- Jun 1 Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe Rhodesia's 1st black Prime Minister, the first leader of a black-led government in 90 years
- Jun 1 Los Angeles passes its first homosexual rights bill
- Jun 1 NBA Championship, Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland: Seattle Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 97-93 for a 4-1 series victory; Seattle's first major pro sports championship win
- Jun 1 Ted Coombs begins 5,193 mile roller skate from Los Angeles to New York City
- Jun 1 Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Jun 1 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
Papal Visit
Jun 2 John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a Communist country (Poland)
Event of Interest
Jun 2 Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley signs first homosexual rights bill
- Jun 2 NASA launches space vehicle S-198
- Jun 3 33rd Tony Awards: "The Elephant Man" (play) and "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (musical) win
- Jun 3 Ixtoc I rig in the Gulf of Mexico blows, spilling 3 million barrels of oil in one of the worst oil spills in history
Event of Interest
Jun 4 Joe Clark is sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history
- Jun 4 South-African pres Vorster resigns due to scandal
- Jun 5 Seychelles adopts constitution
- Jun 6 200th running of horse's Derby in England
- Jun 6 Royal Air Force receives 1st F-16
- Jun 6 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors
- Jun 7 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
- Jun 7 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
- Jun 7 Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
Music History
Jun 7 Rock 'n' Roll singer-songwriter and guitar legend Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion
- Jun 8 "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line
- Jun 8 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
- Jun 8 Wings release "Back to the Egg" album
- Jun 9 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
- Jun 9 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
- Jun 9 MLB Phillies wear all-burgundy alternate uniforms for 1st and (almost) last time in 10-5 loss to Montreal Expos at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; revived 40 years later as part of a "retro night" promotion [1]
- Jun 9 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
- Jun 10 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleveland)
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert dominates Wendy Turnbull of Australia 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd French singles crown
Jun 10 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Donna Caponi Young wins 3rd major; beats Jerilyn Britz by 3 strokes
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg wins 2nd of 4 straight French titles and 6 overall; beats Victor Pecci of Paraguay 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
- Jun 12 Bryan Allen flies a human-powered aircraft, the Gossamer Albatross over English Channel, taking 2 hrs, 49 min [1]
Baseball History
Jun 12 Detroit Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson who stays until 1995; includes World Series title 1984 and AL Manager of the Year Award 1984 and 1987
- Jun 12 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185 ft-1 inch; record broken in 1992
- Jun 12 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jun 12 Sandinista occupies parts of Managua
Mingus
Jun 13 Asylum Records releases "Mingus", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 10th studio album
- Jun 13 Phyllis Newman's semi-autobiographical one-woman musical comedy "The Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at the 22 Steps Theater, NYC; runs for 85 performances on Broadway
- Jun 13 Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota
- Jun 14 Canada all out for 45 runs in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40.3 overs
- Jun 14 Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
- Jun 15 1st space shuttle SRB qualification test firing; 122 seconds
- Jun 16 Muslim Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo, Syria
- Jun 16 Single "Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6
- Jun 17 "Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Hale Irwin wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player
- Jun 18 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
Treaty of Interest
Jun 18 US President Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty limiting nuclear weapons
- Jun 19 In NYC 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as manager of the New York Yankees
- Jun 19 Mali's constitution goes into effect
Carter Installs Solar Panels
Jun 20 US President Jimmy Carter unveils 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House; his immediate successor has them removed
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 21 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Tim Blake and Peter Gabriel headline; other performs include: Steve Hillage, The Alex Harvey Band, and Sky
- Jun 22 Pro Football Researchers Association forms in Canton, Ohio
- Jun 23 "My Sharona" single released by The Knack
- Jun 23 Charlie Daniels Band releases "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
- Jun 23 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Man of the match Vivian Richards scores 138 no as defending champions the West Indies beat England by 92 runs; Joel Garner 5/38
- Jun 23 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win second straight final; Player the Match: Vivian Richards (WI) 138 no (157)
- Jun 23 Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring "Take the Long Way Home"
Event of Interest
Jun 25 Failed attack on NATO commander Alexander Haig Jr. in Obourg, Belgium by German terrorist Rolf Klemens Wagner, a former member of the Red Army Faction
- Jun 25 Kenny Lehman, John Davis, Ray Chew, Nat Adderley, Jr., Thomas Jones, Wayne Morrison, Steve Boston, Eugene Narmore, Betty Rowland,and Jerry Powell's musical "Got Tu Go Disco", starring Irene Cara, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
Moonraker
Jun 26 "Moonraker", 11th James Bond film starring Roger Moore, premieres in London
- Jun 26 British rock drummer Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, accidentally crashes, and kills another driver
- Jun 26 The Village People become the first disco act to play Madison Square Garden, NYC
Sports History
Jun 27 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't)
- Jun 27 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities
- Jun 28 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
- Jun 29 San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
- Jun 30 "Good Times" single released by Chic (Billboard Song of the Year 1979)
- Jun 30 Davona Dale wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
- Jun 30 Kenny Lehman, John Davis, Ray Chew, Nat Adderley, Jr., Thomas Jones, Wayne Morrison, Steve Boston, Eugene Narmore, Betty Rowland,and Jerry Powell's musical "Got Tu Go Disco", starring Irene Cara, closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
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