Today in History for June 1975

Months in 1975: January February March April May July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 68 of 68

1st - "Chicago" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 947 performances
1st - 21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1st - California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0
1st - Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts
1st - Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
2nd - 1st time snow fell in London in June
2nd - James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
2nd - VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
4th - Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in NC
5th - 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor
5th - British population agrees to European Common Market membership
5th - Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
6th - British voters decide to remain in Common Market
6th - Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning
6th - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
7th - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
7th - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
7th - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
7th - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
7th - Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
8th - 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35
8th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
8th - USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
9th - 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
9th - Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
9th - House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
9th - Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
10th - Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans
10th - Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, & another part is set afire
11th - 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
11th - Greece adopts constitution
11th - One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days
12th - Billy Williams's 400th career HR
Baseball Player Hank Aaron 12th - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
14th - 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)
14th - Janis Ian releases "At 17"
14th - USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
15th - 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64)
15th - Carol Mann wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Classic
16th - Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber & Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players
16th - Italy's Communist party PCI, wins
16th - Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD
16th - Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
17th - Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US
18th - Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
18th - Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
18th - NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
21st - "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens
Singer Elton John 21st - Elton John, Eagles & Beach Boys play Wembley
21st - Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow
21st - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
21st - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
22nd - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
23rd - 75th US Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL
23rd - Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
24th - Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113
24th - Moon tremor perceived (hit by Taurid meteors)
25th - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
26th - Cher divorces Sonny Bono
26th - Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
26th - Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
28th - David Bowie releases "Fame"
28th - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
Rocker Alice Cooper 29th - 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
29th - 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec)
30th - Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado
30th - Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia
30th - University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 84 of 84

1st - Michal Grosek, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1st - James Storm, American professional wrestler
2nd - Dontae' Jones, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
2nd - Sally Newmarch, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
3rd - Jamie Nails, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
3rd - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
4th - Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
4th - Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer (Trinidad & Tobago leg-spinner)
4th - Kurt Dreger, Ironwood Mich, dance skater (& Cronin-1997 Natl-13th)
4th - Russell Brand, British comedian and television personality
4th - Henry Burris, American Football Quarterback
4th - Angelina Jolie, Los Angeles, California, American actress (Girl, Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)
5th - Zydrunas Ilgauskas, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
5th - Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete
6th - Niklas Sundstrom, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
6th - Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)
6th - Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician
6th - Nina Kaczorowski, American actress
7th - Allen Iverson, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
Actress Angelina Jolie (4th) 8th - Bryan McCabe, St Catherines, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
8th - Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
9th - Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld & Gloucs batsman)
9th - Carolyne Lepage, Montreal Quebec, 48 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
9th - Paul Agostino, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
9th - Otto Addo, Ghanaian footballer
9th - Jeff Saturday, American football player
10th - Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
10th - Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
11th - Choi Ji Woo, South Korean actress and model
11th - Thomas Bimis, Greek diver
12th - Ryan Tucker, NFL center (St Louis Rams)
12th - Scott Ferrier, Australia, high jumper/decathlete (Olympics-96)
13th - Dave Roche, Lindsay, NHL left wing (Pitts Penguins)
13th - Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
13th - Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
14th - A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
14th - Ryuji Miki, Japanese racing driver
14th - Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
14th - Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film)
15th - Agathe Neuner, Miss Germany Universe (1997)
15th - Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
15th - Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer
16th - Asa Carlsson, Vasteras Sweden, tennis star (1995 Futures-Stockholm)
16th - Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria (1996)
17th - Frederick Koehler, Queens NY, actor (Chip-Kate & Allie)
17th - Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
17th - Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
18th - Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
18th - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
18th - Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
18th - Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter
18th - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
19th - Anna Valle, Miss Universe-Italy (1996)
19th - Anthony Parker, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
19th - Brandon Mitchell, defensive end (New England Patriots)
19th - Hugh Dancy, English actor
20th - Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
20th - Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
20th - Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
22nd - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
22nd - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
23rd - Alexander Serikow, Landshut GER, hockey forward (Team Germany)
23rd - Jane Jamieson, Australian heptathlete (Olympics-96)
23rd - Kevin Dyson, American football player
24th - Carla Gallo, American actress
24th - Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
25th - Alberto Costa, Lerida Spain, tennis pro
25th - Linda Cardellini, American actress
25th - Chenoa, Spanish singer
25th - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
25th - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
26th - Umeki Webb, WNBA guard/forward (Phoenix Mercury)
26th - Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
26th - Terry Skiverton, English football player
27th - Porter Collins, NYC, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
27th - Sarah Evanetz, Vancouver BC, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
Actor Tobey Maguire (27th) 27th - Tobey Maguire, American actor
27th - Daryle Ward, American baseball player
27th - Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
28th - Chad Green, Dunkirk NY, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
28th - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection
29th - Mathew Gates, Baldock Engld, dance skater (& Chalom-1995 Nat Jr champ)
30th - Natasha Sturgess, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
30th - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

7th - Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (21) weds Cheryl Alley (21) at Magnolia Park United Methodist Church in Burbank, California
30th - Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

26th - Cher divorces Sonny Bono

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

1st - Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25
2nd - Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74
3rd - Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69
4th - Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
5th - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (b. 1916)
6th - Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
8th - William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78
9th - David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48
11th - Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90
14th - Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (b. 1902)
16th - Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
18th - Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
19th - Sam Giancana, American gangster (b. 1908)
20th - Daniel Ayala Perez, composer, dies at 68
21st - Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49
23rd - William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64
26th - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902)
28th - Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50
28th - Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
28th - Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (b. 1941)
29th - Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79
29th - Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)