Historical Events
Election of Interest
Jun 2 FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his resignation, 5 days after his re-election, amid FIFA's involvement in a bribery scandal
- Jun 2 US Congress passes new legislation to reform National Security Agency procedures, restricting gathering of phone records
- Jun 3 200 people are killed by an explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana
- Jun 3 Dr. Jesse Selber performs the world's first partial-skull and scalp transplant at Houston Methodist Hospital
- Jun 4 Australian cricket batsman Adam Voges becomes the oldest player to hit a century on debut in 1st Test v West Indies in Roseau; 35-year-old Voges scores 130 not out during Australia's 9 wicket win
- Jun 5 6.0 magnitude earthquake (strongest to affect Malaysia since 1978) strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people on Mount Kinabalu
- Jun 5 Alex Puccio sustains a knee injury during the IFSC World Cup competition in Vail, Colorado, requiring surgery
- Jun 6 147th Belmont: Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah wins in 2:26.65, 1st horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown
- Jun 6 236th Epsom Derby: Golden Horn ridden by Frankie Dettori wins
Sports History
Jun 6 Brian Ortega wins Fight of the Night against Thiago Tavares at UFC Fight Night 68
- Jun 6 Convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 6 French Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins her 3rd French title and 20th Grand Slam singles event; beats Lucie Šafářová of Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
- Jun 6 UEFA Champions League Final, Berlin: FC Barcelona beats Juventus, 3-1 for 5th title and second treble (Spanish La Liga & Cup champions)
- Jun 7 -8 41st G7 summit held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria
- Jun 7 69th Tony Awards: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (play) and "Fun Home" (musical) each win 5 awards
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 7 French Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his 2nd major title; beats Novak Đoković 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
CMT Music Awards
Jun 10 14th CMT Video Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, and Luke Bryan win
- Jun 12 Al-Qaeda's 2nd-in-command Nasser al-Wuhayshi (Osama Bin Laden's former private secretary) is killed in a US air strike in Yemen
- Jun 12 Zimbabwe discards its own currency, offering an exchange of $1 for 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars
- Jun 13 Floods in Tbilisi, Georgia, kill 12 people and free animals from the city's zoo, including bears and hippos, to roam the city
- Jun 13 Philae, 1st spacecraft to land on a comet in European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission re-awakes after 7 months
- Jun 14 "Jurassic World", 1st film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend
Senior Players Championship
Jun 14 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Belmont CC: Defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany wins by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Kirk Triplett
LPGA Championship
Jun 14 Women's PGA Championship, Westchester CC: 3-peat for Inbee Park; beats fellow South Korean Kim Sei-young by 5 strokes; previously LPGA Championship
800 Years Since the Signing of the Magna Carta
Jun 15 800 year anniversary of "the birthplace of modern democracy", the signing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runymede, England
- Jun 15 Remains of a 2,000 year old women dubbed "the sleeping beauty" are announced discovered in Northern Ethiopia from ancient kingdom of Aksum
- Jun 15 Stanley Cup Final, United Center, Chicago, IL: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0 for a 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks' 6th Championship
- Jun 16 NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 105-97 in Game 6 for first title in 40 years and their 4th in franchise history; MVP: Andre Iguodala
Trump's Campaign Launch
Jun 16 TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President at Trump Towers
- Jun 17 9 people are shot and killed inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a 21-year-old gunman
Event of Interest
Jun 17 US Treasury announced that the image of Alexander Hamilton will be replaced from the US $10 bill by an image of a woman
- Jun 18 18 vigilantes are killed & 53 are injured after an accidental detonation of an explosive device in Monguno, Nigeria
Catholic Encyclical
Jun 18 Pope Francis blames human selfishness for global warming in his encyclical, named "Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home"
Film & TV History
Jun 19 Actress Shannen Doherty reveals that she has breast cancer
Inside Out
Jun 19 Pixar's animated film "Inside Out" is released with voices by Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling
- Jun 19 The right-wing Venstre block wins the 2015 Danish general election
- Jun 20 1000 humanoid robots named "Pepper" sell out in under a minute ($1,600 each) in Japan, according to its creator SoftBank Robotics Corp.
- Jun 20 Heat wave peaks in southern Pakistan, goes on to kill about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke
- Jun 21 94 people die & 45 are hospitalized after drinking moonshine in Mumbai, India
- Jun 21 Hackers ground 1400 passengers by attacking IT system at Warsaw Chopin airport in Poland
US Golf Open
Jun 21 US Open Men's Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923 by 1 shot from Dustin Johnson & Louis Oosthuizen
- Jun 22 JAMA Internal Medical Journal announces obese Americans now outnumber those just overweight
Event of Interest
Jun 22 South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 24 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Kanye West, and The Who headline; other performers include Lionel Richie, Motörhead, Burt Bacharach, The Libertines, and Pharrell Williams
- Jun 24 Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price wins the 2014-15 Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP
- Jun 25 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves
Event of Interest
Jun 25 The Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') subsidies preserved by US Supreme Court Ruling in King v Burwell 6-3
Important Vote
Jun 26 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls for a Greek referendum on new bailout terms
- Jun 26 Gunman opens fire at beach resort in Sousse, Tunisia, killing 38. Isis claims responsibility.
- Jun 26 NHL Draft: Erie Otters (OHL) center Connor McDavid #1 pick by the Edmonton Oilers
- Jun 26 Saudi suicide bomber kills 27 at Shia Imam al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait, 227 injured
- Jun 26 US President Barack Obama sings "Amazing Grace" as part of his eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney and 8 church members killed during a bible study in Charleston, South Carolina
- Jun 26 US Supreme Court rules 5-4 same-sex marriage is a legal right across all US states
- Jun 28 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
- Jun 28 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
US Senior Golf Open
Jun 28 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland
- Jun 29 Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
- Jun 30 A man self-immolates aboard a Nozomi Shinkansen train and kills one other passenger in Japan
- Jun 30 Hercules transporter plane crashes minutes after take-off in Medan, Indonesia killing 116
Music History
Jun 30 Misty Copeland becomes the 1st African American principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 15 Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland, born in Danderyd
Famous Weddings
- Jun 9 Actress and singer Aly Michalka (26) weds film producer Stephen Ringer at Belmond Hotel Splendido in Portofino, Italy
- Jun 13 Swedish Prince Carl Philip (36) weds former model Sofia Hellqvist at Slottskyrkan Royal Chapel in Stockholm
- Jun 18 Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Lindsay Arnold (21) weds highschool sweetheart Samuel Lightner Cusick in Salt Lake City
- Jun 29 Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones (33) weds model Dani Lawrence (28) at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Charles Kennedy, British politician (Liberal Democrat leader 1999-2006), dies at 55
- Jun 1 Jean Ritchie, American folk singer, dies at 92
- Jun 2 Irwin Rose, American biologist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 2004), dies at 88
- Jun 2 Paul Karolyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 80
- Jun 3 Bevo Francis, American basketball forward (NCAA record for points scored in a game [113] 1954–2012), dies at 82
- Jun 4 Albert West [Albertus Westelaken], Dutch pop singer (The Shuffles - "Cha-La-La, I Need You"; Stars on 45), dies at 65
- Jun 4 Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer (Palatino and Optima), dies at 96
- Jun 5 Alan Bond, Australian businessman and yachting syndicate owner (America's Cup 1983), dies from heart failure at 77
- Jun 5 Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union flanker, #8 (48 caps; Wellington Hurricanes, Toulon, Ospreys, Narbonne), dies in a car crash at 34
- Jun 5 Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87
- Jun 5 Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, dies at 79
- Jun 6 Ludvik Vaculik, Czech writer (Two Thousand Words), dies at 88
- Jun 6 Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86
- Jun 6 Ronnie Gilbert, American folk singer (The Weavers - "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"), dies at 88
- Jun 6 Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80
Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
Jun 7 English actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), dies at 93
- Jun 7 Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), dies at 89
- Jun 7 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), dies at 72
- Jun 8 Marie-Louise Grog-Carven, French fashion designer (Ma Griffe perfume), dies at 105
- Jun 9 Fred Anton Maier, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1968, bronze 1964; silver 10,000m 1964, 68; 11 x WRs), dies from cancer at 76
- Jun 9 James Last, German-born composer and big band bandleader, dies at 86
- Jun 11 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), dies of kidney failure at 69
- Jun 11 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), dies of lung cancer at 81
Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)
Jun 11 American jazz saxophonist and composer (Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation), dies of a heart attack at 85
- Jun 11 Ron Moody [Moodnick], British stage and screen actor, singer (Oliver!; The Twelve Chairs), and composer dies at 91
- Jun 12 Ernest Tomlinson, English light classical composer, dies at 90
- Jun 12 Monica Lewis, American jazz singer and film actress (Box Office, Affair with a Stranger), dies at 93
- Jun 13 "Big Time" Sarah [Streeter], American blues singer, dies of heart disease at 62
- Jun 13 MC Supreme [Dewayne Lawrence Coleman], rapper (Black in America), dies in a car accident at 47
- Jun 15 Jean Doré, Canadian politician (39th Mayor of Montreal), dies at 70
- Jun 15 Kirk Kerkorian, American CEO and "father of the mega-resort" (MGM, UA), dies at 98
- Jun 15 Mighty Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, dies at 72
- Jun 15 Roger Lavern [Jackson], English rock keyboardist (Tornados), dies at 75
- Jun 15 Zhanna Friske [Jeanna Kopylova], Russian model, actress, and singer (Blestyashchiy), dies of brain cancer at 40
- Jun 16 Charles Correa, Indian architect (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT), dies at 84
- Jun 17 John David Crow, American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1957, Texas A & M; Pro Bowl 1959, 60, 62, 65; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 79
- Jun 17 Ron Clarke, Australian athlete (17 x WRs, 5,000m, 10,000m, 20,000m; 2, 3, 6, 10 miles) and politician (mayor Gold Coast), dies from kidney failure at 78
- Jun 17 Suleyman Demirel, Turkish leader, President (1993-2000) and Prime Minister, dies at 90
- Jun 18 Ralph J Roberts, American businessman and founder of Comcast, dies of natural causes at 95
- Jun 20 Nazar Singh, British great-grandfather, believed to be Europe's oldest man, dies at 111
- Jun 21 Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical "third stream" (Visitation; Of Reminiscences and Reflections - Pulitzer Prize, 1994), dies at 89
- Jun 21 Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, dies at 86
- Jun 22 Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler, dies after a car accident at 53
- Jun 22 Gabriele Wohmann, German writer, dies at 83
- Jun 22 James Horner, American Academy Award-winning film composer (Titanic; Apollo 13; Avatar), dies in a plane crash at 61
- Jun 22 Joseph de Pasquale, American violist (Boston Symphony, 1949-64: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1964-96), and educator (Curtis Institutu, 1965-2015), dies at 95
- Jun 22 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph), dies at 73
- Jun 23 Helmuth Lohner, Austrian stage and screen actor and stage director (Mrs. Warren's Profession), dies at 82
- Jun 23 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, dies at 83
- Jun 23 Richard "Dick" Van Patten, American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate (Tom Bradford in 8 is Enough), dies at 86
- Jun 24 Mario Biaggi, American politician (Rep-D&R-NY, 1969-88), dies at 97
- Jun 24 Marva Nettles Collins, American educator (West Side Preparatory School), dies at 78
- Jun 25 Patrick Macnee, British actor (The Avengers, Magnum, P.I., Sherlock Holmes), dies at 93
- Jun 26 Ash Brownridge, American conservationist (National Wildlife Federation) creator of Ranger Rick, dies at 98
- Jun 26 Richard Matt, American murderer who escaped prison, shot and killed on the run at 49
- Jun 27 Chris Squire, British progressive rock bassist, founding and longest serving member of Yes, 1969-2014 ("The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"), dies of acute erythroid leukemia at 67
- Jun 27 Denis Vigay, British cellist (BBC Symphony; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), dies at 89
- Jun 27 Harvey McGregor, British barrister and administrator (Warden of New College-Oxford, 1985-96), dies at 86
- Jun 28 Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, dies at 93
- Jun 29 Glenn Ford, American freed death row inmate (wrongly spent 30 years in prison), dies at 65
- Jun 29 Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), dies at 85
- Jun 30 Leonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 89
