Dashed left edge = started before June 2026 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond June 2026
Events in June 2026 34
1926 – 2026Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan (born 6 March 1926, New York City) served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006 — the second-longest tenure in the Fed's history. During his 18 years at the Fed, Greenspan navigated the 1987 Black Monday crash, the savings and loan crisis, the dot-com bubble, the 9/11 attacks and the longest peacetime economic expansion in American history. His monetary philosophy — keeping interest rates low, trusting financial markets to self-regulate, and using the Fed's bully pulpit to guide market expectations — was influential beyond measure. The 2008 financial crisis, which struck two years after his retirement, forced a devastating reassessment of those beliefs. Greenspan famously admitted to Congress in 2008 that he had found 'a flaw' in his ideology.
1932 – 2026Duane Michals (1932-2026)Died 9 June 2026, aged 94American photographer known for sequential images dealing in myth and mystery, and for stretching what the medium could do.
1932 – 2026Clive DavisClive Davis (born 4 April 1932, Brooklyn, New York) is the most influential record executive in the history of the American music industry. A lawyer with no musical background who stumbled into the record business, Davis discovered and developed more major artists than any other executive of his era: Janis Joplin, Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Patti Smith, Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and dozens more. He ran Columbia Records through its greatest creative period (1967–1973), founded Arista Records (1974) and J Records (2000), and at 91 remains active as Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment. His autobiography 'Clive: Inside the Record Business' (1975) is the definitive account of the music industry at its commercial peak.
1932 – 2026Francois Englert (1932-2026)Died 18 June 2026, aged 93Belgian physicist awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics for proposing the field that gives elementary particles their mass.
1933 – 2026Tony Brown (1933-2026)Died 17 June 2026, aged 93American producer, writer and filmmaker who hosted Tony Brown's Journal, the longest-running Black news programme in television history.
1934 – 2026Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-2026)Died 15 June 2026, aged 91South African pianist and composer who fused South African traditional music with jazz and classical forms. His Mannenberg became an anthem of the anti-apartheid movement.
1937 – 2026David HockneyPainter, photographer, printmakerDavid Hockney was an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. A leading figure in the 1960s pop art movement, he became famous for his sun-drenched depictions of Los Angeles swimming pools before returning to Yorkshire to paint the landscape of his youth, and later embraced digital tools including the iPad as a drawing medium.
1941 – 2026David Clayton-ThomasDavid Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941, Surrey, England — died 25 June 2026, Toronto, Canada) was the Canadian singer and songwriter who fronted Blood, Sweat & Tears at the peak of their fame, lending his husky, soulful tenor to some of the most distinctive recordings of the late 1960s. He wrote 'Spinning Wheel,' one of three BS&T songs to reach No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The band's self-titled 1968 album won the Grammy for Album of the Year — beating the Beatles' Abbey Road. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His story — from English-born juvenile delinquent who found a guitar in a jail cell to rock superstar to lifelong working musician — is one of the more remarkable in Canadian music history.
1951 – 2026Victor Willis (1951-2026)Died 30 June 2026, aged 74American singer who fronted the Village People and co-wrote Y.M.C.A. and Macho Man.
1959 – 2026Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959-2026)Died 21 June 2026, aged 67Afghan pilot and cosmonaut, the first Afghan citizen to travel into space.
1969 – 2026Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)Died 4 June 2026, aged 56Iranian-born artist and director whose graphic novel series Persepolis recounted her Tehran childhood and the gap between Iran and the West.
2026Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to the Gilgo Beach killingsSeven murders admitted, an eighth acknowledgedOn 8 April 2026 architect Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted killing an eighth. The Gilgo Beach serial killings began in the early 1990s and continued to about 2010. He was sentenced to life without parole in June.
2026Retirement decision pendingAs the 2026 offseason begins, LeBron weighs his future — whether to sign with another team, return to the Lakers, wait for son Bryce to enter the NBA Draft, or retire after 23 seasons.
2026Centenary of Marilyn Monroe's birthOne hundred years since 1 June 1926The 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth was marked on 1 June 2026.
2026DeathDied 3 June 2026Lieke Marsman dies on 3 June 2026 of a rare cartilage cancer, aged 35. Her poetic essay "De dichter en de duivel", based on Dante's Inferno, is published posthumously.
2026Death5 June 2026Anthony Head dies on 5 June 2026, aged 72, of complications from pneumonia, surrounded by his family. His daughters Emily and Daisy Head are both actors.
2026Masters of the Universe film released posthumouslyThe live-action Masters of the Universe film is released on 5 June 2026, just weeks after Sweet's death. The film is widely seen as a tribute to the character he created, ensuring that the world of Eternia — born from a Big Jim figure and a handful of clay — continues for a new generation.
2026Death6 June 2026Bernadette Chirac dies on 6 June 2026, aged 93. President Macron pays tribute, noting that as première dame she "marked our history" alongside President Chirac and changed the lives of millions of young patients.
2026Jan Jansen dies in AmsterdamAged 85Jan Jansen died at home in Amsterdam on 10 June 2026, aged 85, after a battle with cancer — leaving behind an archive of more than 4,000 shoe designs.
2026Pope Leo XIV blesses the Sagrada Familia's tower of JesusMarking a century since Gaudi's deathOn 10 June 2026 Pope Leo XIV blessed the tower of Jesus at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, during festivities that also marked 100 years since the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudi.
2026Wim T. Schippers dies in Amsterdam aged 83Wim T. Schippers dies on 10 June 2026 in his home city of Amsterdam. His foundation announces the death. He leaves behind an oeuvre of more than sixty years that pushed the boundaries of art, television, language and absurdism — from the Peanut Butter Floor to the voice of Ernie, from Hoepla to Wim's Turd.
20262026 FIFA World CupNorth American ExpansionThe first tournament to feature 48 teams, hosted across three nations. Winner: TBD.
2026Death11 June 2026David Hockney dies peacefully at his home in London on 11 June 2026, one month before what would have been his 89th birthday. He is survived by his long-time partner Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima.
2026SpaceX IPO raises a record $75 billionElon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaireSpaceX went public on 12 June 2026, raising a record $75 billion at a valuation of $1.77 trillion. CEO Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire.
2026Jalen Brunson named Finals MVPBrunson wins the Bill Russell Trophy as NBA Finals MVP in a unanimous vote, averaging 32.6 points, 4.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds across the series.
2026New York Knicks win the NBA championshipA third title, and the first since 1973The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in five games on 13 June 2026 for the franchise's third NBA championship and first since 1973. Jalen Brunson was named Finals MVP.
2026Third NBA championship — first since 1973Jalen Brunson scores 45 points in Game 5 as the Knicks defeat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90, winning the title 4-1 — New York's first championship in 53 years.
2026Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley CupSix games over the Vegas Golden KnightsThe Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup on 14 June 2026, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in six games.
2026Obama Presidential Center opens in ChicagoA museum to the 44th presidentThe Obama Presidential Center opened to the public in Chicago on 19 June 2026. The complex centres on a museum dedicated to the 44th US president, Barack Obama.
2026DeathDied on June 20 at the age of 82. His representative called him 'an extraordinary actor whose talent, warmth, and sense of humour touched so many.' He left behind over 170 credits spanning seven decades.
2026Aria Crescendo's tribute -- a private grief made publicOn or around 24 June 2026 -- what would have been Lauren's 37th birthday -- her former Paradiso Girls bandmate and close friend Aria Crescendo posts a tribute on Instagram, sharing photographs of the two of them and their children. She writes: "RIP Lauren, my sister, my best friend. I can't believe you left us. We spoke a week before it all happened and I could not imagine that would be the last time I would be able to talk to you." The post is the first public indication of Bennett's death, though it attracts limited mainstream attention. Crescendo describes the birthday as Lauren's "forever birthday."
2026Earthquakes devastate northwestern VenezuelaMagnitude 7.2 and 7.5 shocks kill more than 1,400A pair of earthquakes of moment magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck northwestern Venezuela on 24 June 2026, toppling more than 100 buildings. Some 1,430 were confirmed dead and thousands more remained missing.
2026David Clayton-Thomas dies in Toronto — aged 84David Clayton-Thomas dies peacefully on 25 June 2026 at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, aged 84. No cause of death is announced. He is survived by his daughters Ashleigh Clayton-Thomas and Christine Graham. A memorial concert is announced for a later date. Tributes pour in from musicians and fans worldwide. He leaves behind a voice — raw, soulful, technically gifted and unmistakably his own — that shaped brass-rock music at its commercial and artistic peak, and three songs that will be played for as long as people listen to the music of the late 1960s.
2026Death at 58Died at the age of 58 following heart surgery. The International Skating Union said he 'made an enduring contribution to the development of figure skating and leaves behind a remarkable legacy.'