June 1974 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1974 My Girl Bill by Jim Stafford hits #12
• 02 Jun 1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
• 03 Jun 1974 Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
• 04 Jun 1974 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
• 06 Jun 1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
• 07 Jun 1974 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
• 08 Jun 1974 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2
• 09 Jun 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
• 10 Jun 1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
• 11 Jun 1974 Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Washington
• 13 Jun 1974 Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives
• 15 Jun 1974 Streak by Ray Stevens hit #1 on UK pop chart
• 16 Jun 1974 74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
• 18 Jun 1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
• 19 Jun 1974 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
• 21 Jun 1974 Francine Irving Neff begins term as 35th Treasurer of the US.
• 23 Jun 1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
• 24 Jun 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
• 26 Jun 1974 The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
• 27 Jun 1974 Flip Wilson Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• 28 Jun 1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200
• 29 Jun 1974 Military coup in Ethiopia
• 30 Jun 1974 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala

Famous Birthday

• Alanis Morissette

  Canadian singer and songwriter, a top female singer in the '90s.

• Bear Grylls

  British adventurer and former soldier, now Chief Scout.

• Derek Jeter

  Pequanock, New Jersey -- Shortstop (New York Yankees, Rookie of Year 1996).

• Alexandre Astier

  French writer, director, editor, actor and composer.

• Karisma Kapoor

  Indian actress.

• Kristen Zang
• Kelly Jones

  Welsh singer (Stereophonics).

• Joel Edgerton

  Australian actor.

• Brande Roderick

  American model and actress.

• Christian Kane

  American actor and singer.

• Guillaume Musso

  French wrter, a prolific novelist whose books have sold over 11 million copies to date in early 2011.

• Chad Allen

  American openly-gay actor of "St Elsewhere, " Webster (1985-1986), Our House (1986-1988) and My Two Dads (1989-1990).

• Maggie Siff

  TV Actress.

• Steve-O

  American stunt performer and television personality.

• Sonya Walger

  English-American actress.

• Luis Pérez Rodríguez
• Jason Mewes

  American actor and producer.

• Mahesh Bhupathi

  Indian tennis player.

• Tatiana Zavialova
• Donald Faison

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Georgi K Zhukov

  Russian marshal / Minister of Defense, dies at 77.

• Elliott Sullivan

  Actor (Sergeant), dies at 66.

• M A Asturias

  Writer.

• Henry WFA

  English Duke of Gloucester / Baron Culloden, dies at 74.

• Knud Christian Jeppesen

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Frank Sutton

  Actor (Sgt Vince Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50.

• Blanche Yurka

  Actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86.

• Prince Henry

  Duke of Gloucester (Born 1900).

• Eurico Gaspar Dutra

  President of Brazil (Born 1883).

• Alberta King

  [Mrs Martin Luther King Sr] is shot and killed in church.

• Miguel Angel Asturias

  Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate (Born 1899).

• Julio Cesar de Mello e Souza

  Brazilian writer (Born 1896).

• Horace Lindrum

  Australian snooker and billiards player (Born 1912).

• Julius Evola

  Italian philosopher and esotericist.

• Cornelius Lanczos

  Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974).

• Vannevar Bush

  American engineer and politician (Born 1890).

• Hiroshi Kazato

  Japanese race car driver (d. 1974).

• Frank Sutton

  American actor (Born 1923).

• Georgy Zhukov

  Russian general and politician 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974).

• Darius Milhaud

  French composer who, throughout the '20s, helped overturn traditional ideas about music.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ray Stevens - The Streak
2. Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
3. Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Billy, Don't Be A Hero
4. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
5. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
2. Ray Stevens - The Streak
3. Abba - Waterloo
4. Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock And Roll
5. Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang