June 29

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

Ryan Reynolds

"Actor Ryan Reynolds is turning his attention from the pitch to the pits with his latest sports investment."

https://www.biography.com/actors/a44348103/ryan-reynolds-net-worth

June 28

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

June 27

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith killed by a mob in jail (1844); Author Paul Laurence Dunbar born (1872); Helen Keller born (1880); The US enters the Korean War (1950); Director JJ Abrams born (1966).

June 26

 Francisco Pizarro is assassinated (1541); Sports great Babe Didrikson Zaharias born (1911); Berlin Airlift begins (1948); JFK delivers famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech (1963); Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage in the US (2015).

June 24

Boxing great Jack Dempsey born (1895); First exhibit by Pablo Picasso opens in Paris (1901); Actress Mindy Kaling born (1979); Soccer star Lionel Messi born (1987); Condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, kills 98 (2021). 

Sheldon Hernick

https://deadline.com/2023/06/sheldon-harnick-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-lyricist-was-99-1235423274/

June 22

Department of Justice established (1870); GI Bill is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1944); Meryl Streep born (1949); Judy Garland dies (1969); Dancer Fred Astaire dies (1987).

June 23

Computer scientist Alan Turing born (1912); Track and field great Wilma Rudolph born (1940); Title IX enacted, banning gender discrimination in public education and sports (1972); Polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk dies (1995); The UK votes to leave the EU (2016).

Demi Lovato

"Pop star Demi Lovato has revealed why they stopped exclusively using they/them pronouns—they simply grew tired from explaining their identity to others."

https://www.biography.com/musicians/a44224716/demi-lovato-pronouns

Opal Lee

"For decades, Opal Lee campaigned to make Juneteenth a national holiday."

https://www.biography.com/activists/a44213763/opal-lee-juneteenth-activist

June 20

Samuel Morse patents the telegraph (1840); Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson born (1942); Mobster Bugsy Siegel is murdered (1947); Actress Nicole Kidman born (1967); Manjil–Rudbar earthquake kills 

Hamish Harding

"Hamish Harding (born 24 June 1964) is a UAE-based British businessman, pilot, explorer, and space tourist."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Harding

June 19

First recorded game of baseball (1846); Baseball great Lou Gehrig born (1903); Author Salman Rushdie born (1947); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage (1953); Actress Zoe Saldana born (1978); Koko the gorilla dies (2018).

June 17

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

June 16

Economist Adam Smith born (1723); President Abraham Lincoln gives "House Divided" speech (1858); Ford Motor Company is incorporated (1903); Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space (1963); Rapper Tupac Shakur born (1971).

Glenda Jackson

"Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, after a brief illness, according to her agent, Lionel Larner."

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/15/1145035827/british-star-glenda-jackson-has-died-after-a-shimmering-life-on-stage-and-in-pol

Edvard Grieg

"Edvard Grieg, in full Edvard Hagerup Grieg, (born June 15, 1843, Bergen, Nor.—died Sept. 4, 1907, Bergen), composer who was a founder of the Norwegian nationalist school of music."

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edvard-Grieg

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); Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald dies (1996).

June 14

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

Reese Witherspoon

"Reese Witherspoon has evolved from our favorite girl-next-door in iconic romcoms like Sweet Home Alabama and Legally Blonde to a bonafide businesswoman at the helm of multiple different companies."

https://www.biography.com/actors/g44129752/best-books-reese-witherspoon-book-club

Pat Sajak

"Pat Sajak, the longest-tenured game show host in history, is getting ready for his final spin as Wheel of Fortune emcee."

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a44188952/pat-sajak-career-as-wheel-of-fortune-host

Lisa Marie Presley

"New details of the settlement over Lisa Marie Presley’s trust have emerged, including Riley Keough’s status as the sole trustee of her mother’s estate."

https://www.biography.com/celebrities/a44190409/riley-keough-to-be-sole-trustee-of-lisa-marie-presley-estate

June 13

Miranda rights are established (1966); Thurgood Marshall becomes first African American nominated to Supreme Court (1967); Pioneer 10 is first human-made object to exit our solar system (1983); Actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen born (1986).

June 12

Former President George HW Bush born (1924); Anne Frank born (1929); Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison in South Africa (1964); President Ronald Reagan delivers famous "tear down this wall" speech (1987); 49 killed in mass shooting at nightclub in Orlando (2016).

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); Musician Ray Charles dies (2004).

June 9

Roman emperor Nero dies by suicide (68); Author Charles Dickens dies (1870); Michael J. Fox born (1961); Secretariat wins horse racing’s Triple Crown (1973); Natalie Portman born (1981).

Lionel Messi

"Soccer superstar Lionel Messi—the most prized free agent in sports—is coming to the United States."

https://www.biography.com/athletes/a44118413/lionel-messi-net-worth?source=nl&utm_source=nl_elm&utm_medium=email&date=060723&utm_campaign=nl31725538&user_email=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_term=AAA%20-%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Openers

Arnold Schwarzenegger

https://www.biography.com/actors/a44119968/arnold-schwarzenegger-related-to-chris-pratt-and-kennedy-family?source=nl&utm_source=nl_elm&utm_medium=email&date=060723&utm_campaign=nl31725538&user_email=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_term=AAA%20-%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Openers

June 8

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born (1867); Former first lady Barbara Bush born (1925); George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" published (1949); James Earl Ray arrested in London for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968); Kanye West born (1977).

June 7

Actress Jean Harlow dies (1937); Mathematician Alan Turing dies (1954); Musician Prince born (1958); US Supreme Court legalizes contraception use by married couples (1965); Writer Dorothy Parker dies (1967).

June 6

American founding father Patrick Henry dies (1799); Securities and Exchange Commission established (1934); D-Day: Allies begin Normandy invasions (1944); Bobby Kennedy dies (1968); Actress Anne Bancroft dies (2005).

June 5

The US moves off gold standard (1933); Bobby Kennedy is shot at campaign rally, dies next day (1968); President Ronald Reagan dies (2004); Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury dies (2012); Fashion designer Kate Spade dies (2018).

Stephanie Courtney

"Stephanie Courtney (born February 8, 1970) is an American actress and comedian, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television and radio commercials for Progressive Corporation beginning in 2008."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Courtney

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); Rafael Nadal born (1986); Muhammad Ali dies (2016).

June 2

First first lady Martha Washington born (1731); Baseball legend Babe Ruth retires (1935); Queen Elizabeth II is coronated (1953); Soccer star Abby Wambach born (1980); Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley dies (2008).

June 1

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

Israel Putnam

Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Putnam#:~:text=Israel%20Putnam%20(January%207%2C%201718,War%20(1775%E2%80%931783).l

May 31

Poet Walt Whitman born (1819); London’s Big Ben ticks for the first time (1859); Clint Eastwood born (1930); Brooke Shields born (1965); Watergate secret source "Deep Throat" is revealed (2005).

May 30

Joan of Arc is executed (1431); Historian and philosopher Voltaire dies (1778); First Indianapolis 500 is held (1911); Lincoln Memorial is dedicated (1922); Musician CeeLo Green born (1974).

Jimmy Carter

"In October 2019, Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, became the longest-married presidential couple in American history."

https://www.biography.com/political-figures/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-love-story