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Jun 1 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
Jomo Kenyatta
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Jun 3 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis
Ringo Starr
- Jun 3 Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
- Jun 4 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
- Jun 4 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
- Jun 4 Maldives adopts constitution
- Jun 4 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
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Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
David Bowie
- Jun 6 96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6
- Jun 6 The Beatles arrive in Netherlands
- Jun 6 Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume
- Jun 6 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India 13 days after Jawaharlal Nehru's death
- Jun 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
- Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
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Jun 9 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
Jack Nicklaus
- Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
- Jun 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
- Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
- Jun 11 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
- Jun 11 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
- Jun 11 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
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Jun 12 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
Nelson Mandela
- Jun 19 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
- Jun 19 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
- Jun 20 64th US Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD
- Jun 21 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later
- Jun 21 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
- Jun 21 Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, disappear after being released from a Mississippi jail, later found murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
- Jun 21 UEFA European Championship Final: Marcelino scores the winner as Spain beats Soviet Union 2-1 in Madrid
- Jun 23 General Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
- Jun 24 FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages
- Jun 24 In South Africa, the 90-Days Act commences, providing for any person to be detained, without trial, for 90 days; further, the person could be re-arrested under the same law for another 90 days
- Jun 25 Prince A Taylor becomes first African American methodist bishop (NJ)
- Jun 25 WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
- Jun 26 Blacks & Whites riot over racial segregation in St Augustine
- Jun 26 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo
- Jun 26 14th Berlin International Film Festival: "Dry Summer" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 27 "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97
- Jun 28 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open
