Historical Events
- Jun 1 Brooklyn NY begins recycling
Film & TV History
Jun 1 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
- Jun 1 Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
- Jun 1 Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi
- Jun 1 Phoenix Suns guard Dan Majerle sets a then NBA Playoff record by sinking 8 three-pointers during the Suns’ 120-114 win over Seattle in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals
- Jun 3 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
- Jun 4 Cricket's "Ball of the Century" - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne bowls England batsman Mike Gatting with his first ball of an Ashes series; Australia wins 1st Test at Old Trafford by 179 runs
- Jun 5 "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
- Jun 5 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf wins her 3rd of 6 French singles titles; beats Mary Joe Fernández of the US 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Event of Interest
Jun 5 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
- Jun 5 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
- Jun 6 47th Tony Awards: "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" (play) and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (musical) win
- Jun 6 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 6 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Sergi Bruguera prevents Jim Courier French three-peat; beats American 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
- Jun 6 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as President of Mongolia
- Jun 6 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala
Music City News Awards
Jun 7 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill win
- Jun 7 American singer Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol
Cricket History
Jun 7 Cricket's Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs Australia at Old Trafford
- Jun 7 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame breaks ground for their museum in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jun 8 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
- Jun 9 "Amantes" (1991) premieres in France
- Jun 9 "Body Snatchers" (1993) premieres in France
- Jun 9 "Ce que femme veut" (1993) premieres in France
- Jun 9 "Passion Fish" (1992) premieres in France
- Jun 9 "Tout capour ca!" (1993) premieres in France
- Jun 9 "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) premieres
- Jun 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
- Jun 9 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
- Jun 10 Revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, later transferred to Atkinson Theater, NYC; runs for 354 performances and a Tony Award
Jurassic Park
Jun 11 "Jurassic Park", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
- Jun 11 "Scattergories" game show last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 11 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 12 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
- Jun 13 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth NYC after 232 performances
- Jun 13 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected President of Iran
LPGA Championship
Jun 13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Patty Sheehan wins her 4th major title by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lauri Merten
Pro Wrestling
Jun 13 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
- Jun 14 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
Event of Interest
Jun 14 Ruth Bader Ginsburg is introduced by President Bill Clinton as his nominee to the United States Supreme Court in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House
- Jun 14 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female Prime Minister of Turkey, succeeding Süleyman Demirel
Baseball Record
Jun 16 Ken Griffey Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle
- Jun 17 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
Sports History
Jun 18 Expo's Dennis Martínez is 92nd MLB pitcher to win 200 games
- Jun 18 Tōru Takemitsu's "Archipelago S" premieres in Aldeburgh England
Cricket History
Jun 19 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
NBA Finals
Jun 20 NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls become first team since legendary Boston Celtics of the 1960s to win 3 consecutive titles, with a 99–98 victory in Game 6 over Phoenix Suns; MVP: Michael Jordan for third straight year
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Lee Janzen plays sub-70 golf all 4 rounds to tie tournament scoring record and win the first of his 2 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of Payne Stewart
- Jun 21 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat after 356 years, the world's most difficult maths problem
Camelot
Jun 21 Revival of Lerner and Loewe' musical "Camelot", with Robert Goulet as King Arthur, opens at Gershwin Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
- Jun 21 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
- Jun 22 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
Music History
Jun 22 Wilson Pickett pleads guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving
- Jun 23 Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband's John Wayne Bobbitt's penis
Election of Interest
Jun 23 Nigeria's military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida, annuls results of presidential elections and halts a return to democracy
- Jun 23 United Nations authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti
- Jun 24 Arab terrorist group planning bombing of Holland and Lincoln Tunnels caught
- Jun 24 Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber
Television Finale
Jun 25 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for the last time on NBC-TV
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 25 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Black Crowes, and The Kinks headline; other performers include Winton Marsalis, Robert Plant, Velvet Underground, Hothouse Flowers, Van Morrison, John Prine, Rolf Harris, Lenny Kravitz, and Barenaked Ladies
Event of Interest
Jun 25 Kim Campbell becomes the 19th Prime Minister of Canada (although she would remain in office for less than five months)
- Jun 25 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
- Jun 25 Parliamentary election in Morocco
- Jun 26 NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators
Sports History
Jun 26 NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
- Jun 26 Rebecca Jones, 18, of Georgia, crowned America's Junior Miss
Event of Interest
Jun 26 The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H. W. Bush in April in Kuwait.
- Jun 27 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances
Music History
Jun 27 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
- Jun 27 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
Senior Players Championship
Jun 27 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Colbert wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Raymond Floyd
- Jun 28 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
- Jun 28 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
- Jun 28 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
- Jun 30 NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State)
- Jun 30 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field
Famous Birthdays
Breonna Taylor (1993-2020)
Jun 5 African American medical technician who was shot and killed by police officers in her home, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Jun 7 George Ezra [Barnett], British guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("Budapest"; "Paradise"), born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
- Jun 7 Jordan Fry, American actor (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), born in Spokane, Washington
- Jun 7 Swae Lee [Khalif Brown], American singer and rapper (Rae Sremmurd - "Sunflower"), born in Inglewood, California
- Jun 9 Danielle Chuchran, American actress
- Jun 10 Scott McLaughlin, New Zealand auto racer (Supercars Championship 2018, 19, 20; IndyCar Series: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2022 Team Penske), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
- Jun 13 Thomas Partey, Ghanaian football player (Arsenal, Ghana), born in Krobo Odumase, Ghana
Gunna (30 years old)
Jun 14 American rapper (Wunna; DS4Ever), born in College Park, Georgia
- Jun 15 Cooper Kupp, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl MVP 2022; Pro Bowl 2021; LA Rams), born in Yakima, Washington
- Jun 16 Alice Ann Newman, daughter of Gretchen & Randy
- Jun 16 Park Bo-gum, South Korean actor (Record of Youth), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jun 19 KSI [Olajide Olatunji] English YouTuber, comedian and rapper, born in London, England
- Jun 24 Beanie Feldstein, American actress (Booksmart), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 24 Primera, an Andean condor, hatched at Cleveland Zoo, the 5th born in captivity (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Jun 25 Barney Clark, English actor (Oliver Twist), born in Hackney, London, England
Ariana Grande (30 years old)
Jun 26 American singer (Problem, The Way), born in Boca Raton, Florida
- Jun 29 Angela & Amy Lakeberg, American Siamese twins (separated on Aug 20th), born in Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
- Jun 29 George Sampson, English dancer and official ambassador of the United Dance Organisation, born in Warrington, Cheshire, England
Famous Weddings
Mariah Carey
Jun 5 American pop singer Mariah Carey (24) weds Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola (43), at St. Patrick's cathedral in New York City; divorced 1998
- Jun 10 Abdullah II of Jordan (31) weds Rania Al-Yassin (22) in Amman, Jordan
Bill Wyman
Jun 19 Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe
Mario Lemieux
Jun 26 Canadian NHL scoring champion Mario Lemieux (27) weds longtime girlfriend Nathalie Asselin at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec
Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett
Jun 27 American actress Julia Roberts (25) weds American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana; divorce in 1995
Famous Divorces
- Jun 23 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff
Famous Deaths
- Jun 2 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
- Jun 2 Johnny Mize, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (10 x MLB All Star; 5 × World Series champion; NL batting champion 1939; 4 × NL HR leader; St. Louis Cardinals, NY Giants, NY Yankees), dies of cardiac arrest at 80
- Jun 2 Norton Simon, American industrialist (Hunts Foods, Norton Simon Museum), dies at 86
- Jun 3 Aubrey Frank, British jazz saxophonist, and educator, dies on his 72nd birthday
- Jun 3 Bob Fitzsimmons, American NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
- Jun 3 Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), dies at 82
- Jun 4 June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
Conway Twitty (1933-1993)
Jun 5 American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "Honky Tonk Heroes"), dies in surgery at 59
- Jun 6 James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
- Jun 6 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
- Jun 7 Dražen Petrović, Yugoslav-Croatian NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident in Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany at 28
- Jun 7 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 55
- Jun 8 René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief (deported Jews), dies at 84
- Jun 8 Roberto Caamaño, Argentine composer, dies at 69
- Jun 8 Root Boy Slim [Foster MacKenzie III], American entertainer, dies at 48
- Jun 9 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence; Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
- Jun 9 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]
- Jun 9 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
- Jun 10 Alice Reinhart, American actress, dies at 83
- Jun 10 Les Dawson, English Comedian (The Les Dawson Show), dies at 62
- Jun 10 Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself at 77
- Jun 11 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Jun 11 Muriel C. Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
- Jun 11 Ray Sharkey, American actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDS at 40
- Jun 13 (Donald) "Deke" Slayton, American US Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut (Mercury Seven; Apollo–Soyuz Test Project), dies of brain cancer at 69 [1]
- Jun 13 Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
- Jun 13 John Campbell, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies of a heart attack at 41
- Jun 14 Vincent T. Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
- Jun 15 James Hunt, English auto racer (Formula 1 World Drivers Champion 1976), dies of a heart attack at 45
- Jun 15 John Connally Jr, American politician, 39th Governor of Texas, and federal treasurer who was critically wounded during the assassination of Kennedy, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 76
- Jun 15 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
- Jun 15 Vera, scarf/linen designer, dies of cardiac arrest at 87
- Jun 16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
- Jun 17 Angus Suttie, English potter and teacher of art ceramics, dies of AIDS at 46
- Jun 17 French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
- Jun 19 James Benton Parsons, American judge, 1st African American federal judge, dies at 81
William Golding (1911-1993)
Jun 19 English author (Lord of the Flies, Nobel Prize for Literature 1983), dies at 81
- Jun 21 Frank Moro, Cuban American actor, dies at 49
- Jun 21 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
- Jun 21 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
- Jun 22 (Thelma Catherine) "Pat" Nixon [née Ryan], American First Lady (1969-74), dies of lung cancer at 81
- Jun 22 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of a heart attack at 93
- Jun 22 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
- Jun 24 Archie Williams, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1936), dies of a heart attack at 78
- Jun 25 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), dies at 67
- Jun 26 Catherine Leno, mother of The Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82
- Jun 26 Jack Bittner, entertainer, dies
Roy Campanella (1921-1993)
Jun 26 American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (NL MVP 1951, 53, 55; World Series 1955; 8 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
- Jun 26 William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920)
- Jun 26 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
- Jun 27 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
- Jun 28 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria Italian bass opera singer (Boris Godunov), dies at 79
- Jun 28 [Jesus Christ] "GG" Allin, American punk rock singer, dies of accidental heroin overdose at 36
- Jun 29 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer dies of complications from AIDS at 46
- Jun 30 Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), dies suddenly at age 64