- Jun 1 1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
- Jun 1 International Cheese treaty signed
- Jun 2 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones
- Jun 3 50th Men's French Championships: Jaroslav Drobny beats Eric Sturgess (6-3, 6-3, 6-3)
- Jun 3 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title
- Jun 4 Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
Historic Publication
Jun 5 Anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in serial form in "The National Era"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Jun 6 1st Berlin International Film Festival opens
- Jun 9 "Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV
- Jun 11 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
- Jun 11 NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found
- Jun 13 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
- Jun 14 "Courtin' Time" opens at National Theater NYC for 37 performances
- Jun 14 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
Event of Interest
Golf Major
Election of Interest
Jun 18 Charles de Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
Charles de Gaulle
- Jun 18 In South Africa, the Suppression of Communism Act commences
- Jun 20 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox
- Jun 21 "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
- Jun 21 Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
- Jun 22 Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
- Jun 23 Treacherous British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to USSR
- Jun 23 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansas)
- Jun 24 Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations
- Jun 25 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
- Jun 28 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
- Jun 30 "Victor Borge Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 30 NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination