Steve Allen Show Ends
Jun 6 "Steve Allen Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 8 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
- Jun 9 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
- Jun 12 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
The Apartment
Jun 15 "The Apartment" directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay 1961)
Psycho
Jun 16 "Psycho", psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles, opens in New York City
12th Emmy Awards
Jun 20 12th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt win
A Raisin in the Sun
Jun 25 Lorraine Hansberry's stage drama "A Raisin in the Sun", 1st Broadway play by a black woman, starring Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier, closes at the Belasco Theatre, NYC, after 530 performances
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