Events in Film & TV
De Gaulle Calls for French Resistance
Jun 18 General Charles de Gaulle makes his first speech on the BBC to the French people, since arriving in London, an appeal to defy Nazi occupiers - regarded as the beginning of French Resistance during WWII
Birthdays in Film & TV
Tom Jones (82 years old)
Jun 7 Welsh pop singer ("What's New, Pussycat?"; "Delilah"), and TV personality (The Voice UK), born in Pontypridd, Wales
- Jun 14 Ben Davidson, American actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R) and football player, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
- Jun 14 Jack Bannon, American actor (Art in Lou Grant, Trauma Center), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- Jun 18 Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005)
- Jun 19 Paul Shane, English comedian and actor, born in Thrybergh, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2013)
- Jun 20 John Mahoney, British-born American actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out), born in Manchester, England (d. 2018)
- Jun 21 Mariette Hartley, American actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 22 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), born in Tehran (d. 2016)
- Jun 22 Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter (That's Life), born in Berkhamsted, England
- Jun 23 Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
- Jun 24 Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer (Taxi, Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor), born in Rome, Italy
- Jun 25 Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer (Mirrors, Dawson's Creek, The Stepford Wives), born in Davenport, Iowa
- Jun 26 Robert Kramer, American actor and director, born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
Weddings in Film & TV
Paul Harvey
Jun 4 Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey (21) weds radio producer Lynne Cooper