| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $600: Now used as a ferry between N.Y. & Connecticut, the Cape Henlopen hit the beach in this French region in June 1944 Normandy |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $200: In 1976, this was June 8, when California, New Jersey & Ohio primary voters went to the polls Super Tuesday |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | IT'S A SPECIAL DAY $1000: If you're in Peru in June, head to Cuzco on the 24th for Inti Raymi, "Sun Festival" in this language Quechuan |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $400: Told there'd likely be a June 6 break in bad weather that had delayed the invasion, this commander gambled & said, "OK, let's go" Eisenhower |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In the U.S., Flag Day is observed in this month June |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | CLASSIC NOVELS $800: This novel recounts a single day--June 16, 1904--in the life of Leopold Bloom & Stephen Dedalus Ulysses |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | "WAT"s IN A NAME $2000: His followers captured the Tower of London on June 14, 1381, but he really lost his head the next day Wat Tyler |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | RECENT PLAYS FROM REAL LIFE $400: In "Pressure", a Scottish meteorologist makes the most important forecast of his life for this June 1944 event D-Day |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | A DAY IN JUNE $400: On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope Niagara Falls |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | A DAY IN JUNE $800: King John sealed this "in the meadow...called Runnymede...on the 15th day of June in the 17th year of our reign" the Magna Carta |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | A DAY IN JUNE $1200: The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name D-Day |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | A DAY IN JUNE $1600: He sent a war message to Congress June 1, 1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain Madison |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | A DAY IN JUNE $2000: The first section of this city's famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870 Atlantic City |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | PREDICTIONS BY 2030 $800: June 14, this "Day" honoring an event in 1777, will become a federal holiday, 'cause a federal holiday in June would be awesome! Flag Day |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | WAY BACK IN 2015 $800: On May 29, he won a 5th term as FIFA's leader; on June 2, he said he wasn't resigning that day, but maybe kind of would, in a bit? Sepp Blatter |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | AN IMPORTANT QUESTION $200: James Russell Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in" this month? June |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | GOIN' COUNTRY $1600: In June it's light almost 24 hours a day in this country about 200 miles east of Greenland Iceland |
| #5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $1600: June 27, 1499:
He sights Brazil, on a continent now named for him Vespucci |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | WORLD O' FACTS $1200: A 1937 general strike in Trinidad is commemorated every June 19, celebrated as this day Labor Day |
| #5306, aired 2007-10-08 | FAMOUS MOMS $600: In 1872 Julia Ward Howe, mother of 6, suggested Mother's Day but wanted it in this month, which sounds a bit late June |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | WORLD HERSTORY $500 (Daily Double): On June 16, 1963 she became the first person to achieve Earth orbit who had never been a test pilot (Valentina) Tereshkova |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR $2000: A band concert is a highlight of the celebration of this June holiday at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia Flag Day |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | MORTAL MATTERS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Ireland.) It's June 16, 2006, a day of mourning in Ireland for Charles Haughey, 3-time Taoiseach, or holder of this office prime minister |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | A DAY IN JUNE $200: June 11, 2004:
His funeral is held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Reagan |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | A DAY IN JUNE $600: June 1, 1533:
This woman, Henry VIII's new wife, is crowned queen Anne Boleyn |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | A DAY IN JUNE $800: June 17, 1579:
This captain claims "Nova Albion" (possibly modern-day California) for England Sir Francis Drake |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | A DAY IN JUNE $1,000 (Daily Double): June 5, 1851:
Later a novel, this serial begins a 10-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | A DAY IN JUNE $1000: June 28, 1969:
Riots at this Greenwich Village bar mark the beginning of the gay rights movement the Stonewall Inn |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | MR. MOVIEFONE $2000: Press 3 for this Spike Lee film that takes place on a sweltering summer day, aptly opening in June 1989 Do the Right Thing |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | SPORTING EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's a long day's journey into night in this event held each June on the Circuit de la Sarthe in France (the 24-hour Grand Prix at) Le Mans |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | U.S. MEMORIALS $200: A memorial to this day was dedicated June 6, 2001 in Bedford, Virginia D-Day |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | THAT'S A FACT! $400: These holidays were first celebrated in the U.S. May 10, 1908 & June 19, 1910 Mother's Day & Father's Day |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $300: We salute you if you know that this June 14 observance is a legal holiday in Pennsylvania Flag Day |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | HOLLYWOOD BLVD. $400: June 16, 1999 was "Another Day In Paradise" when this composer got a star on the Walk of Fame Phil Collins |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | WONDERERS OF THE WORLD $200: James Russell Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in" this month June |
| #3449, aired 1999-09-09 | RELIGION $600: This religious leader went home to Poland for a 13-day visit in June 1999 Pope John Paul II |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | CELEBRATIONS $1000: This date on which WWII ended in Europe is a legal holiday in France May 8, 1945 |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT 1994 $200: This Disney musical set a Broadway record in June with single-day ticket sales of more than $1.2 million Beauty and the Beast |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | MONTHS $400: James Russell Lowell asked, "And what is so rare as a day in" this month, "then if ever, come perfect days" June |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | POETS & POETRY $600: In "The Vision of Sir Launfal", James Russell Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in" this month June |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $1000: The 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day while the 3rd Saturday in May is this day Armed Forces Day |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Poet James Lowell asked, "And what is so" this "as a day in June?" rare |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | MONTHS $500 (Daily Double): The 2 months in which the sun is directly above the equator for part of a day March & September |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | POETIC QUOTES $200: Even though it has 30, Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in this month?" June |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | HOLIDAYS $500: Flag Day, celebrated on June 14th, is an official holiday only in this northeast state Pennsylvania |
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