Sports History
Jun 1 Cleveland Indians pitcher Phil Niekro beats Detroit Tigers, 9-6 for his 314th MLB victory; combines with Joe Niekro (216) for most combined wins by brothers in baseball history (530)
Sports History
Jun 2 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr. #1
- Jun 3 "Little Shop of Horrors" released in France
- Jun 3 Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
- Jun 4 American hurdler Edwin Moses' 122 race winning streak which extends to nearly 10 years ends when he is beaten by countryman Danny Harris in Madrid, Spain
- Jun 5 "Nightline" presents its 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM
Sports History
Jun 5 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
Music History
Jun 5 Prince's Trust Rock Gala: Eric Clapton leads an all-star band including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elton John, Phil Collins, and Jeff Lynne at Wembley Stadium, London
- Jun 6 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 6 French Open Women's Tennis: 17-year-old German Steffi Graf beats World #1 Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6; Graf's first Grand Slam victory
- Jun 6 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
- Jun 7 41st Tony Awards: "Fences" (play) and "Les Misérables" (musical) win
- Jun 7 Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 7 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl retains title; beats Mats Wilander of Sweden 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
Music City News Awards
Jun 8 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis wins
- Jun 8 New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power.
Iran-Contra Hearing
Jun 8 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall testifies at Iran-Contra hearing
- Jun 10 NASA Discovery's SRBs & external tank are mated
Election of Interest
Jun 11 George Galloway is elected as the MP for Glasgow Hillhead in the general election
Event of Interest
Jun 11 Margaret Thatcher is the first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
Dictator Bokassa I
Jun 12 Central African Republic ex-emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa sentenced to death
Tear Down this Wall!
Jun 12 US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall
Senior Players Championship
Jun 14 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Sawgrass CC: South African Gary Player wins by 1 stroke from Bruce Crampton and Chi-Chi Rodriguez
- Jun 15 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
- Jun 15 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Jun 16 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
- Jun 16 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Getz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
- Jun 17 With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct
- Jun 18 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
- Jun 19 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Jun 19 Gay Kelleway rides 12-1 shot Sprowston Boy to win the two-mile six-furlong Queen Alexandra Stakes; becomes first female jockey to ride a winner at England’s Royal Ascot Racecourse
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 19 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Elvis Costello, and Van Morrison headline; other performers include: New Order, The Robert Cray Band, Los Lobos, Ben E. King, Taj Mahal, Richard Thompson, Courtney Pine, Hüsker Dü, The Woodentops, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Michelle Shocked, and World Party
- Jun 19 Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
- Jun 20 1st Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: New Zealand fly-half Grant Fox lands 4 penalties, a conversion and drop goal as the All Blacks beat France, 29-9
- Jun 20 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss
- Jun 21 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
Sports History
Jun 21 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
US Golf Open
Jun 21 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club: Scott Simpson passes and holds off 1982 champion Tom Watson on the Lake Course to win his only major title by 1 stroke
- Jun 22 A bomb blast in a Johannesburg video game arcade kills an unborn baby and injures ten people
- Jun 22 The International Labour Organisation, meeting for its annual conference in Geneva, calls for international sanctions against South African minerals
Sports History
Jun 22 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
- Jun 24 CFL's Montreal Alouettes team folds
- Jun 24 Minor League Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
Event of Interest
Jun 25 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim
King's Record Shop
Jun 26 Columbia Records releases "King's Record Shop", the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and the final of her albums produced by husband Rodney Crowell
- Jun 26 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
Event of Interest
Jun 26 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announces his retirement
- Jun 27 "The Living Daylights", 15th James Bond film, 1st film to star Timothy Dalton premieres in London
- Jun 27 In South Africa, the Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
- Jun 28 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
- Jun 28 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees
Sports History
Jun 29 New York Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Don Mattingly also grand slams
- Jun 29 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
Daytime Emmy Awards
Jun 30 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time
- Jun 30 Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden sets a new men's high jump world record 2.42m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jun 30 The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie
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