Today in History for June 1987

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
2nd - Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr #1
3rd - "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France
3rd - "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France
3rd - Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
4th - Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins
5th - "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS & the show runs until 3:47 AM
5th - Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
6th - 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
6th - 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86)
6th - NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
7th - 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
7th - 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
7th - Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
7th - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
8th - 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
8th - Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing
8th - New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels. This makes New Zealand the first and (as of June 2006) only nation to ban these things from its territory.
10th - Discovery's SRBs & External Tank are mated
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 11th - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
12th - Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bédell Bokassa sentenced to death
13th - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
14th - 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
14th - 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
14th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
15th - Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy
15th - Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
16th - Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
16th - Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
17th - With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
18th - Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
19th - ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
19th - Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)
19th - Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
Tennis Player Steffi Graf 19th - Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia
20th - Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss
21st - 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
21st - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
21st - Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
21st - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
22nd - Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
24th - CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold
24th - Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
25th - Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
26th - Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
26th - Supreme Court Justice Lewis F Powell Jr announces his retirement
27th - Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
28th - "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
28th - Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
264th Pope John Paul II 28th - Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
29th - Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
29th - Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
30th - Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time
30th - Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
30th - The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
2nd - Darin Zanyar, Swedish Singer
3rd - Lalaine, American actress and singer
3rd - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
5th - Lara Bingle, Australian model
5th - Charlie Clements, English actor
6th - Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
6th - Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer
6th - Daniel Logan, Auckland, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
10th - Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
10th - Amobi Okoye, Nigeria-born American football player
10th - Kelly Vitz, American actress
11th - TiA, Japanese R&B singer
14th - Andrew Cogliano, Professional Hockey Player
16th - Diana DeGarmo, Birmingham, Alabama, American singer
16th - Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
19th - Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
21st - Dale Thomas, AFL footballer
21st - Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer
Singer Diana DeGarmo (16th) 21st - Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer
24th - Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
24th - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
26th - Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
26th - Samir Nasri, French footballer
27th - Ed Westwick, American actor
29th - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

20th - Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 25 of 25

1st - Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
1st - Rashid Karami, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
2nd - Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
2nd - Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
3rd - Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
7th - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
8th - Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
9th - Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
9th - Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
10th - Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45
13th - Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
14th - Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
15th - J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies
15th - Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
17th - Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
18th - Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
19th - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
21st - Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
22nd - Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
24th - Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
24th - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Honeymooners), dies of colon cancer at 71
25th - Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
26th - Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
30th - Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94
30th - King Donovan, actor/director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies