2023
The two major professional golf tours, the PGA and LIV, announced their merger on June 6. This announcement comes one year after the launch of the LIV Tour. The agreement combines the rights and commercial agreements held by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)—which supports the LIV Tour—with those of the PGA and its European affiliates.
2018
LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan’s record (109) for the most 30-point games in NBA playoff history, in a 110–102 loss by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Golden State Warriors.
2002
The premiere of “The Bourne Identity,” directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon, takes place in Los Angeles, California.
1998
The TV series “Sex and the City,” starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon, premieres on HBO.
1984
1972
David Bowie releases his first album, “The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.”
1968
1965
The Rolling Stones release the song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
1962
The Beatles meet their producer George Martin, the “fifth Beatle.”
1960
Roy Orbison releases the song “Only the Lonely.”
1951
1946
The Basketball Association of America is founded in New York; it is renamed the National Basketball Association (1946–47).
1944
1925
1912
The Novarupta volcano erupts in Alaska—the largest eruption of the 20th century.
1882
1821
It happened on… June 6
