June 1963 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1963 El Watusi by Ray Barreto hits #17
• 02 Jun 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
• 03 Jun 1963 A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.
• 04 Jun 1963 1st transmission of Pop Go the Beatles on BBC radio
• 05 Jun 1963 Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina
• 06 Jun 1963 Gasunie established
• 07 Jun 1963 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release 1st single, Come on
• 08 Jun 1963 Mr President closes at St. James Theater NYC after 265 performances
• 09 Jun 1963 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
• 10 Jun 1963 JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men andwomen
• 11 Jun 1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama
• 12 Jun 1963 Cleopatra premieres in New York City
• 13 Jun 1963 Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman Cosmonaut
• 14 Jun 1963 New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
• 15 Jun 1963 Sound of Music closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 1443 performances
• 16 Jun 1963 Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
• 17 Jun 1963 British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
• 18 Jun 1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
• 19 Jun 1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
• 20 Jun 1963 Beatles form Beatles Ltd to handle their income
• 21 Jun 1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII.
• 22 Jun 1963 Little Stevie Wonder (13) releases Fingertips
• 23 Jun 1963 63rd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club, Massachusetts
• 24 Jun 1963 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
• 25 Jun 1963 JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt
• 26 Jun 1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government
• 27 Jun 1963 Bill J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon and McCartney I Call Your Name
• 28 Jun 1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru
• 29 Jun 1963 Little Me closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances
• 30 Jun 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Carvel Ladies Golf Open

Famous Birthday

• Johnny Depp

  American actor and director, a baby-faced heart throb who began as a guitar player with the "Rock City Angels" when he made a screen debut...

• George Michael

  Greek-British singer and songwriter, always bearded with stubble and a tough-guy persona.

• Helen Hunt

  American actress, best known for her role on the TV series, "Mad About You," 1992-99.

• Bernard Cazeneuve

  French politician who, until his appointment as Junior Minister for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by President...

• Roberto Alagna

  Italian-French singer, born to Sicilian immigrants and discovered in a Paris pizzeria, where he sang popular opera arias eight hours a night...

• Jason Isaacs

  English actor.

• Jeanne Tripplehorn

  American actress.

• Greg Kinnear

  American actor who worked as host and executive producer of E! Entertainment Television’s popular "Talk Soup," 1991-94.

• Douchka Esposito
• Yngwie Malmsteen

  Swedish guitarist.

• Alaska (singer)
• Pierre Ménès
• Mikhail Khodorkovsky

  Russian oligarch and businessman.

• Anne-Sophie Mutter

  German violinist.

• Randy Couture

  Everett, Washington -- 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (1996 Olympics).

• Wolfgang Maria Bauer
• Christophe Tiozzo

  French boxer of Italian descent, brother of Franck and Fabrice (also boxers).

• Rupert Graves

  Actor (Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice).

• Frank Grillo

  American actor.

• Laura Ingraham
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Famous Deaths

• Pedro Armendariz

  Mexico -- Actor (From Russia With Love).

• Quang Duc

  Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon.

• Andrew Browne

  Irish / British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WWII), dies at 80.

• J C Powys

  Writer, dies at 90.

• Alain F B Alanbrooke

  1st Viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79.

• John Whiting

  British dramatist / actor (Devils).

• Joseph Self

  Murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs.

• Obe Postma

  Fries, Poet / geography / Historian (Own Cart).

• Ralph Sanford

  Actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64.

• Gordon Jones

  Actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott & Costello), dies at 52.

• Anita King

  Actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74.

• Nazim Hikmet

  Turkish poet (Born 1902).

• Frank "Home

  Run" Baker (hit two home runs in 1911 world series) dies at age 77.

• Timothy Birdsall

  English cartoonist (Born 1936).

• Thich Quang ?uc

  Vietnamese Buddhist monk (Born 1897).

• Aleksander Keskula

  Estonian politician and nationalist (Born 1882).

• Raphael Salem

  Greek mathematician (Born 1898).

• Maria Tanase

  Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (Born 1913).

• Medgar Evers

  American civil rights activist (Born 1925).

• John XXIII [Angelo G Roncalli]

  Pope (1958-63), dies at 81.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lesley Gore - It's My Party
2. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
3. Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
4. Al Martino - I Love You Because
5. The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Beatles - From Me To You
2. Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
3. Gerry & The Pacemakers - I Like It
4. Andy Williams - Can't Get Used To Losing You
5. Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Do You Want To Know A Secret?