Historical Events
- Jun 1 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
Film Premier
Jun 2 "Dead Poets Society" film starring Robin Williams premieres
Robin Williams
Goddess of Democracy
Jun 2 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
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Tiananmen Square Massacre
Jun 3 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing
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Event of Interest
Jun 3 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
Nolan Ryan
Event of Interest
Jun 3 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
Vin Scully
- Jun 4 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000
- Jun 4 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles & Jerome Robbin's Broadway win
- Jun 4 Beijing policeman shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
- Jun 4 Eastern Europe's 1st partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power
- Jun 4 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in USSR, kills 100s
- Jun 4 Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
- Jun 4 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
- Jun 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000
Event of Interest
Jun 5 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis
Randy Travis
- Jun 5 Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
Event of Interest
Jun 5 Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
Paul McCartney
- Jun 5 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
- Jun 6 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
- Jun 7 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
- Jun 7 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
- Jun 7 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
- Jun 7 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
Event of Interest
Jun 7 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
Wayne Gretzky
- Jun 7 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
- Jun 8 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season
- Jun 9 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" premieres in USA
- Jun 9 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
- Jun 10 "Tales From The Crypt" TV Anthology debuts on HBO
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 3-6, 7-5
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: American Michael Chang wins lone career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; at 17 years, 110 days, becomes youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title
Michael Chang
- Jun 11 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Orville Moody wins by 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Charles Coody
- Jun 12 "Doctor Doctor", TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
- Jun 12 Canadian Olympian Ben Johnson admits using steroids
- Jun 13 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
- Jun 13 Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game (most by a Canadian)
Event of Interest
Jun 13 Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jun 13 "Licence to Kill", 16th James Bond film, last directed by John Glen and starring Timothy Dalton premieres in London
- Jun 14 Groundbreaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall
- Jun 14 Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
Knighthood
Jun 14 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (honorary knighthood)
Ronald Reagan
Elizabeth II
- Jun 14 Singer-songwriter Carol King gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Event of Interest
Jun 14 Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slapping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman
Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Jun 15 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
Film Premier
Jun 16 "Ghostbusters II" directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murry and Dan Aykroyd premieres
Dan Aykroyd
Rick Moranis
- Jun 16 Funeral for Imre Nagy, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
- Jun 16 Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
- Jun 17 US beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- Jun 18 "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
US Golf Open
Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Curtis Strange wins by 3 from Scott Simpson for first back-to-back Open titles since Ben Hogan 1950-51
Ben Hogan
Event of Interest
Jun 19 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
Dwight Gooden
Event of Interest
Jun 21 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
Rickey Henderson
- Jun 22 Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads
Film Premier
Jun 23 Movie "Batman" premieres directed by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson
- Jun 24 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases
Event of Interest
Jun 24 Jiang Zemin appointed the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Jiang Zemin
- Jun 25 "Day By Day" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 25 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
- Jun 25 Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
- Jun 26 Canada updates its with a new portrait of the Queen
- Jun 26 Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can receive death penalty
Event of Interest
Jun 29 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
Susan Lucci
- Jun 29 South Africa's National Party adopts five year programme of its objectives, including a political "reform" plan to give Black majority role in national and local government; ANC responds it would consider only a one-man, one-vote system
- Jun 30 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia
- Jun 30 US Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
- Jun 30 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
- Jun 30 NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam
- Jun 30 NY State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
- Jun 30 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
- Jun 2 Steve Smith, Australian cricket batsman (Test batting rating of 947, 2nd-highest of all time), born in Sydney, NSW
- Jun 3 Katie Hoff, American swimmer
- Jun 3 Daniela Vega, Chilean transgender actress and sinnger (A Fantastic Woman), born in San Miguel, Chile
- Jun 8 Gary Wilson, Scottish Musician
- Jun 11 Maya Moore, American basketball player (Minnesota Lynx), born in Jefferson City, Missouri
- Jun 13 Lisa Tucker, American singer and actress (American Idol), born in Anaheim, California
- Jun 14 Lucy Hale, American actress
- Jun 14 Courtney Halverson, American actress
- Jun 18 Renee Olstead, American singer and actress
- Jun 20 Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
- Jun 27 Matthew Lewis, English actor (The Syndicate), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
- Jun 28 Mark Fischbach [Markiplier], American Youtuber, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Weddings
- Jun 2 Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
Wedding of Interest
Jun 2 Actor James Woods (42) weds horse trainer Sarah Owen (26) in Beverly Hills, California
James Woods
- Jun 3 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Wedding of Interest
Jun 10 Detroit Red Wings NHL player Steve Yzerman (24) weds Lisa Brennan
Steve Yzerman
Wedding of Interest
Jun 16 Actor Hugh Laurie (30) weds theatre administrator Jo Green in Camden, London
Hugh Laurie
Famous Divorces
Divorce of Interest
Jun 1 Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
Mike Tyson
Robin Givens
Divorce of Interest
Jun 15 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married
Courtney Love
Famous Deaths
Ayatollah Khomeini
Jun 3 Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), dies of a heart attack at 89
Ayatollah Khomeini
- Jun 3 John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
- Jun 4 Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
- Jun 4 Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71
- Jun 7 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
- Jun 7 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
- Jun 7 Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver, dies at 81
- Jun 9 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
- Jun 9 Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, dies at 68
- Jun 9 Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
- Jun 9 George Beadle, US Biologist and Nobel Laureate (biochemical genetics), dies at 85
- Jun 10 Richard Quine, American actor and director (How to Murder Your Wife, Clay Pigeon), commits suicide at 68
- Jun 11 Jack McMahon, American basketball guard and coach (player Rochester Royal, St. Louis Hawks; coach Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Pittsburgh Condors), dies at 60
- Jun 12 Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80
- Jun 12 Lou Monte, American singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse), dies at 72
- Jun 13 Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81
- Jun 14 Pete de Freitas, British drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies in a motorcycle accident at 27
- Jun 15 Ray McAnally, Irish actor (The Mission, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian), dies of a heart attack at 63
- Jun 15 Victor French, American actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
- Jun 15 Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
- Jun 17 John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end (Oak Raider) and actor (The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
- Jun 17 Stanley David Griggs, American astronaut (STS 51-D), dies in plane crash at 59 (b. 1939)
- Jun 18 I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
- Jun 19 Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
- Jun 19 Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
- Jun 19 Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter, dies at 91
- Jun 21 Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 56
- Jun 21 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host (Amsterdamned), dies at 70
- Jun 22 Bengt Johansson, Finnish composer, dies at 74
- Jun 22 Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 66
- Jun 22 Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, dies at 72
- Jun 23 Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903)
- Jun 27 A. J. Ayer, English Neopositivist philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies at 78
- Jun 27 Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
- Jun 28 Joris Ivens, Dutch director (A Tale of the Wind, Rain), dies at 90
