| June 17 | 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill took place (on Breed's Hill). American General William Prescott told his soldiers "Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes". If the outnumbered patriots had not run out of ammunition they may have won the battle, but it was a moral victory none the less |
| June 17 | 1994 | O.J. took Los Angeles police on the infamous "low-speed chase". As police arrived at the home of his friend and lawyer Robert Karadashian to arrest O.J. he slipped out the back door with former teammate Al Cowlings and they leave in Cowling's white Ford Bronco. The pursuit on I-405 lasted an hour at 35 miles per hour |
| June 17 | 1974 | An Air France Concorde beat a 747, easily, from Boston to Paris (and back). The Concorde left Logan Airport just as a 747 left Orly, stopped over an hour at Orly, then made the return to Logan, landing 11 minutes before the 747 had landed once! |
| June 17 | 1972 | Five men broke into the Democratic National Committee's office at the Watergate Hotel and Office complex. The men, headed by the security chief for CREEP (The Committee to Re-elect the President) James McCord, were arrested. Nixon campaign funds and CIA equipment were later linked to the break-in |
| June 17 | 1989 | New Kids on the Block reached Billboard Pop #1 with "I'll Be Loving You Forever" from the 8X Platinum album "Hangin' Tough" |
| June 17 | 1951 | Comedian/actor Joe Piscopo's birthday |
| June 17 | 1943 | Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's birthday |
| June 17 | 1949 | Lead singer of the Amazing Rhythm Aces and Run C&W, Russell Smith's birthday |
| June 17 | 1946 | Singer/songwriter Barry Manilow's birthday |
| June 18 | 1812 | The War of 1812 began. President James Madison signed the declaration of war over the British blockade of France, the induction of American seamen into the Royal Navy against their will, and Great Britain's support of hostile Indian tribes in the Great Lakes area |
| June 18 | 1815 | Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. At the site (which is in Belgium now, but was part of the Netherlands at that time) forces of the UK, Netherlands, Prussia, and others ended his reign as leader of France |
| June 18 | 1920 | Novelty singer Cliff Ferré was born. He made party records in the late 40's and early 50's but also acted in such movies as "Them" in 1954, playing Cliff, the police lab worker |
| June 18 | 1906 | Bandleader Kay Kyser was born |
| June 18 | 1942 | James Paul McCartney's birthday |
| June 18 | 1942 | The first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, in 1975, Roger Ebert was born |
| June 18 | 1886 | Mountain climber George Mallory was born. Famous for the answer "because it's there" to the question of why he would want to climb it. He died on June 8th or 9th, 1924 on Mount Everest after disappearing near the summit on his third trip up. His body was found May 2, 1999 by an expedition who had hoped to do just that |
| June 19 | 1964 | Carol Doda became the world's first topless performer (according to a California State Historical marker at The Condor in San Francisco). The plaque also says she also became the world's first bottomless performer on 9/3/1969 at the club |
| June 19 | 1623 | The child prodigy, trained by his tax collector father, who invented the mechanical calculator in 1642, Blaise Pascal was born |
| June 19 | 1916 | The actor who played Mr. Haney on "Green Acres", Pat Buttram was born |
| June 19 | 1897 | Moe Howard of the Three Stooges was born Harry Moses Horwitz. He was married to Harry Houdini's cousin Helen for just a month short of 50 years at his death |
| June 19 | 1902 | Bandleader Guy Lombardo was born |
| June 19 | 1950 | Singer for the rock group Heart, Ann Wilson's birthday |
| June 20 | 1975 | 27-year-old Steven Spielberg has the first of many hits when the movie "Jaws" was released. The highest grossing movie of all-time until Star Wars broke its record two years later, it's still in the top 10 |
| June 20 | 1863 | West Virginia becomes the 35th (or 24th) U.S. state. When Virginia seceded with the other 10 Confederate states, most western Virginians didn't want to leave the union so they reestablished a state government and gained admittance |
| June 20 | 1947 | Mobster 'Bugsy' Siegel was killed by Lucky Luciano's gang. The gangster who saw the potential in Las Vegas, building the Flamingo Hotel with gang money, was shot at the home of his mistress, Virginia Hill, in Beverly Hills, California |
| June 20 | 1977 | The trans-Alaska pipeline began operation. The 800-mile long pipeline sends oil from ice-choked Prudhoe Bay to the port in Valdez, Alaska |
| June 20 | 1981 | Stars on 45 took their medley of disco & Beatles to #1. Just six months after John Lennon's death, a studio group put "Venus", "Sugar Sugar", and eight Beatles songs to a disco beat |
| June 20 | 1979 | A solar energy system was installed at the White House. In the aftermath of the OPEC oil embargo from five years earlier President Carter had a system installed on the roof capable of providing hot water to the whole building. Reagan took it down 7 years later. In 1992 Unity College of Maine got it |
| June 20 | 1953 | Singer Cyndi Lauper's birthday |
| June 20 | 1957 | Actor/singer Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick's birthday |
| June 20 | 1942 | Leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys Brian Wilson's birthday |
| June 20 | 1950 | Singer/songwriter Lionel Ritchie's birthday |
| June 20 | 1924 | Guitar great, who also produced Homer & Jethro, Chet Atkins was born |
| June 20 | 1920 | The actor who played Dr. McCoy on "Star Trek", DeForest Kelley was born |
| June 21 | | Summer (Northern Hemisphere) Winter (Southern) |
| June 21 | 1788 | The U.S. Constitution became law as New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify the document |
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| June 21 | 1932 | "Little Green Apples" singer O.C. Smith was born |
| June 21 | 1944 | Kinks guitarist Ray Davies' birthday |
| June 21 | 1957 | "Bloom County" cartoonist Berke Breathed's birthday |
| June 21 | 1967 | Nicole Kidman birthday |
| June 22 | 1944 | President Franklin Roosevelt signed the "G.I. Bill". Officially known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, the law gave returning vets low-interest loans, unemployment, and education funds. It made higher education available to more than just the rich and allowed families to move to the suburbs |
| June 22 | 2008 | George Carlin died at 71 (since we missed his birthday last month, better to honor him late than never) |
| June 22 | 1920 | Voice-over man for Bullwinkle (Boris), Disneyland (Haunted Mansion) and more, Paul Frees was born |
| June 22 | 1936 | Singer/songwriter/actor Kris Kristofferson's birthday |
| June 22 | 1948 | Singer/producer Todd Rundgren's birthday |
| June 22 | 1945 | Singer Howard Kaylan's birthday. The man, whose real last name was Kaplan, was founder and lead singer of The Turtles, and (while fighting lawsuits over use of The Turtles name, as well as his and Mark Volman's own names) "Eddie" of Flo and Eddie stemming from their work with Frank Zappa as The Fluorescent Leech and Eddie |
| June 22 | 1949 | Meryl Streep birthday |
| June 22 | 1757 | The British Captain who explored the coasts of the Pacific Northwest and Canada, George Vancouver was born |
| June 23 | 1989 | Tim Burton's "Batman" movie, with Michael Keaton as Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker, was released |
| June 23 | 1993 | Lorena Bobbitt cut her husband John's penis off. He came home after a night of drinking and, allegedly, raped her. She went to the kitchen for a drink, came back with a knife and cut him halfway off at the pass. She then drove away and tossed the half penis out the window of her car, later calling 911 to report (brag?) what she did |
| June 23 | 1894 | Sex researcher and author of The Kinsey Report, Alfred Kinsey was born |
| June 23 | 1929 | Country legend June Carter Cash was born |
| June 23 | 1947 | Singer Jimmy Castor was born |
| June 23 | 1964 | Creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel" and "Firefly" TV shows, Joss Whedon's birthday |
| June 23 | 1977 | Singer Jason Mraz' birthday |