June 1 – Soyuz 9, a two man spacecraft, is launched in the Soviet Union.
June 2 – Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast.
June 4 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
June 5 -- The Loudon High School Class of 1970 graduates
June 6 – A D-Day celebration is held in Washington, D.C..
June 7 – The Who become the first act to perform rock music (their rock opera, Tommy) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
June 8 – A coup in Argentina brings a new junta of service chiefs; on June 18, Roberto M. Levingston becomes President.
June 10 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18.
June 11 – The United States gets its first female generals: Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington.
June 12 – N.D.F.L.O.A.G. guerrillas attack military garrisons at Izki and Nizwa in Oman.
June 18 – United Kingdom general election, 1970: the Conservative Party wins and Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister.
June 21 -- Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
-- Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
June 24 – The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
June 28 – U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia
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