- Jun 1 Rolling Stones arrive in New York's Kennedy International Airport for 1st US tour, greeted by about 500 fans
Historic Event
Jun 1 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
- Jun 2 "Folies Bergère" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
Music History
Jun 3 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles embark on a World Tour
- Jun 4 Beatles 1st (and only) "World Tour" begins with two ten-song shows at 4,400 seat KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark; British drummer Jimmie Nicol replaces Ringo Starr (recovering from tonsillitis) for the first five dates (10 concerts + a Dutch TV appearance)
Sports History
Jun 4 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter; beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia
Music Single
Jun 5 Davie Jones & King Bees release debut single "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as 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 7 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam, with a substitute for Ringo
- Jun 8 "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)", recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
- Jun 9 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India after being selected by the ruling Congress Party after Jawaharlal Nehru passed away
- Jun 10 Rolling Stones record their "12x5" album at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
- Jun 11 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue
- Jun 11 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
- Jun 11 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
Nelson Mandela Begins 27 Years in Jail
Jun 12 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
- Jun 19 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
Historic Event
Jun 19 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
Historic Event
Jun 19 Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, home of the famous horticulturist, is designated a National Historical Landmark in Santa Rosa, California
Baseball Record
Jun 21 Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning hurls a perfect game as Philadelphia beats the New York Mets, 6-0 on Fathers Day at Shea Stadium
- 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, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Marcelino scores the winner as Spain beats Soviet Union, 2-1
- 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 29 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released
- Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83-day filibuster in the US Senate
- Jun 30 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
- Jun 30 Last UN troops leave Congo