5 May 2017
What’s On in June 2017
by AGGro
THURS 1: * National Volunteering Week UK until 07/06
* 50 years ago: Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – an immediate commercial & critical success with 27 weeks at the top of the UK albums chart &15 weeks at No 1 in USA.
* Football: Women’s Champions League final, Cardiff
* Cricket: Champions Trophy, England (Cardiff, Edgbaston and The Oval) – full fixtures until 18/06
* Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) is 70 & Morgan Freeman is 80 today
FRI 2: * Seven years ago Derrick Bird, killed 12 people and injured 11 others before killing himself in Cumbria, – one of the worst criminal acts involving firearms in British history.
SAT 3: * Horse racing: Epsom Derby
* UEFA Champions League final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
* Archery: UK Masters, Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Salop 04/06
* Curtis Mayfield is 70 and Rafael Nadal is 31 today
SUN 4: * WHITSUNDAY (aka Pentecost). Christians celebrate the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus’ disciples. Many see this event as the beginning of the Christian church.
* Sailing: America’s Cup play-offs, Bermuda until 12/06
* 75 years ago: WW2- Battle of Midway Island – US aircraft sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers destroying 275 planes and inflicting 3,500 casualties
MON 5: * Whit Monday – day of Pilgrimages e.g. Walsingham (former Bank Holiday replaced by Spring Bank Holiday in May.)
* 50 years ago: Start of Arab–Israeli 6-day War (1967) fought between Israel & Egypt (aka United Arab Republic), Jordan & Syria.
* Sir David Hare (playwright) is 70 today
TUES 6: * RHS Chatsworth Flower Show – until 11/06
* 73 years ago: WW2: Allied invasion of Normandy beaches (Operation Overlord)
* David Blunkett is 70 today
WED 7: * 100 years ago: WW1 – 2nd Battle of Messines. British blow 19 deep mines – until 14/06
* Sir Tom Jones is 77
THURS 8: * General election. Each of the 650 parliamentary constituencies is to elect a MP to the House of Commons. Under The Fixed -term Parliaments Act 2011 an election was not due until 7th May 2020, but Theresa May Prime Minister received the 2/3rds majority necessary to override that by 522 to 13 votes in the House of Commons on 19th April 2017.
* Pop music: Isle of Wight festival 2017 – until 11/06.
* 75 years ago: WW2- Japanese navy shelled Sydney, Australia
* Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) is 62 today
* Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 55 today
FRI 9: * Heavy Metal: Download Festival – Donington Park, until 11/06
SAT 10: * H.M. The Queen’s official birthday – her real birthday is 21st April
* Trooping the Colour, London
* World Expo 2017 opens Astana, Kazakhstan – until 10/09/17
* Football: 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Scotland v England (F), Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland (Group C)
* 75 years ago: WW2- Nazis destroy Czech village of Lidice in revenge for assassination of Reinhardt Heydrich – all 175 men executed.
* Rugby Union: Argentina v England, first Test, San Juan; Scotland v Italy, Singapore
* Triathlon: World Series, Leeds until 11/06
* Duke of Edinburgh is 96 today
SUN 11: * Formula 1 – Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal
* 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Serbia v Wales, Republic of Ireland v Austria (Group D)
MON 12: * European Under-21 Championship, Poland until 30/06
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Greece: King Constantine I abdicates.
TUES 13: * Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of paintings, Piccadilly 20/08
* International friendly: France v England
* 100 years ago: WW1 – First German successful heavy bomber raid on London done by the Gotha G.IV
WED 14: * Donald Trump is 71 today.
THURS 15: * Golf: US Open – Erin Hills, Wisconsin until 18/06
FRI 16: * Eroica Britannia Cycle Festival, Friden Grange, Friden, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 0DY
The 100, 55 & 25-mile rides take place on 18/06.
* Royal Three Counties Show (Gloucs/Heref/Worcs) Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW – until 18/06.
* Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool FC) is 50 today.
SAT 17: * Rugby Union Internationals
- Argentina v England, 2nd Test, Santa Fe;
- Japan v Ireland, 1st Test, venue TBC;
- Australia v Scotland, Sydney
* Football: Confederations Cup, Russia until 02/07
* Sailing: America’s Cup – Bermuda until 27/06
* Venus Williams is 37 and Ken Livingstone is 72 today
SUN 18: Father’s Day ~ like Mothers Day only cheaper!
* Sir Paul McCartney is 75 today
MON 19: * Tennis – Aegon Championships, Queen’s Club until 25/06 June
* 150 years ago: Emperor Maximilian-Mexico executed – see Eduard Manet painting
* Salman Rushdie is 70 & Boris Johnson is 53 today
TUES 20: * Horse racing – Royal Ascot until 24/06
* 35 years ago: End of Falklands War when British Forces re-took the South Sandwich Islands – 907 killed during the 74 day conflict
* Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) is 75 and Nicole Kidman is 50 today
WED 21: * Longest Day, aka. Summer Solstice. London sunrise 05:24hrs
* Pop Music: Glastonbury Festival – mud and more mud at Worthy Farm, Somerset. Until 25/06 SOLD OUT.
* Cricket: England v South Africa -1st Twenty20, Ageas Bowl, Southampton
* Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is 35 today
THURS 22: * Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh until 25/06
* Motor racing: Goodwood Festival of Speed,Chichester until 25/06
* Taekwondo: World Championships, Muju, Japan until 30/06
FRI 23: * Cricket: England v South Africa – 2nd Twenty20, The County Ground, Taunton ,
SAT 24: * The Pride Festival, London until 09/07
* Rugby Union Internationals
– New Zealand v British & Irish Lions, 1st Test, Auckland;
– Japan v Ireland, 2nd Test, venue TBC;
– Fiji v Scotland, Suva
* Cricket:Women’s World Cup in England until 23/07 8 national teams compete at Lord’s, Derby County Ground, Bristol County Ground, Grace Road-Leicester & Taunton County Ground
* 703 years ago: Battle of Bannockburn – Robert the Bruce-King of Scots defeated Edward II – King of England thus opening up Northern England to Scottish raids and enabling a Scottish invasion of Ireland.
* Mick Fleetwood (Mac) is 75 and Lionel Messi (footballer) is 30 today
SUN 25: * Derbyshire County Show, Locko Park DE72 3RY
*Cricket: England v South Africa 3rd Twenty20 Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
* Formula 1 : – Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku
* Ricky Gervais is 56 today
MON 26: * Cricket: County Championship – full round of day/night matches until 29/07
* Tennis: Aegon International, Eastbourne until 01/07
TUES 27: * 50 years ago: The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield Town, London.
WED 28: * Rowing: Henley Royal Regatta until 01/07
* Elon Musk is 44 today
THURS 29: * 50 years ago: Jayne Mansfield died
FRI 30 * Athletics: British team trials, Birmingham until 02/07
10 years ago: Apple iPhone launched
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