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June 1In 1967, the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released. The album went on to become one of the biggest-selling and most critically-revered albums of all time. In 1980, Cable News Network, better known as CNN, begins broadcasting. |
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June 2Until June 11 at Adler Subhashok Gallery on Sukhumvit 39 Road, see Life in Plastic, an exhibition of large photographs and art installation by Lebanese artist Eli Rezkallah. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 662 0299. In 2003, the European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe is launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. |
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June 3In 1968, author Valerie Solanas attempts to kill artist Andy Warhol by shooting him. The incident was later dramatized in the 1996 film, I Shot Andy Warhol. In 1959, though still part of the British Empire, Singapore is declared a self-governing state. |
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June 4In 1896, Henry Ford gives the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, its first successful test run. In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes, for achievements in journalism, literature and musical composition in the US, are awarded. |
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June 5Birthday wishes go out to Thai actor and model Jesdaporn Tik Pholdee (1977). In 1949, Orapin Chaiyakan becomes the first female member of Thailand’s Parliament. |
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June 6See local bands Part Time Musicians, Yellow Fang, Summer Dress, Goose and Srirajah Rockers at Fung Jai’s Hed Sod 2 concert. The first band will hit the stage at 7 pm at Voice Space, Voice TV. Tickets are 500 to 1,000 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1984, Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is first released in the USSR. |
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June 7In 1982, five years after his death, Elvis Presley’s famous Memphis home, Graceland, is opened to the public. In 1977, 500 million people watch celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on television. |
