- Jun 1 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
- Jun 1 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
'The Banality of Evil'
Jun 1 SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes
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French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 2 French Championships Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2; 2nd leg of Laver's 1st Grand Slam
Rod Laver
Roy Emerson
- Jun 2 French Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
#1 in the Charts
Jun 2 Ray Charles' cover "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" from his influential crossover album "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" hits #1 on Billboard
Ray Charles
- Jun 3 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
Event of Interest
Jun 3 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands
Lee Harvey Oswald
- Jun 3 WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Jun 4 Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
Event of Interest
Jun 6 The Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the first time and record "Besame Mucho" with Pete Best on drums
George Martin
Pete Best
Event of Interest
Jun 7 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
Joseph A. Walker
- Jun 8 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
- Jun 9 "Bill of Hare" premieres in USA
- Jun 9 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
Music Concert
Jun 9 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC
Tony Bennett
Event of Interest
Jun 11 US President John F. Kennedy accepts an honorary degree from Yale
John F. Kennedy
Film Release
Jun 13 "Lolita" film based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring James Mason and Sue Lyon is released
Stanley Kubrick
Vladimir Nabokov
- Jun 14 Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, murders Anna Slesers, his first victim
- Jun 14 The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris - later becoming the European Space Agency
- Jun 15 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win
- Jun 15 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes
- Jun 15 WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 15 Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement
- Jun 16 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
US Golf Open
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his first major title by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
- Jun 17 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile: Brazil go 1-down early but recover to beat Czechoslovakia, 3-1
- Jun 17 Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
- Jun 21 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
- Jun 22 1st test flight of a Hovercraft
- Jun 22 French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed
- Jun 22 12th Berlin International Film Festival: "A Kind of Loving" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 23 "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St James NYC after 205 performances
- Jun 23 Suvanna Phuma forms government in Laos
- Jun 23 Larry Doby retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan
- Jun 24 Outfielder Jack Reed hits his only MLB home run in the 22nd-inning as NY Yankees edge Detroit Tigers, 9-7 in slowest extra-inning game in league history; 7:00 hours
- Jun 25 İnönü government forms in Turkey
- Jun 25 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
- Jun 25 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
- Jun 26 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill
- Jun 26 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
- Jun 26 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 27 Dutch soccer clubs Rapid JC and Roda Sports merge to form Roda JC Kerkrade; KNVB Cup winners 1996–97, 1999–2000
- Jun 27 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
Event of Interest
Jun 27 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems
Ross Perot
- Jun 27 In South Africa, the General Law Amendment Act (Sabotage Act) No 76 commences, increasing the state president's power to declare organisations unlawful and to add further restrictions to banning orders
- Jun 28 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
- Jun 29 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner
- Jun 29 Frank Howard hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
- Jun 30 US Open Women's Golf, Dunes Golf & Beach Club: Murle Lindstrom wins her first LPGA Tour victory, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Ruth Jessen and Jo Ann Prentice
- Jun 30 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
Event of Interest
Jun 30 LA Dodgers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0; first of 4 career no-hitters thrown by Koufax
Sandy Koufax