- The 40th U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, dies in his Los Angeles home at the age of 93.
- The Bilderberg Group meets in Stresa, Italy from June 3 to June 6. Participants include David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Richard Perle, Paavo Lipponen, Mario Monti, Craig Mundie, James Wolfensohn, Frits Bolkestein, and other people of wealth and influence.
- George Tenet, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, tenders his resignation, citing "personal reasons." He will remain at his post until mid-July.
- Dr. Jiang Yanyong disappears days before the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
