Historical Events
Stranger to Stranger
Jun 3 Concord Records releases "Stranger to Stranger", the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain beats Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to claim her 1st Grand Slam title
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia beats Scotsman Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first French title
- Jun 5 Swiss vote to reject referendum to give each citizen a guaranteed income of $2,500 Swiss francs per month
- Jun 7 "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", a play written by Jack Thorne with JK Rowling, premieres in London
- Jun 7 Car bomb attack on a police bus in central Istanbul kills 11
Event of Interest
Jun 7 Iris Apfel is awarded the Women Together Special Award of the Year at the 12th Annual Women Together Gala in New York City
CMT Music Awards
Jun 8 15th CMT Video Music Awards: Tim McGraw; Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Stapleton win
Event of Interest
Jun 9 Elizabeth Warren formally endorses Hillary Clinton for president
- Jun 9 MLB Draft: Philadelphia Phillies select La Costa Canyon HS (CA) shortstop Mickey Moniak at #1
- Jun 9 Successful attempts to turn CO2 gases into stone underground in Iceland published in the journal "Science"
Event of Interest
Jun 9 US President Barack Obama officially endorses Hillary Clinton as Democratic Presidential nominee
- Jun 9 World Health Organzsation advises delaying pregnancy in areas with the Zika virus
- Jun 11 148th Belmont Stakes: Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard Creator wins in 2:28:51
Tony Awards
Jun 12 70th Tony Awards: "Hamilton" (musical) wins 11 awards after record 16 nominations, Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Frank Langella, Jessica Lange win acting awards; "The Humans" (play) wins 4
Ronaldo's Earnings Record
Jun 12 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes 1st footballer to top Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, earning $88 million
- Jun 12 Gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49, injuring 53 - worst mass shooting in the US
Senior Players Championship
Jun 12 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Germany's Bernhard Langer wins his 3rd straight Players' title by 1 shot from Joe Durant and Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- Jun 12 Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title
Women's PGA Championship
Jun 12 Women's PGA Championship, Sahalee CC: 18-year old Canadian Brooke Henderson wins her first major title on the 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff with top-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand
- Jun 13 Some Democratic Party members of US House of Representatives protest 'moment of silence' as an inadequate response to mass shooting, and demand legislative action on gun control
- Jun 14 First mammal made extinct by human-induced climate change announced - the Bramble Cay melomys from Torres Strait
- Jun 16 British MP (L) Jo Cox is shot and killed outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire
- Jun 16 Philadelphia is the first US city to pass a tax on sweetened drinks
- Jun 18 Soyuz capsule returns to Earth 1st British International Space Station astronaut Tim Peake, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Timothy Kopra after 186 days
- Jun 19 Alex Puccio undergoes spinal fusion surgery due to a herniated disk
NBA Finals
Jun 19 NBA Finals: Cleveland Cavaliers win first title beating defending champion Golden State Warriors, 93-89 in Game 7; first team to overcome 3–1 deficit; MVP: LeBron James
US Golf Open
Jun 19 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC, PA: Despite controversial penalty on the 5th green, Dustin Johnson wins by 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Shane Lowry, Jim Furyk & Scott Piercy
- Jun 20 China's super computer tally overtakes the US; Chinese 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight is world's No. 1
- Jun 20 Rome elects its first female Mayor Virginia Raggi (Five Star Movement) and its youngest at 37
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Coldplay, and Adele headline; other performers include Tame Impala, Squeeze, Frightened Rabbit; ZZ Top, ELO, and Cyndi Lauper
- Jun 22 NHL owners meeting unanimously approves the Las Vegas expansion bid to start play in the 2017-18 season.
Amy Schumer's World Tour
Jun 23 Amy Schumer announces her first world tour during a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden
Britain Votes for Brexit
Jun 23 Brexit referendum: United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union
- Jun 23 Ceasefire agreement signed between Colombian government and Farc rebels - ending more than 50 years of conflict
- Jun 23 Los Angeles court decision clears Led Zeppelin of stealing riff from "Stairway to Heaven" from band Spirit
- Jun 23 NBA Draft: LSU point guard Ben Simmons first pick by Philadelphia 76ers
- Jun 23 Storms and widespread flooding in West Virginia leave at least 24 dead
Event of Interest
Jun 24 British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns after the UK votes to leave the EU
- Jun 24 NHL Draft: ZSC Lions (NLA) center Auston Matthews first pick by Toronto Maple Leafs
- Jun 26 City of Falluja freed from Islamic State control after a month-long campaign by Iraqi forces
- Jun 26 Copa América Final, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Defending champions Chile defeat Argentina, 4-2 on penalty kicks; 0–0 after extra time
- Jun 26 Iceland’s presidential election is won by history professor Guðni Jóhannesson
- Jun 26 Panama Canal's third set of locks opens for commercial traffic, doubling the Canal’s capacity at an estimated cost of $5.25 billion
- Jun 27 US Supreme Court strikes down Texas law restricting abortion 5-3
- Jun 28 Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
- Jun 29 Martyna Majok's play "Cost of Living" premieres at the Williamstown Theater Festival (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2018)
- Jun 29 US Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter lifts Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in the US armed forces
Event of Interest
Jun 30 British political candidates announce their bids for leader of Conservative party, including Theresa May and Michael Gove, Boris Johnson rules himself out
Music History
Jun 30 Performance of the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "She Loves Me" is 1st Broadway show live stream (via BroadwayHD); later released as a film
Famous Weddings
Michael Phelps
Jun 13 Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps (30) weds former Miss California USA Nicole Johnson (30) in Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Jun 18 Daughter of the Prince Michel de Ligne, Princess Alix de Ligne of Belgium (31) weds Earl Guillaume de Dampierre (31) at St Peter's Church in Belgium
- Jun 25 Singer-songwriter Jill Scott (44) weds longtime boyfriend Mike Dobson in a private ceremony
- Jun 27 27th and present titular Maharaja of Mysore Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (34) weds Trishika Kumari Singh in Mysore, India
Famous Divorces
- Jun 7 American model Amber Rose (32) weds American rapper Wiz Khalifa (28) divorce after not quite 3 years of marriage
Mandy Moore
Jun 23 Actress and singer Mandy Moore and singer-songwriter Ryan Adams divorce after 7 years
Famous Deaths
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Jun 3 American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1964-7 74-8), dies of respiratory illness at 74
Peter Shaffer (1926-2016)
Jun 6 English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, dies at 90
- Jun 6 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), dies at 62
- Jun 6 Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born chess grandmaster, dies at 85
- Jun 8 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
- Jun 8 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (Member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1978-87), dies at 89
- Jun 10 Christina Grimmie, American singer and contestant on "The Voice", dies of a gunshot wound at 22
Gordie Howe (1928-2016)
Jun 10 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (23-time NHL All Star; NHL: Detroit Red Wings; WHA: Houston Aeros), dies of a stroke at 88
- Jun 10 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the beehive hairstyle, dies at 98
- Jun 11 Alberto Remedios, British opera and concert singer, dies at 81
- Jun 12 Donald Carr, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 x 50, 2 wickets; Derbyshire CCC) and official (secretary Test and County Cricket Board 1976-86), dies at 89
- Jun 12 George V. Voinovich, US politician (R), Senator and Governor of Ohio, dies at 79
- Jun 12 Janet Waldo, American radio and actress (Judy Jetson, Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop), dies at 97
- Jun 13 Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Armenian folk singer, dies at 91
- Jun 13 Oleg Karavaichuk, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 88
- Jun 14 Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta"), dies at 87
- Jun 14 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
- Jun 15 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak composer, dies at 80
- Jun 15 Lois Duncan, American young adult novelist (I Know What You Did Last Summer), dies at 82
- Jun 17 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), dies from diabetes complications at 46
- Jun 18 Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
- Jun 18 Peter Feuchtwanger, German piano teacher, musicologist, and composer (Studies in Eastern Idiom; Introduction and Ragas for 8 Violas and cello), dies at 85
- Jun 19 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), dies in an accident at 27
- Jun 19 Götz George, German actor (Tatort), dies at 77
- Jun 20 Bill Ham [Billy Mack Ham], American music impresario and manager (ZZ Top), dies at 79
- Jun 20 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), dies at 84
- Jun 20 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
- Jun 21 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
- Jun 23 Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, dies at 89
- Jun 24 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
- Jun 25 Bill Cunningham, American fashion photographer (The New York Times), dies at 87
- Jun 25 Jim Hickman, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1970 Chicago Cubs; 1st NY Met to hit for cycle), dies at 79
- Jun 25 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker (Study of a River), dies at 71
- Jun 26 Barbara Goldsmith, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last), dies at 85
- Jun 27 Alvin Toffler, American author (Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave), dies at 87
- Jun 27 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), dies at 86
- Jun 27 Harry Halbreich, German-Belgian musicologist (Arthur Honegger, Bohuslav Martinů), dies at 85
- Jun 27 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter ("Mustang Sally"; "Respect Yourself"), dies at 82
- Jun 28 Buddy Ryan, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals), dies from cancer and stroke complications at 85
- Jun 28 Pat Summitt, American Basketball HOF coach (8 × NCAA Division I tournament; 18 × NCAA Regional—Final Four; University of Tennessee), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 61
- Jun 28 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (for Elvis), dies at 84
- Jun 28 Sergei Cortez, Chilean-Belarusian composer (Jubilee and The Bear; Giordano Bruno), dies at 81
- Jun 29 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
- Jun 29 Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (Margariteña), and pedagogue (Prudencio Esáa, 1970-90), dies at 96
- Jun 29 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64
- Jun 30 Geoffrey Hill, English poet, dies at 84
