What Happened in June 1987

Historical Events

Jun 7 86th Men's French Open: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6)

Jun 7 86th Women's French Open: Steffi Graf beats World No. 1 Martina Navratilova (6-4, 4-6, 8-6), her first Grand Slam victory aged 17
Jun 8 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
Jun 8 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall testifies at Iran-Contra hearing

Jun 8 New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power.
Jun 10 Discovery's SRBs & External Tank are mated

Jun 11 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term

Jun 12 Central African Republic ex-emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa sentenced to death
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Jun 12 US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall

Jun 13 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
Jun 14 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
Jun 14 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
Jun 14 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jun 15 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
Jun 15 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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
Jun 19 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
Jun 20 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss
Jun 20 1st Rugby World Cup: New Zealand beats France 29-9 in Auckland
Jun 21 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in San Francisco
Jun 21 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 21 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB

Jun 21 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant

Jun 22 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
Jun 22 The International Labour Organisation, meeting for its annual conference in Geneva, calls for international sanctions against South African minerals
Jun 22 A bomb blast in a Johannesburg video-game arcade kills an unborn baby and injures ten people
Jun 24 CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold
Jun 24 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak

Jun 25 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim

Jun 26 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
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 Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 28 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
Jun 29 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
Jun 29 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
Jun 30 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time
Jun 30 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
Jun 30 The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.

Jun 6 Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones), born in Auckland, New Zealand

Jun 16 Diana DeGarmo, American singer (American Idol) and actress (The Young and the Restless), born in Birmingham, Alabama

Jun 24 Lionel Messi, Argentine soccer striker (5 FIFA Ballon d’Or, FC Barcelona), born in Rosario, Argentina

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 Saitou, Japanese actor

Jun 20 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

Jun 25 Actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus (26) weds actor Brad Hall (29)

Jun 1 Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
Jun 1 Rashid Karami, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
Jun 2 Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
Jun 2 Sammy Kaye, American orchestra leader (Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye)), dies of cancer at 77
Jun 3 Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies 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, 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 Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45

Jun 13 Geraldine Page, American actress (Blue & Gray, Trip to Bountiful), dies at 62

Jun 14 Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
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, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
Jun 18 Bruce Marshall, 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)

Jun 22 Fred Astaire, American tap dancer, presenter and actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime), dies at 88

Jun 24 Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
Jun 24 Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
Jun 25 Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter (Rocky Top, Love Hurts, Bye Bye Love), dies at 67
Jun 26 Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
Jun 26 Arthur F. Burns, American economist and chairman (Federal Reserve Board), dies at 82
Jun 30 Federico Mompou, Spanish composer, dies at 94
Jun 30 King Donovan, actor and director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies