June 1987 calendar

June 1987
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1987.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1987: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1987?

Events

01 Jun 1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros
02 Jun 1987 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr #1
03 Jun 1987 Little Shop of Horrors, released in France
04 Jun 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 consecutive hurdle wins.
05 Jun 1987 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation and allows wins game
06 Jun 1987 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
07 Jun 1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win
08 Jun 1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
10 Jun 1987 In Illinois, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
11 Jun 1987 Margaret Thatcher is first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win third consecutive term.
12 Jun 1987 During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
13 Jun 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel, and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.
14 Jun 1987 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
15 Jun 1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
16 Jun 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
17 Jun 1987 With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
18 Jun 1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
19 Jun 1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
20 Jun 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
21 Jun 1987 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in San Francisco
22 Jun 1987 Tom Seaver retires after third try with New York Mets.
24 Jun 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
25 Jun 1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim.
26 Jun 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F Powell Jr announces his retirement
27 Jun 1987 US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
28 Jun 1987 Dreamgirls opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
29 Jun 1987 South Korean president Roh Tae-Woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of June Democracy Movement.
30 Jun 1987 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time

Famous Birthday

Lionel Messi
Argentine soccer player, an Olympic gold medal winner (2008) and holder of several titles, including Champions League and La Liga titles.
Kendrick Lamar
Rapper.
Ed Westwick
English actor.
Lee Min Ho
Korean actor.
Samir Nasri
French professional football/soccer player of Algerian heritage who plays for English club Manchester City.
Jeanne-Marie Martin
Abbey Lee
Model.
Coralie Balmy
French swimmer.
Mollie King
British singer (The Saturdays).
Sophie Vouzelaud
Jena Lee (singer)
Alizée Poulicek
Bianca Bianca Brandolini d'Adda
Lara Bingle
Niels Schneider
Javi Martínez
Rebecca Breeds
Soap Opera Actress.
Samantha Saint
American porn actress and model.
Ryeowook
Joe Dempsie
English actor.
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Famous Deaths

Will Sampson
Actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54.
Jackie Gleason
American comedian, the top male star of his day and TV's biggest star in the 50s for his show "The Honeymooners.
Geraldine Page
American actress noted for her theater roles in Tennessee Williams' plays.
Anthony de Mello
Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (Born 1931).
John Blofeld
British teacher who writes comprehensively on both aspects of Tao, the mystical aspiration and practical self cultivation.
Elizabeth Hartman
Actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45.
Errol W Barrow
Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-76), dies at age 67.
Rashid Karami Lebanon
ten-time Prime Minister of Lebanon, dies at age 65.
Andres Segovia
Spanish guitarist (Born 1893).
Alexander Iolas
Greek gallerist and collector (Born 1907).
Madman Muntz
American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer and TV commercial actor (Born 1914).
Andres Segovia
Spanish guitarist, one of the world's foremost classical guitarists with his remarkable virtuosity and musicianship.
Sammy Kaye
American saxophonist songwriter and bandleader (d. 1987).
Dick Howser
New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals manager, dies at age 51 of brain cancer.
Billy Snedden
Australian lawyer and politician 17th Attorney-General for Australia (d. 1987).
Andres Segovia
Spanish guitarist (Born 1893).
Bruce Marshall
American astrologer.
Walter W Heller
US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71.
Madge Kennedy
Actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters).
Yogi Horton
Drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33.
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