Events in Sport
- Jun 1 French Championships Men's Tennis: Sven Davidson becomes first Swede to win a Grand Slam title; beats American Herbert Flam 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Jun 1 French Championships Women's Tennis: England's Shirley Bloomer wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats American Dorothy Knode 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 4 England cricket batsmen Peter May (285no) & Colin Cowdrey (154) make 411 stand in drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Birmingham; WI spinner Sonny Ramadhin bowls mammoth 98 overs
- Jun 5 NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
- Jun 7 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
LPGA Championship
Jun 10 LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Louise Suggs wins her 10th major tile by 3 strokes from Wiffi Smith
Baseball Record
Jun 12 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
Sports History
Jun 13 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
Belmont Stakes
Jun 15 89th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man wins in 2:26.6
US Golf Open
Jun 15 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Dick Mayer defeats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by 7 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only major title
Sports History
Jun 15 Yanks trade Billy Martin & Ralph Terry for Ryne Duran
- Jun 16 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Washington Senators 8-6
- Jun 25 2nd Rugby League World Cup: New Zealand beats Great Britain 29-21
- Jun 28 Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
US Women's Golf Open
Jun 29 US Open Women's Golf, Winged Foot GC: Betsy Rawls wins when apparent champion, Jackie Pung at 298 (+6) is disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard kept by playing partner Betty Jameson
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 3 Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player, born in Plau am See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Jun 4 Tony Peña, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians), born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
- Jun 6 Mike Gatting, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, captain 1986-88), born in Kingsbury, England
- Jun 7 Neal Radford, cricketer (Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88)
- Jun 8 Don Robinson, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1979, Pittsburgh Pirates; Silver Slugger Award 1982, 89, 90; SF Giants), born in Ashland, Kentucky
- Jun 12 Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricket captain (124 Tests, 8,832 runs), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Jun 14 Greg Brock, American MLB first baseman, 1982-91 (Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers), born in McMinnville, Oregon
- Jun 16 Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
- Jun 21 Vladimir Romanovsky, Soviet sprint canoeist (Olympic gold 1972), (d. 2013), born in Slonim, Belarus
- Jun 22 Nick Santagata, jockey
- Jun 23 David Houghton, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 266 v Sri Lanka 1994)
- Jun 24 Doug Jones, American baseball relief pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Covina, California (d. 2021)
- Jun 28 Mike Skinner, American racecar driver, born in Susanville, California
- Jun 30 Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR), born in Columbia, Tennessee
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 29 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), dies at 58
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