Event of Interest
Jun 1 Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
André Gide
- Jun 1 French Championships Men's Tennis: England based Czech Jaroslav Drobný wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Frank Sedgman of Australia 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
- Jun 1 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd French singles title
- Jun 2 650,000 metal workers go on strike in US
- Jun 2 Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette
- Jun 3 Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president
- Jun 5 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
- Jun 5 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 5 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Jersey Joe
Ezzard Charles
Event of Interest
Jun 7 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2
Eddie Arcaro
England Cricket’s Class Divide Hit For Six
Jun 11 Opening batsman Len Hutton becomes the 1st professional cricketer to captain England in Tests
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- Jun 12 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
- Jun 12 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: "One Summer of Happiness" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
- Jun 13 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8
- Jun 14 US Open Men's Golf, Northwood GC: Julius Boros wins 1st of 3 majors by 4 shots from Ed Oliver
- Jun 14 General strike in Tunisia
- Jun 14 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
- Jun 14 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub USS Nautilus (4th to be named Nautilus)
- Jun 14 Boston Brave Warren Spahn ties NL record held by Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15 innings
- Jun 16 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
- Jun 17 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
- Jun 19 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
- Jun 19 Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0
- Jun 21 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Skokie CC: Betsy Rawls defeats Betty Jameson, 1 up in the final
- Jun 21 Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Jun 23 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
- Jun 25 "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 performances
- Jun 25 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Big Spring CC: Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final
- Jun 25 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
- Jun 26 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%)
Event of Interest
Jun 26 Nelson Mandela & 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
Nelson Mandela
- Jun 29 USS Oriskany becomes 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn
US Women's Golf Open
Jun 29 US Open Women's Golf, Bala GC: 1949 champion Louise Suggs wins, 7 strokes ahead of runners-up Marlene Bauer and Betty Jameson
Louise Suggs