- Jun 1 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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
Event of Interest
Jun 7 George Balanchine and Kurt Weills' ballet chanté "7 Deadly Sins" premieres in Paris
George Balanchine
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
Jimmie Foxx
- Jun 9 Spanish president Zamora takes power
Event of Interest
Jun 9 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
Walter Johnson
- 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
Event of Interest
Jun 10 John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600
John Dillinger
Melvin Purvis
Event of Interest
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.
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Event of Interest
Jun 13 German Secret State Police (Gestapo - Geheime Staats Polizei) established by Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering
Event of Interest
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
Lou Gehrig
- 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
Primo Carnera