Event of Interest
Jun 2 Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
Ken Jennings
- Jun 5 136th Belmont: Edgar Prado aboard Birdstone wins in 2:27.50
- Jun 6 Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
- Jun 6 58th Tony Awards: Avenue Q & I Am My Own Wife win
- Jun 6 103rd Men's French Open: Gaston Gaudio beats Guillermo Coria (0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6)
- Jun 6 103rd Women's French Open: Anastasia Myskina beats Elena Dementieva (6-1, 6-2)
- Jun 7 Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Calgary Flames 4-3
- Jun 7 "Live Like You Were Dying" single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Country Song 2004, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)
- Jun 8 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
- Jun 11 Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe
Event of Interest
Jun 11 Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
Ronald Reagan
- Jun 12 A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries
- Jun 13 50th LPGA Championship won by Annika Sörenstam
- Jun 15 58th NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
- Jun 20 104th US Golf Open: Retief Goosen shoots a 276 at Shinnecock Hills GC NY
- Jun 21 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight
- Jun 24 Capital punishment is declared unconstitutional in New York
- Jun 28 Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
- Jun 28 The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
- Jun 28 Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation
Music Single
Jun 29 Diana DeGarmo releases her single, "Dreams"
Diana DeGarmo
Film Release
Jun 30 "Spider-Man 2" directed by Sam Raimi and starring Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst is released
Kirsten Dunst