June
On this day in June:
- 3rd June 1953: opening of Preston Park Museum in Stockton-on-Tees
- 4th June 1751; John Scott, Lord Chancellor and 1st Lord Eldon, born in Newcastle.
- 7th June 2009; opening of the new City Library, Newcastle
- 8th June 793; the first Viking raid on Britain at Lindisfarne
- 9th June 1781; George Stephenson, "Father of the Railways" born in Wylam
- 9th June 1981; the first annual Blaydon Race run from Collingwood Street in Newcastle to Blaydon.
- 10th June 1822: birth of John Clayton who became very influential as Town Clerk of Newcastle.
- 10th June 1892; public opening of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle.
- 10th June 1909: opening of the Queen Alexandra Bridge in Sunderland.
- 10th June 2010; Anish Kapoor's sculpure Temenos officially presented to the people of Middlesbrough.
- 15th June 1876; the Swing Bridge over the River Tyne opened for road traffic.
- 15th June 1915: Zeppelin LZ40 (L10) bombed Wallsend, Jarrow, Willington, Haxton Colliery and South Shields. 17 people were killed and 72 injured in Palmers shipyard in Jarrow.
- 16th June 1964: the first Morden Tower poetry reading.
- 18th June 1835: 102 men and boys killed in an explosion at Wallsend Colliery.
- 18th June 1838: official opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
- 18th June 1941: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the Elswick Works.
- 19th June 1848: opening of Monkwearmouth Station, Sunderland
- 20th June 1959; Lyric Cinema, Heaton, closed as a cinema following launch of Tyne Tees television.
- 20th June 1981; launching of the HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier (completed 1985) built by Swan Hunters, Wallsend
- 23rd June 1880: opening of Roker Park in Sunderland
- 26th June 1740: riots at the Guildhall of Newcastle over the high price of grain.
- 27th June 1726: establishment of the Grand Allies, a cartel of coal trading familes in the North East.
- 28th June 1838; opening of the Victoria Bridge rail viaduct over the River Wear near Washington.
- 28th June 1981; the first Great North Run with 12000 runners.
- 28th June 2012: heavy rainfall caused floods over Tyneside, Northumberland and County Durham.
- 29th June 1870: Bath Lane School in Newcastle founded by Dr John Hunter Rutherford.
