- Jun 1 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
- Jun 2 Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
- Jun 3 Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)
- Jun 4 Beatles release "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" and "Old Brown Shoe" in the US
- Jun 4 Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group
- Jun 4 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
- Jun 5 Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns
- Jun 5 Race riot in Hartford, Connecticut
- Jun 5 The International communist conference begins in Moscow.
Event of Interest
Jun 6 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar
Pete Rozelle
Television Debut
Jun 7 "Johnny Cash Show" debuts on ABC-TV
Johnny Cash
- Jun 7 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8
Event of Interest
Jun 7 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Music Premiere
Jun 7 Supergroup Blind Faith's debut performance in Hyde Park, London, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Steve Baler and Rick Grech
Eric Clapton
Event of Interest
Jun 8 Brian Jones is asked to leave The Rolling Stones
Charlie Watts
Event of Interest
Jun 8 General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
- Jun 8 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Jun 8 MLB ledgend Mickey Mantle gives his farewell retirement speech during "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium, 60,096 see #7 retired
Mickey Mantle
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 8 French Open Men's Tennis: Rod Laver wins second leg of his 2nd Grand Slam; beats fellow Australian Ken Rosewall 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Rod Laver
Ken Rosewall
- Jun 9 Brian Jones leaves the Rolling Stones after developing a serious drug problem
- Jun 9 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
- Jun 11 "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles hits #1 in UK
- Jun 13 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins The Rolling Stones
TV Show Appearance
Jun 14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on David Frost's British TV Show
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Event of Interest
Jun 14 Oakland As' Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
Reggie Jackson
- Jun 15 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV
- Jun 15 US Open Golf, Champions GC: Orville Moody wins only major title by 1 stroke from Al Geiberger, Bob Rosberg & Dean Beman
- Jun 15 Mets help their power needs by adding 1st baseman Donn Clendenon
- Jun 15 The Campaign for Social Justice publish a second edition of 'Northern Ireland The Plain Truth' which set out the allegations of discrimination against Catholics by Unionists in the region
- Jun 16 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
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Jun 17 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
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- Jun 18 A report published by the International Commission of Jurists on the British government's policy in Northern Ireland is critical of both the British government and the Northern Ireland government
Film Release
Jun 18 "The Wild Bunch", directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, is released
Ernest Borgnine
William Holden
- Jun 19 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
Music Concert
Jun 20 200,000 attend Newport '69', then largest-ever pop concert in Northridge, California. Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear.
Jimi Hendrix
Event of Interest
Jun 20 Georges Pompidou sworn in as President of France
Georges Pompidou
Music Premiere
Jun 21 Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Event of Interest
Jun 22 Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
Aretha Franklin
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 23 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
Joe Frazier
- Jun 23 Warren E. Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Jun 23 24 Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district, Cape Province, appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act; alleged they had conspired or incited others to kill White people or police
- Jun 25 Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
- Jun 25 19th Berlin International Film Festival: "Early Works" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 27 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
- Jun 27 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
- Jun 28 Police carry out an early morning raid on gay bar Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, NY; about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days. Beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement
- Jun 28 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
- Jun 29 1st Jewish worship service at White House
US Women's Golf Open
Jun 29 US Open Women's Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Donna Caponi wins first of 4 major titles; beat Peggy Wilson by 1 stroke
Donna Caponi
Baseball Record
Jun 29 On 'Billy Williams Day' at Wrigley Field, Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive MLB games played (896) as Chicago sweeps St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1 and 12-1
Stan Musial