June 30

Famous Oxford debate on evolution takes place (1860); Singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne born (1917); Boxing champ Mike Tyson born (1966); HBD Olympic legend Michael Phelps (1985). 

June 29

Original Globe Theatre burns to the ground (1613); HBD Kawhi Leonard (1991); US Space Shuttle docks with Russian space station for first time (1995); RIP Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn (2003); Apple releases first iPhone (2007).

June 28

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, sparking World War I (1914); Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I (1919); Stonewall uprising begins (1969); HBD Elon Musk (1971); RIP basketball coach Pat Summitt (2016).

June 25

Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876); Korean War begins (1950); Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain born (1956); RIP actress and model Farrah Fawcett (2009); Michael Jackson dies from drug overdose administered by his physician, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter (2009).

June 24

Boxing great Jack Dempsey born (1895); First exhibit by Pablo Picasso opens in Paris (1901); HBD actress Mindy Kaling (1979); RIP comedian Jackie Gleason (1987); HBD soccer star Lionel Messi (1987).

June 23

Computer scientist Alan Turing born (1912); Track and field great Wilma Rudolph born (1940); Title IX enacted, bans gender discrimination in public education and sports (1972); RIP polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk (1995); United Kingdom votes to leave the EU (2016).

June 22

Department of Justice signed into law (1870); GI Bill is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1944); HBD Meryl Streep (1949); RIP Judy Garland (1969); RIP dancer Fred Astaire (1987).

June 21

US Constitution is ratified (1788); Benazir Bhutto, first female prime minister of Pakistan, born (1953); HBD actor Chris Pratt (1979); HBD Prince William (1982); Frida Kahlo is first Hispanic woman honored on US postage stamp (2001).

June 18

US declares war against Great Britain as War of 1812 begins (1812); HBD Paul McCartney (1942); HBD Blake Shelton (1976); Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space (1983).

June 17

Battle of Bunker Hill fought (1775); Statue of Liberty arrives in New York as gift from France (1885); HBD tennis star Venus Williams (1980); HBD rapper Kendrick Lamar (1987); OJ Simpson arrested for murder following police chase (1994).

June 16

Economist Adam Smith born (1723); First roller coaster opens in Coney Island, New York (1884); Ford Motor Company is incorporated (1903); Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space (1963); Rapper Tupac Shakur born (1971).

June 15

Magna Carta is sealed by King John (1215); Arlington National Cemetery is established (1864); Henry Ossian Flipper becomes first Black graduate from West Point (1877); RIP jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1996).

June 14

Stars and Stripes officially adopted as flag of US (1777); Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe born (1811); Che Guevara born (1928); HBD President Donald Trump (1946); High-rise fire in London kills 72 (2017).

June 11

Politician and suffragist Jeannette Rankin born (1880); President John F. Kennedy sends in Alabama National Guard to integrate University of Alabama (1963); Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington are first two women to become generals in the US Armed Forces (1970); RIP actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee (2014).

June 10

Benjamin Franklin conducts famous kite experiment (1752); Hattie McDaniel, first African American to win an Oscar, born (1893); Hollywood legend Judy Garland born (1922); Italy invades France, declares war on France and Great Britain (1940); RIP musician Ray Charles (2004).

June 9

Roman emperor Nero commits suicide (68); RIP author Charles Dickens (1870); HBD Michael J. Fox (1961); Secretariat wins horse racing’s Triple Crown (1973); HBD Natalie Portman (1981).

June 8

Muhammad, founder of Islam, dies in Medina, Saudi Arabia (632); Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born (1867); Former first lady Barbara Bush born (1925); James Earl Ray arrested in London for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968); HBD Kanye West (1977).

June 7

RIP Jean Harlow (1937); RIP mathematician Alan Turing (1954); Musician Prince born (1958); US Supreme Court legalizes contraception use by married couples (1965); RIP writer Dorothy Parker (1967).

June 4

US Congress passes 19th Amendment, granting suffrage to women (1919); Battle of Midway starts (1942); HBD Angelina Jolie (1975); Hundreds killed at Tiananmen Square protests (1989); RIP basketball coaching legend John Wooden (2010)

June 3

Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain (1539); Singer and actress Josephine Baker born (1906); Ed White becomes first American to walk in space (1965); HBD Rafael Nadal (1986); RIP Muhammad Ali (2016).

June 2

First, first lady Martha Washington born (1731); Indian Citizenship Act is signed into law in the US (1924); Baseball legend Babe Ruth retires (1935); Queen Elizabeth II is coronated (1953); HBD soccer star Abby Wambach (1980).

June 1

Marilyn Monroe born (1926); HBD Morgan Freeman (1937); RIP Helen Keller (1968); CNN debuts as world’s first 24-hours news network (1980); General Motors Corp. files for bankruptcy, fourth-largest US bankruptcy in history (2009).