deaths
June 6, 1962
Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
Tom Phillis
Thomas Edward Phillis was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to lap the Isle of Man TT mountain circuit at over 100 mph on a pushrod engined motorcycle. He was also the first person to win a World Championship motorcycle race on a Japanese machine.
June 6
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 208 days remain until the end of the year.