June 1984 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film Premiere

Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premieres

Jun 8 "Gremlins", American comedy horror film, is released
Jun 9 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland

Music History

Jun 9 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

Jun 11 Michael Larson shown winning record $110,237 on American TV game show "Press Your Luck" by memorizing patterns
Jun 19 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
Jun 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair

Music Recording

Jun 26 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"

Daytime Emmy Awards

Jun 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time

Jun 28 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jun 4 Rainie Yang, Taiwanese mando-pop singer, actress, and television personality, born in Taipei, Taiwan
Jun 5 Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress, born in Cannes, France
Jun 6 Shannon Stewart, American model
Jun 17 John Gallagher Jr., American stage actor (The West Wing, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Wilmington, Delaware
Jun 19 Paul Dano, American actor (Love and Mercy), born in NYC, New York
Jun 25 Indigo [Alyssa Ashley Nichols], American actress (Weeds), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 26 Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian (Parks and Recreation), born in Wilmington, Delaware
Jun 27 Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress (Haven), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 27 Julie Ordon, Swiss model, born in Geneva, Switzerland

Khloé Kardashian (38 years old)

Jun 27 American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California

Jun 27 Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jun 29 Christopher Egan, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 29 Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model, born in Gwangju, South Korea
Jun 30 Fantasia [Barrino], American singer (American Idol, "Back to Me"), born in High Point, North Carolina

Deaths in Film & TV

Jun 7 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
Jun 15 Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of heat failure at 78
Jun 17 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
Jun 19 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
Jun 20 Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], British-American stage and screen character actress (Quality Street; Darby O'Gill and the Little Peoples; The Producers), and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild, dies at 101