- Jun 1 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
- Jun 5 US drops the Gold Standard when Congress enacts a joint resolution nullifying creditors right to demand payment in gold
- Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Jack Crawford wins his first and only French title; beats home favourite Henri Cochet 8-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 5 French Championship Women's Tennis: England's Margaret Scriven is first woman from that country to win the singles title in Paris; beats Simonne Mathieu 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Jun 6 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden New Jersey)
- Jun 6 US Employment Service created
Historic Event
Jun 7 George Balanchine and Kurt Weills' ballet chanté "7 Deadly Sins" premieres in Paris
Baseball Record
Jun 8 A's first baseman Jimmie Foxx hits 3 consecutive home runs as Philadelphia outscores New York Yankees, 14 - 10; 4 straight HRs after Foxx had homered last time up the previous day
- Jun 9 Spanish president Niceto Alcalá-Zamora takes power
Sports History
Jun 9 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
- Jun 10 US Open Men's Golf, North Shore CC: Amateur Johnny Goodman outlasts Ralph Guldahl by a single stroke to win his only major championship
- Jun 10 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6
Historic Event
Jun 10 John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600
Historic Event
Jun 10 Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker flip their car into a ravine. Parker suffers serious third degree burns from the accident which would affect her for the rest of her life.
Historic Event
Jun 13 German Secret State Police (Gestapo - Geheime Staats Polizei) established by Hermann Goering
Sports History
Jun 14 MLB's Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
- Jun 16 US National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
- Jun 16 US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
- Jun 17 Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob
- Jun 19 Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations
- Jun 21 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans
- Jun 22 German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
- Jun 23 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
- Jun 27 Ryder Cup Golf, Southport & Ainsdale GC: Great Britain wins, 6½-5½; GB's last Cup victory until 1957
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 29 Italian boxer Primo Carnera KOs American defending champion Jack Sharkey in round 6 at Madison Square Garden, NYC to become third European to win the lineal world heavyweight title
