Events in History
- Jun 1 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
- Jun 1 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
- Jun 2 New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
- Jun 3 Belgium government of Tindemans forms
- Jun 3 US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
- Jun 4 Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
- Jun 5 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box & Annie win
- Jun 5 Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
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Jun 5 National Council of Women of Kenya led by Wangari Maathai march to Kamukunji Park, Nairobi, and plant seven trees - beginning of the Green Belt Movement
Wangari Maathai
- Jun 6 "Washington Post" reports US has developed neutron bomb
- Jun 6 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
- Jun 6 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
- Jun 7 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
- Jun 9 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
Notable Fireworks
Jun 9 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks
Elizabeth II
- Jun 10 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers
- Jun 10 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
- Jun 10 International Labour Organisation and United Nations meet to discuss apartheid in South Africa and potential actions to prevent further violence and state repression.
- Jun 11 "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12
- Jun 11 "Dance & Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
- Jun 11 "I Need A Man" by Grace Jones peaks at #83
- Jun 11 "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & Sunshine Band peaks at #1
- Jun 11 "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold peaks at #7
- Jun 11 "The Pretender" by Jackson Browne peaks at #58
- Jun 11 "Watch Closely Now" by Kris Kristofferson peaks at #52
- Jun 11 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
- Jun 11 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
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Jun 12 Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
John F. Kennedy
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Jun 16 Leonid Brezhnev named Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
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Jun 16 Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates
Larry Ellison
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Jun 20 Menachem Begin forms Israeli government
Menachem Begin
- Jun 20 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez
- Jun 21 Former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman enters prison
- Jun 21 Menachem Begin (Likud) becomes Israel's 6th Prime Minister
- Jun 21 Bülent Ecevit forms a minority government in Turkey which lasts only 1 month
- Jun 22 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
- Jun 23 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4
- Jun 23 Violence erupts in Soweto, South Africa, again and the police make at least 146 arrests
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Jun 24 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
Jimmy Carter
- Jun 24 Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
- Jun 24 27th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Ascent" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 25 Roy C Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time!
- Jun 26 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn
- Jun 26 The Yorkshire Ripper kills 16 year old shop assistant Jayne MacDonald in Leeds, changing public perception of the killer as she was the first victim who was not a prostitute.
- Jun 27 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
- Jun 27 Djibouti (Afars & Issas) claims Independence from France
- Jun 27 Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)
- Jun 28 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
- Jun 28 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
- Jun 28 The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, is formally disbanded by the majority faction after members leave the party to join other new political parties
- Jun 29 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
- Jun 29 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
- Jun 29 South Africa opposition party, the New Republic Party (NRP), is formed after the integration of the United Party (UP) and Democratic Party (DP)
- Jun 30 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
- Jun 30 US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Washington, D.C.)
- Jun 30 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
Birthdays in History
- Jun 6 Bryn Williams, Welsh chef
- Jun 9 Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
- Jun 17 Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
- Jun 26 Kubo Tite, Japanese manga artist (Bleach), born in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan
- Jun 28 Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
- Jun 29 Oleg Korenfeld, Russian-born American poet
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Divorces in History
- Jun 9 George & Patti Harrison divorce
Deaths in History
Werner von Braun
Jun 16 Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
Werner von Braun
- Jun 19 Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
- Jun 24 André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician, dies in car crash at 33
- Jun 25 Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides, dies at 88
- Jun 26 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75
- Jun 29 Anton Hildebrand, Dutch children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70
- Jun 29 Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)