Historical Events in June 1966

Jun 1 George Harrison is impressed by sitarist Ravi Shankar's concert in London

Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Tony Roche wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats István Gulyás of Hungary 6-1, 6-4, 7-5

Jun 5 French Championships Women's Tennis: Ann Haydon-Jones of England beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 2nd French singles crown

Jun 6 Civil rights activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi

Jun 7 MLB Draft: New York Mets pass on Reggie Jackson to select Antelope Valley HS catcher Steve Chilcott #1

Jun 9 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4

Jun 10 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco)

Jun 11 "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 in the US

Jun 12 Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

Jun 16 Rowan & Martin host "The Dean Martin Show" Summer Series, on NBC-TV

Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Billy Casper erases a 7-stroke deficit on the final 9 holes to tie Arnold Palmer; wins Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes

Jun 20 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman

Jun 21 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", directed by Mike Nichols and based on the 1962 play of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1967)

Jun 25 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad