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What Happened In June 1969 In History

Historical Events for June, 1969

  • 3rd » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne R21 6 cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 6 in half.
  • 5th » The 1969 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties or International communist conference begins in Moscow.
  • 13th » List of Governors of Texas known as Governor of Texas Preston Smith (governor) known as Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the Un
  • 22nd » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • 23rd » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States known as United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
  • 23rd » Software Industry IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
  • 28th » Stonewall Riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1969

  • 1st » René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
  • 1st » Teri Polo, American actress
  • 1st » Richard Murrian, American photographer
  • 2nd » Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
  • 2nd » Cy Chadwick, English actor and producer
  • 3rd » Takako Minekawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 4th » Horatio Sanz, Chilean-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 5th » Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 6th » Erik Prince, American soldier and businessman, co-founded Academi
  • 6th » Fernando Redondo, Argentinian footballer
  • 7th » Alina Astafei, Romanian-German high jumper
  • 7th » Adam Buxton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Prince Joachim of Denmark
  • 7th » Kim Rhodes, American actress
  • 8th » J. P. Manoux, American-Canadian actor and director
  • 8th » Marcos Siega, American director and producer
  • 8th » David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
  • 9th » Nick Kiriazis, American actor
  • 9th » André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 9th » Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 10th » Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
  • 10th » Kate Snow, American journalist
  • 10th » Helen Young, English meteorologist and television host
  • 11th » Peter Dinklage, American actor
  • 11th » Steven Drozd, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Flaming Lips)
  • 11th » Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
  • 11th » Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
  • 11th » Matt McGrath (actor) called Matt McGrath, American actor
  • 11th » Kip Miller, American ice hockey player
  • 11th » Sergei Yuran, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • 12th » Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini (Hungarian band) named Bikini) (d. 2007)
  • 12th » Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (d. 2013)
  • 12th » Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
  • 12th » Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician
  • 13th » Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 13th » Virginie Despentes, French author
  • 13th » Joseph Keter, Kenyan runner
  • 13th » Laura Kightlinger, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 13th » Lynne Koplitz, American comedian and actress
  • 13th » Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
  • 13th » Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Aqua (band) e.g Aqua, Hej Matematik, and Lazyboy (musical project) e.g Lazyboy)
  • 13th » Jamie Walters (singer) called Jamie Walters, American actor and singer
  • 14th » Elroy Chester, American murderer (d. 2013)
  • 14th » Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 14th » Michael Gerber (parodist) called Michael Gerber, American author
  • 14th » Steffi Graf, German tennis player
  • 14th » Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
  • 14th » MC Ren, American rapper (N.W.A)
  • 15th » Jesse Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 15th » Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor (C.I.A. (group) or C.I.A., N.W.A, and Westside Connection)
  • 15th » Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player
  • 15th » Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
  • 15th » Jeff Neal, American drummer (Boston (band) e.g Boston)
  • 15th » Maurice Odumbe, Kenyan cricketer
  • 15th » Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
  • 16th » Shami Chakrabarti, English lawyer and academic
  • 16th » Mark Crossley, English-Welsh footballer and manager
  • 16th » Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian and actor
  • 17th » Paul Tergat, Kenyan runner
  • 17th » Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
  • 18th » Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
  • 18th » Christopher Largen, American journalist and author
  • 18th » Vito LoGrasso, American wrestler
  • 19th » Thomas Breitling, American journalist and businessman
  • 19th » Marko Reikop, Estonian journalist
  • 19th » Lara Spencer, American journalist
  • 20th » Paulo Bento, Portuguese footballer and manager
  • 20th » Peter Paige, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Misha Verbitsky, Russian mathematician and academic
  • 20th » MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
  • 21st » Harun Isa, Albanian footballer
  • 23rd » Martin Klebba, American actor
  • 24th » Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian soprano
  • 24th » Sakarias Jaan Leppik, Estonian priest and politician
  • 25th » Hunter Foster, American actor and singer
  • 25th » Zim Zum, American guitarist and songwriter (The Pop Culture Suicides)
  • 26th » Carlo Boszhard, Dutch singer and television host
  • 26th » Colin Greenwood, English bass player and songwriter (Radiohead)
  • 26th » Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
  • 26th » Geir Moen, Norwegian sprinter
  • 26th » Mike Myers (baseball) called Mike Myers, American baseball player
  • 27th » Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater
  • 28th » Tichina Arnold, American actress and singer
  • 28th » Danielle Brisebois, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (New Radicals)
  • 28th » Fabrizio Mori, Italian hurdler
  • 28th » Ayelet Zurer, Israeli-American actress
  • 29th » Claude Béchard, Canadian politician (d. 2010)
  • 29th » Pavlos Dermitzakis, Greek footballer and manager
  • 29th » Tōru Hashimoto, Japanese lawyer and politician
  • 29th » Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
  • 30th » Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
  • 30th » Uta Rohländer, German sprinter
  • 30th » Sébastien Rose, Canadian director and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for June 1969

  • 1st » Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
  • 2nd » Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
  • 3rd » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)
  • 8th » Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan colonial and politician (b. 1885)
  • 8th » Robert Taylor (actor) known as Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
  • 12th » Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1899)
  • 13th » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 16th » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
  • 17th » Rita Abatzi, Turkish-Greek singer (b. 1914)
  • 21st » Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
  • 22nd » Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
  • 23rd » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
  • 24th » Frank King (cartoonist) named Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
  • 24th » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
  • 29th » Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
  • 29th » Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)

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