June 29 Events

2010 General Stanley McChrystal, leader of the U.S. war Afghanistan announces his retirement after making controversial statements in 'Rolling Stone' magazine
1997 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances
1997 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 72 performances
1997 18th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh
1997 Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic
1997 Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
1997 Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss
1996 Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss
1996 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz
1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)
1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan
1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
1992 "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 9 performances
1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California
1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
1992 NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers
1991 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 216 performances
1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California
1991 Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon
1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M
1990 New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
1990 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St. Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
1989 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
1988 Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time
1987 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
1987 Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues
1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
1985 STS-51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
1984 U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI
1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended
1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
1980 "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 557 performances
1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1979 "Moonraker" premieres in U.S.
1979 San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
1978 Vice President Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run
1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain
1975 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hour rec)
1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual
1972 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
1971 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House
1969 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1969 On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)
1968 "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17
1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time
1966 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, California begins
1966 U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities
1965 USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released
1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
1963 "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 257 performances
1963 Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits U.K. charts
1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien
1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner
1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
1962 John F. Kennedy dines with premier MacMillan in London
1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season
1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity"
1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1957 12th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave U.S.S.R. Communist Party
1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California
1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
1956 Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1955 Argentine state of siege ends
1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer
1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting
1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
1952 7th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1950 U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1947 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
1947 Yankees beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak
1946 "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater New York City after 264 performances
1946 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances
1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1946 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv
1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
1944 German counter attack at Caen
1944 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
1944 Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden
1944 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk
1944 U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg
1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)
1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
1943 Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe
1942 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, premieres
1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
1940 Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
1940 U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan
1939 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls
1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe
1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to U.S. bishops "On motion pictures"
1933 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1932 U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty
1931 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record)
1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca
1929 31.1 degrees C (88 degrees F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt
1929 Mexico and Vatican sign Concord
1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history
1921 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)
1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time
1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1911 Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier
1906 12th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill
1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe
1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
1891 National Forest Service organized
1881 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud
1880 France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault
1863 George A. Custer (23) appointed Union Brigadier-General
1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia
1858 Great fire in London harbor
1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)
1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment
1850 British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse
1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte
1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay
1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor
1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America
1762 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II
1755 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic
1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia
1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
1540 English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic
1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada
1529 Emperor Karel V and Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona
1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good
1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England
1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned

June 28 Events

1997 "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances
1997 "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances
1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
1996 "Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
1993 Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher
1992 "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 18 performances
1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in U.S. (7.4) rock California
1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
1992 Italian government of Amato forms
1992 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1992 President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch
1992 U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1990 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1987 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances
1987 Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Alabama Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William"
1981 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 165 performances
1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1980 New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24 percent
1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo
1976 Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
1975 David Bowie releases 'Fame'
1975 Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected
1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds
1971 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1970 Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's
1968 Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1967 George Harrison is fined 6 pounds for speeding
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1966 Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1965 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson
1965 Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce engagement
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open
1964 Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X
1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru
1963 Khrushchev visits East-Berlin
1962 Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie
1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1958 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958 Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
1957 Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
1957 Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team
1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois
1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
1954 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1953 8th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
1950 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances
1948 U.S. and British airlift to West-Berlin begins
1947 "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1945 Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets
1942 Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
1942 Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York)
1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1941 German troops occupy Galicia Poland
1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
1939 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper
1939 Yankees hit 13 home runs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0
1938 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's
1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky
1934 Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes
1928 Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention
1928 Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1924 Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's
1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93
1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London
1919 Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees
1919 Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France
1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1917 Raggedy Ann doll invented
1914 Austria invades Siberia, WW I
1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France
1909 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1907 Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1904 International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
1902 Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1902 U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1897 Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia
1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
1894 Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday
1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
1874 Freedmen's Bank closes
1869 Amsterdam typographer strike
1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia
1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
1859 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
1820 Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1807 British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
1778 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack
1770 Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston
1762 Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power
1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden
1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
1629 Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited
1593 Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg
1583 Duke French van Valois returns to France
1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
1524 Duke van Bourbon occupies Province
1519 King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V
1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands
1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders
767 St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

June 27 Events

2010 The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held
2008 Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work
1995 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest)
1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears
1995 Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches
1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland
1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 8 performances
1994 118 degrees F (47.8 degrees C) at Lakewood, New Mexico
1994 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
1994 N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents
1993 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances
1993 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert
1993 New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
1993 Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1993 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon
1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon
1992 Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief
1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time
1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
1986 Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking
1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce
1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
1986 San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times
1986 U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack
1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1985 1st hotel strike in New York
1985 Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is decertified
1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
1984 Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill"
1984 France wins soccer's European Cup
1984 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop
1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts
1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro
1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1982 "Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1,774 performances
1982 "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City
1982 STS-4 Launch (Columbia)
1982 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot
1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution
1981 Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America
1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey
1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits San Francisco Giants 8-0
1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
1980 U.S. revives draft registration
1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ
1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise
1977 Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France
1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)
1976 "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances
1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Invitational
1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president
1974 "Flip Wilson Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1974 U.S. president Nixon visits U.S.S.R.
1973 "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S.
1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"
1973 Uruguay suspends constitution
1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances
1971 26th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival
1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days
1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague
1967 Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested)
1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV
1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yankees beat Mets 5-2
1965 Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open
1964 "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
1963 Bill J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon and McCartney "I Call Your Name"
1963 President Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland
1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m
1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m
1962 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems, EDS
1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass
1960 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances
1959 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game
1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th
1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London
1957 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas
1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings
1955 "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
1950 "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 12 performances
1950 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
1950 U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1949 "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV
1947 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands
1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
1945 Foundation 1940-45 established
1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies
1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m)
1943 Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5)
1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island
1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk
1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam
1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania
1940 U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar
1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's
1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England
1931 3rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Scioto CC Ohio
1929 1st color TV demo, New York City
1929 President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
1915 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record)
1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1914 U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61)
1909 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Netherlands (Belgium count De Lambert)
1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin"
1903 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey
1893 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange
1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland
1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)
1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics)
1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate
1867 Bank of California opens doors
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
1863 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia
1862 Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
1847 NY and Boston linked by telegraph wires
1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn
1806 Buenos Aires captured by British
1778 Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left
1756 French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca
1743 English defeat French at Dettingen
1697 Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king
1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France
1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London)
1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US
1580 Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal
1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain
1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess
678 St. Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope

June 26 Events

2010 Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada
1997 Galileo, Ganymede Observations, Orbit 9
1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law
1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban
1995 Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed
1994 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances
1994 "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 82 performances
1994 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado
1994 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico
1994 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas
1994 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada
1994 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California
1994 Actor Brandon Cruz (32) weds Elizabeth Finkelstein (26)
1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives)
1994 Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years
1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup
1993 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV
1993 Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed
1993 New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
1993 Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad
1992 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh
1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993
1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports
1991 "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 70 performances
1991 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress
1991 Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss
1991 Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick
1990 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona
1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
1990 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall

June 14 Birthdays

1994 Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White 

June 14 Events

2010 China's Premier, Wen Jiabao visits migrant workers at a Beijing construction site and declares the need for better treatment of the country's migrant workers
1998 "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show
1998 World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
1998 NBA Finals, Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4 games to 2
1996 "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released
1996 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians
1995 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games
1995 Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
1994 Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 3
1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
1993 Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
1992 10th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
1992 46th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trailblazers, 4 games to 2
1992 Anne-Marie Palli wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1992 Mona Van Duyn is named 1st female U.S. poet laureate
1992 Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
1991 "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens
1991 Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in New York City
1991 Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) lands
1990 44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1
1990 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional

June 13 Events

2010 Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan's city of Osh and Jalal-Abad left more than 100 people dead and over 1,400 injured after three days of four days of fighting
2002 Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 1
1997 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2
1997 Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death
1997 Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash
1996 Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days
1995 Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Baltimore 11-0
1995 New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals
1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract
1994 Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most)
1993 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances
1993 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1993 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran
1993 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament
1991 NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike
1991 The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary
1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
1990 Nelson and Winnie Mandela welcomed in New York City
1990 Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term,

June 12 Events

2010 Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama
2008 Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon
2004 Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving
2002 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0
1997 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
1997 MTV Movie Awards
1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet
1994 Pope John Paul II visits Spain
1994 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika and Passion win
1994 Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY
1994 Liselotte Neumann wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic
1993 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
1992 "Batman Returns" is released in USA
1991 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
1990 New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
1990 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning

June 11 Events

2010 Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas
2009 The "swine flu", the H1N1 influenza strain is the first condition deemed a global pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1967 - 1968
2001 Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168
1996 Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president
1995 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)
1995 Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
1995 Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings
1994 "Meet The Flintstones" by The BC 52's peaks to #33
1994 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8
1994 Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden
1994 Moshood Abiola becomes President of Nigeria
1994 Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn
1993 "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
1993 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group
1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame
1992 U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional
1990 U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress
1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees)

June 10 Deaths

2004 Ray Charles, blues legend, Georgia on My Mind, dies at 73
2003 Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant
2002 John Gotti, American Criminal
2000 Frank Patterson, Irish tenor, dies at 61
2000 Joe Mayhew, cartoonist/reviewer, Washington Post Book World, dies at 57
2000 Judd Rose, journalist, dies at 44
2000 Michaela Odone, creative mother, ispired the movie Lorenzo's Oil, dies at 60
2000 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69
1996 Hugh Burnton Mitchell, U.S. senator, dies at 89
1996 Jo Van Fleet, actress (Seize the Day, Cinderella), dies at 75
1996 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter, dies at 89
1996 Norman Lambert, British restuarateur, dies
1995 Ernest Anderson, publicist, dies at 85
1995 Masaya Hanai, businessamn, dies at 82
1994 Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66
1994 Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64
1993 Alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72
1993 Alice Reinhart, entertainer, dies at 83
1993 Arleen Auger, U.S. soprano (Matthaus Passion), dies at 53
1993 Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77
1992 Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
1992 Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85
1992 Peter Von Zerneck, actor (Foreign Affair), dies at 84
1992 Morris Kline, American Writer
1991 Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies

June 10 Events

2010 Russia announces its plan to sell Iran S-300 ground-to-air missiles, claiming that new U.N. sanctions do not cover stationary air defense weaponry
2000 Stanley Cup Finals, New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 4 games to 2
1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits San Francisco Giants 9-0
1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio on WBUZ 106.5 FM
1996 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip
1996 Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
1996 Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods
1995 "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances
1995 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
1995 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60)
1995 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel
1994 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994 Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic
1993 "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances
1992 "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances
1992 Intelsat K launched
1991 "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV
1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton
1991 Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops
1991 South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
1990 "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 52 performances
1990 "Meet Me in St. Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 253 performances
1990 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
1990 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity

June 9 Events

2010 President Obama meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and promises Palestinians $400 million in U.S. assistance for the West Bank and Gaza
2001 Stanley Cup Finals, Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3
1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning
1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1996 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311
1995 "Congo" premieres in USA
1994 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
1994 Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1993 "Ce que femme veut", premieres in France
1993 "Tout capour ca!", premieres in France
1993 "What's Love Got to Do with It", premieres
1993 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
1993 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1
1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1991 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
1991 Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa
1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
1991 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991 WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2
1990 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
1990 Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games
1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
1990 Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title

June 8 Events

2010 The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat
2007 Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117, begins mission
2003 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards
1997 "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances
1997 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62)
1997 BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland
1997 Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel
1997 Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic
1996 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96
1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108)
1996 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1996 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire
1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex
1996 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper
1995 "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances
1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks
1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
1992 Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria
1991 "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances
1991 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
1991 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64)
1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War
1991 Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title
1990 "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV
1990 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history

June 7 Events

2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet
2006 Terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is killed by U.S. forces in Iraq
1998 Tony Awards, Lion King, Caberet revival, Ragtime, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane won major awards
1997 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
1997 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers
1996 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children"
1994 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill
1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1993 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford
1993 Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances
1992 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
1992 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
1990 South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency

June 6 Events

2010 Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people
2006 Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia
2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006
2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards
1998 68th French Womens Tennis:
1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards
1995 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens
1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed
1994 Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham
1994 CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
1993 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America and Kiss of the Spider Woman win
1993 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1993 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia
1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala
1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
1992 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8)
1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
1992 New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
1992 WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17, Montreal
1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store
1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992
1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley
1990 2nd International Rock Awards
1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager

June 5 Events

2010 The U.N. environment agency appoints actor Don Cheadle Goodwill Ambassador at a ceremony in Rwanda to mark World Environment Day
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM
1995 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
1994 "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 8 performances
1994 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61)
1994 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64)
1994 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1993 "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
1993 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
1993 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
1993 Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
1993 Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
1993 Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
1991 Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church
1991 Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
1991 Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched
1990 South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling

June 4 Events

2010 Joran van der Sloot is extradited from Chile to Peru to face charges of killing a Peruvian woman; he is suspected of killing Natalie Holloway in Aruba
2000 Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards
1995 "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf
1995 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win
1995 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000
1995 Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
1992 San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
1992 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
1991 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
1991 Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church
1991 Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders
1991 Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union
1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless
1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
1990 Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
1990 New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917

June 2 Events

2010
Foreign ministers of the Arab League meet in Cairo and agree to ask the U.N. Security Council to force Israel to end its blockade of Gaza
1997
Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
1997
Liberals beat Conservatives in France
1997
Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168
1996
50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win
1996
51st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
1996
9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1995
John Valentin hits 3 home runs
1994
67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian
1994
Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland, 29 killed
1994
Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
1994
Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler
1992
Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
1992
Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows and Light"
1991
45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers and Will Rogers Follies win
1991
4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1991
Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1991
Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
1991