June 1988 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1988 Les Miserables, opens at Shubert Theatre, LA
• 02 Jun 1988 61st National Spelling Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal
• 03 Jun 1988 Big, premieres in US
• 04 Jun 1988 Cabaret closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 262 performances
• 05 Jun 1988 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte
• 06 Jun 1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers
• 08 Jun 1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
• 09 Jun 1988 Bloodsport (1987), premieres in Germany
• 10 Jun 1988 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London, England).
• 11 Jun 1988 Everything Your Heart Desires by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3
• 12 Jun 1988 6th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Billy Casper
• 13 Jun 1988 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Mark Davis (Padres) / Mike Krukow
• 14 Jun 1988 Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000 alleges he hit her
• 15 Jun 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-213.
• 16 Jun 1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
• 17 Jun 1988 Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips
• 18 Jun 1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
• 19 Jun 1988 88th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club, Massachusetts
• 20 Jun 1988 Curtis Strange wins US Open golf tournament
• 21 Jun 1988 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
• 22 Jun 1988 Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures animated and live-action feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? to theaters. It cost US$50.6 million to make, and another US$30 million for marketing. This film marks the first-ever on-screen meeting of Donald Duck and Daffy Duck. The film is based on the book Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary Wolf.
• 23 Jun 1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft.
• 24 Jun 1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
• 25 Jun 1988 Chess closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 68 performances
• 26 Jun 1988 Air France Flight 296 crashes into the tops of trees beyond the runway on a demonstration flight at Habsheim, France three passengers are killed.
• 27 Jun 1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
• 28 Jun 1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
• 29 Jun 1988 Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time
• 30 Jun 1988 Sledge Hammer! last aires on ABC-TV
• 01 Jun 1988 European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.

Famous Birthday

• Marlos Bonfim

• Naw Maw

• Nasirah Rahman

• Nikolis Duncan

• Nehan Kakkar

• Ryzen Williams

• Stephanie Gilmore

• Annalysia Patel

• Kiyo Nakamura

• Tyrann Williams

• Jessicalynn Chang

• Kelahni Wang

• Shantara Das

• Anshu Sharma

• Raha Javanmardi

• Josh Dun

• Iliyana Stareva

• Markice Hughes

• Jahvier Hernandez

• Thaddeaus Young

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Famous Deaths

• Enzio Ragazzini

• Joseff Hollywood

• Zale Parry

• Josep Tarradellas

• Luddie Hicks

• Thorvald Falkanger

• Kurt Hohenemser

• Herberth Feigl

• Gardiner Means

• Hillel Slovak

• Marcel Poot

• Birl Lowry

• Edye Luckman

• Roald Larsen

• Raj Kapoor

• Louis L'Amour

• Lazarus Long

• Mildred Gillars

• Giuseppe Saragat

• Krishna Raj Kapoor

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. George Michael - One More Try
2. Rick Astley - Together Forever (Remix)
3. Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
4. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
5. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home
2. Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
3. The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
4. The Fat Boys With Chubby Checker - The Twist (Yo, Twist)
5. Bros - I Owe You Nothing