June 1979 - SALT II, Muppet Movie

So Hot in June 1979!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in June 1979 was 'Hot Stuff' by Donna Summer.

June 1 – The Seattle SuperSonics win the NBA Championship against the Washington Bullets.

June 1 – Jack Mulhall, actor, dies. (b. 1887)

June 1 - Phantasm movie premieres.

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June 2 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit a communist country, his native Poland.  The visit becomes known as '9 days that changed the world'.

June 3 - The 33rd Tony Awards is held.  The Best Play award went to The Elephant Man.  The Best Musical award went to Sweeney Todd:  The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

June 6 – Jack Haley, actor, dies. (b. 1898)

June 11 - John Wayne, actor and film director, dies of stomach cancer. (b. 1907)

June 15 - Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, The In-Laws, Prophecy, Rocky II and The Water Babies movies premiere.

June 18 – Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II agreement in Vienna.

June 20 – A Nicaraguan National Guard soldier kills ABC TV news correspondent Bill Stewart and his interpreter Juan Espinosa. Other members of the news crew capture the killing on tape.

June 22 - Escape from Alcatraz, The Main Event, The Muppet Movie and Nightwing movies premiere.

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June 25 – Dave Fleischer, animator, dies. (b. 1894)

June 27 - The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again movie premieres.

June 29 - Bloodline, Meatballs, Moonraker and Up from the Depths movies premiere.

In June 1979, a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Company on behalf of a mysterious organization and commissioned the controversial Georgia Guidestones.  The guidestones are intended to function as a compass, calendar, and clock and include 10 civilization re-establishment guidelines in case of a catastrophic event.

Battlestar Galactica comic for June:

Matchbox Build a Truck toy (released in 1979):

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Playboy playmate of the month, Louann Fernald, and Playgirl man for June, Ken DeRose:

Albums released in June 1979 (album / artist):
Back to the Egg / Wings
I Am / Earth, Wind and Fire
Labour of Lust / Nick Lowe
Repeat When Necessary / Dave Edmunds
Get the Knack / The Knack
Candy-O / The Cars
Mingus / Joni Mitchell
Communiqué / Dire Straits
Silent Letter / America
Unknown Pleasures / Joy Division
Mick Taylor / Mick Taylor
No Exit / The Angels

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Nielsen top shows for the week ending June 17th: 1 Three's Company ABC; 2 WKRP In Cincinnati CBS; 3 M*A*S*H CBS; 4 Lou Grant CBS; 5 Taxi ABC; 6 Barnaby Jones CBS; 7 Laverne and Shirley ABC; 8 Mork and Mindy ABC; 9 Charlie's Angels ABC; 10 Angie ABC; 11 All in the Family CBS; 12 One Day at a Time CBS; 13 Movie “Harry and Tonto” ABC; 14 Barney Miller ABC; 15 Carter Country ABC.

Better Homes and Gardens for June:

Cosmopolitan magazine for June:

Interview magazine for June:

Garfield comic for June 1979:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in June 1979, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com