- Jun 1 England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70
Cricket Debut
Jun 1 Future England cricket captain David Gower makes his Test debut in 1st Test against Pakistan in Birmingham; England win by an innings and 57 runs
Event of Interest
Jun 1 High Council destroys judgment against Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten
- Jun 1 The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Jun 2 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen fourth studio album "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
Golf Major
Jun 4 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 8 strokes from Hollis Stacy
- Jun 4 Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
- Jun 6 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
20/20 Premieres
Jun 6 US TV news program "20/20", created by Roone Arledge premieres on ABC
NBA Finals
Jun 7 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets defeat Seattle Supersonics in 7 games; MVP: Wes Unseld
- Jun 7 Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
- Jun 8 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
- Jun 8 MLB Atlanta Braves draft Bob Horner #1
Mormon Will a Fake
Jun 8 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery
- Jun 9 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
Event of Interest
Jun 9 Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, the first book produced using the printing press, (1 of 21 complete versions) sells for $2.4 million, London
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 9 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in a 15 round split decision at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada for the WBC heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 10 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed to wrap up the Triple Crown
- Jun 10 Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Virginia Ruzici of Romania claims her lone major singles title; beats Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-2
- Jun 10 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
- Jun 11 Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24½ hrs of hula-hoop
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg wins his 3rd French title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 11 Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
LPGA Championship
Jun 11 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 6 strokes from fellow American Amy Alcott
- Jun 12 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
- Jun 12 US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
- Jun 13 Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- Jun 14 Sierra Leone adopts constitution
- Jun 15 Belgian government resigns
- Jun 15 Italy's pres Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
- Jun 15 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
Sports History
Jun 16 Cincinnati Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
Grease
Jun 16 Film "Grease" opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical
Bad Boy
Jun 16 Ringo Starr releases album "Bad Boy"
Music History
Jun 17 "Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
Sports History
Jun 17 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
- Jun 17 The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill an RUC officer and kidnap another near Crossmaglen, County Armagh
US Golf Open
Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Andy North holds on for a 1-stroke victory over runners-up Dave Stockton and J. C. Snead to claim the first of his 2 US Open titles
- Jun 18 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
- Jun 19 "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
Cricket History
Jun 19 Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
- Jun 20 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota & Dayton
Evita
Jun 21 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical "Evita", starring Elaine Page, premieres at the Prince Edward Theatre, London
- Jun 21 The British Army shoots dead 3 Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a passing Ulster Volunteer Force member at a postal depot on Ballysillan Road, Belfast; it is claimed that the PIRA volunteers were about to launch a bomb attack
- Jun 22 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced
- Jun 22 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois
- Jun 25 FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
- Jun 25 First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
- Jun 26 Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
- Jun 26 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
- Jun 26 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
- Jun 27 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
- Jun 27 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
- Jun 27 US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
- Jun 28 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
- Jun 28 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as Ambassadors of Goodwill
Event of Interest
Jun 29 US Vice President Walter Mondale begins trip to Middle East
Sports History
Jun 30 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Larry Doby becomes only the second African-American manager in MLB with the Chicago White Sox
Baseball Record
Jun 30 Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
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