Events in Film & TV
Sports History
Jun 23 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to win National Wrestling Association world heavyweight title
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jun 1 Cleavon Little, American actor (Blazing Saddles; Toy Soldiers), born in Chickasha Oklahoma (d. 1992)
- Jun 3 Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player and inspiration for Bull Durham film, born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 2020)
- Jun 8 Bernie Casey, American actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop), born in Wyco, West Virginia (d. 2017)
- Jun 9 Dick Vitale, American basketball sportscaster (ESPN), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Jun 10 Alexandra Stewart, Canadian actress (In Praise of Older Women), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 11 Christina Crawford, American actress and author (Mommie Dearest), born in Los Angeles, California
Jackie Stewart (84 years old)
Jun 11 Scottish auto racer (27 x F1 Grand Prix wins, World F1 C'ship 1969, 71, 73), team owner (Stewart GP) and broadcaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports, NBC Sportsworld, BBC), born in Milton, Scotland
Weddings in Film & TV
Maureen O'Hara
Jun 13 Actress Maureen O'Hara (19) secretly marries film producer George H. Brown in Harrow, England, before leaving for Hollywood (annulled 1941)
