun 16 Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian soccer midfielder (43 caps; Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC, Rosenborg), born in Trondheim, Norway
Kendrick Lamar (36 years old)
Jun 17 American hip hop singer-songwriter (Damn), born in Compton, California
- Jun 19 Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
- Jun 21 Dale Thomas, Australian AFL footballer, born in Victoria
- Jun 21 Khatia Buniatishvili, French-Georgian concert pianist, born in Batumi, Georgia
- Jun 21 Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer (Super Junior), born in Incheon, South Korea
- Jun 21 Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer, born in Graz, Austria
- Jun 22 Joe Dempsie, English actor (Game of Thrones), born in Liverpool, England
- Jun 23 Tanmay Bhat, Indian Youtuber and comedian (All India Bakchod), born in Mumbai, India
- Jun 24 Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer, born in Brescia, Italy
Lionel Messi (36 years old)
Jun 24 Argentine soccer striker (6 x FIFA Ballon d’Or; 6 x European Golden Shoes; 10 x La Liga titles; 4 x UEFA Champions League; 6 x Copas del Rey; FC Barcelona, PSG), born in Rosario, Argentina
- Jun 25 Sasha Velour [Alexander Steinberg], American drag artist (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Berkeley, California
- Jun 26 Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Jun 26 Samir Nasri, French footballer (Antalyaspor), born in Septèmes-les-Vallons, France
- Jun 27 Ed Westwick, English actor (Gossip Girl), born in London, England
- Jun 29 Yasuka Saitō, Japanese actor (GoGo Sentai Boukenger), born in Kanagawa, Japan
Famous Weddings
Johnny Carson
Jun 20 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Jun 25 Actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus (26) weds actor Brad Hall (29)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Errol Barrow, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-76, 1986-87), dies at 67
- Jun 1 Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (elected Prime Minister 8 times between 1958-87), assassinated by a bomb rigged in his helicopter at 65
- Jun 2 Andres Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist and composer, dies at 94
- Jun 2 Sammy Kaye, American orchestra leader (Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye)), dies of cancer at 77
- Jun 3 Roel Houwink, Dutch writer and poet (1 Man Without Character), dies at 88
- Jun 3 Will Sampson, American-Muscogee rodeo performer, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Yellow Rose; The White Buffalo), and painter, dies of post-surgery kidney failure at 54
- Jun 6 Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge), dies of stomach cancer at 64
- Jun 7 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
- Jun 8 Yogi Horton, American R&B and funk drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
- Jun 9 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
- Jun 9 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
- Jun 10 (Mitchell) "Booty" Wood, American jazz trombonist (Lionel Hampton, Erskine Hawkins, Count Basie, Duke Ellington), dies at 67
- Jun 10 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (A Patch of Blue, Beguilled), commits suicide by jumping from the window of her fifth floor Pittsburgh apartment, at 43
Ralph Guldahl (1911-1987)
Jun 11 American golfer (US Masters 1939, US Open 1937-38), dies at 75
Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
Jun 13 American actress (Blue & Gray, Trip to Bountiful), dies at 62
- Jun 14 Les Favell, Australian cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies at 57
- Jun 15 J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1931), dies
- Jun 15 Walter Heller, American economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
- Jun 16 John Mikaelsson, Swedish race walker (Olympic gold 10k 1948, 52), dies at 73
- Jun 17 Dick Howser, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star All-Star 1961, 61²; KC A's) and manager (World Series 1977, 78 NY Yankees; KC Royals 1985), dies of brain cancer at 51
- Jun 18 Bruce Marshall, Scottish writer, dies at 87
- Jun 19 Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
- Jun 21 Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
Jun 22 American stage and screen tap dancer, singer ("Night And Day"; "Cheek To Cheek"; "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"), and actor (Royal Wedding; Easter Parade; Swingtime), dies of pneumonia at 88
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
Jun 24 American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show; The Honeymooners), actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler; Gigot), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only), dies of colon cancer at 71
- Jun 24 (Lionel) "Linc" Chamberland, American R&B and jazz-fusion guitarist, dies of leukemia at 46
- Jun 24 Hines Johnson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; first WI fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test), dies at 76
- Jun 25 Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter ("Rocky Top"; "Love Hurts"; "Bye Bye Love"), dies at 67
- Jun 26 Arthur F. Burns, American economist and chairman (Federal Reserve Board), dies at 82
- Jun 26 Glen Hall, South African cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide at 49
- Jun 26 Henk Badings, Dutch opera composer (Orestes), dies at 80
- Jun 30 Federico Mompou, Spanish composer, dies at 94
- Jun 30 Jackie Fields, American featherweight boxer (2x World Welterweight Champion, Olympic gold 1924), dies at 79
- Jun 30 King Donovan, actor and director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies
- Jun 30 Thor Thorvaldsen, Norwegian yachtsman (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), dies at 78
