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| June 1 | James Healy, 1st U.S. Catholic Black Bishop ordained Portland ME, 1875 |   |
| June 2 St. Marcellinus and St. Peter | The 99th Pursuit Squadron, 1st African American Army Air Corps unit, flew its 1st combat mission against the island of Pantelleria, where Capt. Charles B. Hall became the 1st African-American pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, 1943 | |
| June 3 St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, the African Martyrs St. Clotilda | Wesley Anthony Brown becomes the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1949 | |
| June 4 | First Black Baptist Church founded in America 1665 | |
| June 5 St. Boniface | Roland Hayes, Tenor b. 1887 Fr. Damien, SSCC of Molokai declared Blessed, 1995 |  |
| June 6 | John Baptist Point Du Sable, Chicago's 1st permanent settlement, 1790 Dillard Univ. is chartered in New Orleans, LA, 1869 | |
| June 7 | Nikki Giovanni, poet and author, b. 1943 | |
| June 8 | Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in DC restaurants, 1953 |  |
| June 9 St. Columba | Jackie Wilson, singer, entertainer, who was known as 'Mr. Excitement', b. Detroit, MI, 1934. | |
| June 10 | Richard Allen organized A.M.E. Church, 1794 | |
| June 11 St. Barnabas | Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, 1st African American in the United States to be named a judge, d. Little Rock, AR, 1915 | |
| June 12 | Medgar Evers, field secretary for the Mississippi NAACP, is killed outside his home in Jackson, MS, 1963 |  |
| June 13 St. Anthony of Padua | Rhode Island prohibits the importation of slaves, 1st state to do so, 1774 Richard T. Greener becomes the 1st African American to graduate from Harvard University, 1870 T.W. Stewart patents a mop, 1893 | |
| June 14 | 'The Ethel Waters Show', a variety special, appears on NBC. It is the 1st time an African American appears on television |  |
| June 15 Father's Day | Henry O. Flipper, 1st African American to graduate West Point, 1877 Josephite Pastoral Center founded Washington, DC, 1968 | |
| June 16 St. John Francis Regis | Natalie Cole's album "Unforgettable" sweeps the Grammy Awards, 1992 |  |
| June 17 | Frank Willis discovered Watergate break-in 1972 | |
| June 18 | Dr. Jeanne Craig Sinkford, 1st Blackwoman dean of a Dental School, Howard University, 1958 | |
| June 19 St. Romuald Juneteenth - Freedom Day | Bernard W. Robinson, of Harvard Medical School, becomes a Naval Reserve ensign, the 1st African American to earn a U.S. Navy commission, 1942 |  |
| June 20 St. Adalbert | Charles W. Chestnut, novelist, b. 1858 Harry Belafonte wins an Emmy for his variety special "Tonight with Harry Belafonte", the 1st Emmy awarded to an African American, 1960 | |
| June 21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga | Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 1st African American to command U.S. Army Air Force base, 1945 |  |
| June 22 St. Thomas More | Slavery is outlawed in England, 1772 Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling, 1938 | |
| June 23 | Margaret A. Haywood, 1st Black woman elected to leadership American Biracial denomination, 1972 | |
| June 24 Birth of St. John the Baptist | James P. Lyke installed Archbishop, Atlanta, GA, 1991 |  |
| June 25 | Joseph A. Francis, SVD ordained Catholic Bishop, Newark, NJ, 1976 | |
| June 26 | American Medical Association seats 1st Black delegate at its Convention, 1950 | |
| June 27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, b. Dayton, OH 1872 | |
| June 28 | Philadelphia School for Blacks opened by Quakers, 1770 |  |
| June 29 Sts. Peter and Paul | Joseph N. Perry ordained Catholic Bishop Chicago, IL, 1998 J. W. Smith, wrote "The Colored Cadet: Hardships at West Point" | |
| June 30 | Pierre Toussaint, saintly Black layman, d. 1853 Lena Horne, singer, actress, b. 1917 |
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