Out of the Shadows and Into June 1978!
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in June 1978 was 'Shadow Dancing' by Andy Gibb.
June 2 - Capricorn One movie premieres.
June 3 – Frank Stanford, poet, dies. (born 1948)
June 4 - The 32nd Tony Awards is held. Best Play award went to Da. Best Musical award went to Ain't Misbehavin'.
June 6 – California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60%.
June 6 - 20/20 tv series debuts.
June 6 - Damien: Omen II movie premieres. Jonathan Scott-Taylor revealed in an interview that his characterization of Damien was at least partly inspired by Brian De Palma's film Carrie.
June 10 – Affirmed becomes only the 11th horse to ever win the Triple Crown by defeating Alydar in the 110th running of the Belmont Stakes.
June 16 – The musical film Grease is released, starring 24-year-old New Jersey born actor John Travolta and 29-year-old British-Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John...as teenagers.
June 16 - Jaws 2 movie premieres. At around $30 million (over 3 times the original's cost), this was the most expensive film that Universal Pictures had made up to that time and the second-most expensive film of 1978, after Superman.
June 28 - The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched.
June 28 - University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Supreme Court of the United States bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities.
June 28 - The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
June 28 - Convoy and Heaven Can Wait movies premiere.
June 30 - The Bad News Bears Go to Japan movie premieres.
Playboy playmate of the month, Gail Stanton, and Playgirl man for June, Stephen D'Auria:
Albums released in June (album / artist):
Darkness on the Edge of Town / Bruce Springsteen
Peter Gabriel / Peter Gabriel second album
The Cars / The Cars
Fame / Grace Jones
Octave / The Moody Blues
Some Girls / The Rolling Stones
Living Room Suite / Harry Chapin
Street-Legal / Bob Dylan
Sunlight / Herbie Hancock
Thick as Thieves / Trooper
Double Vision / Foreigner
Nielsen top shows for the week ending June 18th: 1 One Day at a Time; 2 M•A•S•H; 3 Three's Company; 4 Lou Grant; 5 Charlie's Angels; 6 Lords of Flatbush; 7 Carter Country; 8 Laverne and Shirley; 9 Starsky and Hutch; 10 Happy Days; 11 Barney Miller; 12 Love Is not Enough; 13 Earthquake; 14 Quincy; 15 Play It Again Sam.
Photoplay magazine for June:
Psychology Today magazine for June:
'Scruples' by Judith Krantz moves to the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list.
Garfield comic strip debuts on June 19, 1978:
June 6 – California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60%.
June 6 - 20/20 tv series debuts.
June 6 - Damien: Omen II movie premieres. Jonathan Scott-Taylor revealed in an interview that his characterization of Damien was at least partly inspired by Brian De Palma's film Carrie.
June 10 – Affirmed becomes only the 11th horse to ever win the Triple Crown by defeating Alydar in the 110th running of the Belmont Stakes.
June 16 – The musical film Grease is released, starring 24-year-old New Jersey born actor John Travolta and 29-year-old British-Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John...as teenagers.
June 16 - Jaws 2 movie premieres. At around $30 million (over 3 times the original's cost), this was the most expensive film that Universal Pictures had made up to that time and the second-most expensive film of 1978, after Superman.
June 28 - The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched.
June 28 - University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Supreme Court of the United States bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities.
June 28 - The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
June 28 - Convoy and Heaven Can Wait movies premiere.
June 30 - The Bad News Bears Go to Japan movie premieres.
Playboy playmate of the month, Gail Stanton, and Playgirl man for June, Stephen D'Auria:
Albums released in June (album / artist):
Darkness on the Edge of Town / Bruce Springsteen
Peter Gabriel / Peter Gabriel second album
The Cars / The Cars
Fame / Grace Jones
Octave / The Moody Blues
Some Girls / The Rolling Stones
Living Room Suite / Harry Chapin
Street-Legal / Bob Dylan
Sunlight / Herbie Hancock
Thick as Thieves / Trooper
Double Vision / Foreigner
Dance magazine for June:
Photoplay magazine for June:
Psychology Today magazine for June:
'Scruples' by Judith Krantz moves to the top of the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list.
Garfield comic strip debuts on June 19, 1978:
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