Events in Sport
- Jun 1 Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0
- Jun 5 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
- Jun 6 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
US Golf Open
Jun 12 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins first of his 2 consecutive US titles, 2 strokes ahead of Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Baseball Record
Jun 13 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
Joe DiMaggio
- Jun 19 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Helen Hicks wins the first of her 2 major titles, defeating amateur Bea Barrett 6 & 5 in the final
- Jun 26 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 & 1
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 7 Bert sugar, American sports writer (Sting like a Bee), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2012)
- Jun 9 Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1962)
- Jun 15 Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's)
- Jun 21 John Edrich, English cricketer (England left-handed batsman, 310* v NZ 1965), born in Blofield, Norfolk, England
- Jun 28 George Knudson, Canadian golfer (8 PGA Tour titles; Masters 1969 runner-up), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1989)
- Jun 28 Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire in the American League (1969-79), born in Endicott, New York (d. 1995)
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 4 Donald Eligon, cricketer, dies of blood poisoning from a nail in his boot at 28