June

June 1943 -- Zoot Suit Riots

“Zoot Suit Riots” -- Cherry Poppin' Daddies

4 June 1946 -- Juan Perón Begins His First Term as President of Argentina

“High Flying, Adored” -- Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music) and Tim Rice (Lyrics)

4 June 1989 -- Tiananmen Square Massacre

“4 June 1989” -- Mary Chapin Carpenter

5-6 June 1832 -- June Rebellion

“Look Down” --  Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (French), Herbert Kretzmer (English)

6 June 1968 -- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

“Long Time Gone” -- Crosby, Stills, & Nash

7 June 1654 -- Coronation of Louis XIV

Bourrée Dance

16 to 24 June 1894 -- First Congress of the International Olympic Committee

“Games Without Frontiers” -- Peter Gabriel

19 June 1948 to 25 November 1974 -- Life and Suicide of Nick Drake

“Pink Moon” -- Nick Drake

"Life In A Northern Town" -- Dream Academy

19 June 1972 -- Tallahatchie River Bridge Collapses After Being Torched by Vandals
“Ode to Billie Joe” -- Bobbie Gentry

20, 21, or 22 June -- Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
“In The Summertime” -- Mungo Jerry

20 June 1837 - 22 January 1901 -- Reign of Queen Victoria

“Victoria” -- The Kinks

20 June 1944 -- V-2 Rocket Becomes First Artificial Object to Enter Space From Earth

“Wernher von Braun” -- Tom Lehrer

20 June 2009 -- Neda Agha-Soltan Killed During 2009 Iranian Election Protests

“Nada” -- The Airborne Toxic Event

23 June 1960 -- FDA Approves the Use of Enovid 10 mg for Contraceptive Use

“The Pill” -- Loretta Lynn

24 June 1948 -- Elston Act Enacted

“Last Train to Clarksville” -- The Monkees

26 June 1870 -- First Complete Performance of Die Walküre

“The Ride of the Valkyries” -- Richard Wagner

26 June 2015 -- Obergefell v. Hodges Decided
Waiting In Line -- Mal Blum

28 June 1914 -- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

“Manuscript” -- Al Stewart