Events in Sport
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Australian Tony Roche wins his first and only Grand Slam title; beats István Gulyás of Hungary 6-1, 6-4, 7-5
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 5 French Championships Women's Tennis: Ann Haydon-Jones of England beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 2nd French singles crown
- Jun 6 NFL & AFL announce their merger
Sports History
Jun 7 MLB Draft: New York Mets pass on Reggie Jackson to select Antelope Valley HS catcher Steve Chilcott #1
- Jun 8 NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970
Baseball Record
Jun 9 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
- Jun 14 Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Billy Casper erases a 7-stroke deficit on the final 9 holes to tie Arnold Palmer; wins Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes
- Jun 28 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 30 England spin bowler Derek Underwood goes wicketless in his Test cricket debut v West Indies at Nottingham; captures 297 wickets in illustrious 86 Test career
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Greg Schiano, American football coach (College: Rutgers; NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
Wasim Akram (57 years old)
Jun 3 Pakistani cricketer, left arm fast bowler, coach and commentator, born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Jun 4 Nick Kypreos, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 5 Bill Spiers, American infielder (Houston Astros), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Jun 6 Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
- Jun 7 Dan Payne, Canadian football tackle (Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders 1989; Toronto Argonauts 1996, 97; B.C. Lions 2000), born in New Westminster, British Columbia
- Jun 9 Tony Martino, Canadian CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders), born in Kelowna, British Columbia
- Jun 10 David Platt, English soccer midfielder (62 caps; Crewe Alexandra, Aston Villa, Sampdoria, Arsenal) and manager (Sampdoria, Nottingham Forest, England U21), born in Chadderton, England
- Jun 11 Scott Mellanby, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 11 Tiffany Cohen, American swimmer (2 x Olympic gold 400m, 800m freestyle 1984), born in Culver City, California
- Jun 11 Vasili Kulkov, Russian soccer defensive utility (20 caps Soviet Union, 21 Russia; Spartak Moscow, Benfica), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2020)
- Jun 13 Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo
- Jun 14 Ricky Siglar, American NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jun 14 Rod Stephens, American NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jun 16 Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics 2 gold-92, 96)
- Jun 16 Randy Barnes, American field athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1996; WR 23.12m), born in Charleston, West Virginia
- Jun 17 Clare Look-Jaeger, high jumper, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jun 17 Fred Barnett, American NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Gunnison, Mississippi
- Jun 18 Bob Kempainen, American marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jun 18 Doug Bodger, Canadian NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose), born in Chemainus, British Columbia
Kurt Browning (56 years old)
Jun 18 Canadian figure skater (Olympic-5-1994), born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
- Jun 18 Luke Jensen, American tennis player (1993 French Open doubles), born in Grayling, Michigan
- Jun 18 Sandy Alomar Jr., Puerto Rican baseball catcher (6 × MLB All-Star; AL Rookie of the Year 1990 Cleveland Indians), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico
- Jun 22 Camille Benjamin, tennis star, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Jun 22 Dean Woods, Australian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1984; silver individual pursuit 1988; bronze team pursuit 1988, 96), born in Wangaratta, Australia (d. 2022)
- Jun 22 Meyrick Pringle, South African cricket fast bowler (4 Tests; 17 ODI), born in Adelaide, Cape Province
- Jun 22 Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
- Jun 23 Barbara Jordan, US softball outfielder (Olympic gold 1996)
- Jun 23 Chantal Daucourt, Swiss mountain cyclist (world-bronze-95), born in Bienne, Switzerland
- Jun 23 Vladislav Neiman, Men's flyweight boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Israel
- Jun 25 Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets), born in Leopoldville, Congo
- Jun 26 József Duró, Hungarian soccer midfielder (21 caps; Debreceni VSC, Vasas SC, Budapest Honvéd FC), born in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary (d. 2022)
- Jun 26 Kirk McLean, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (NHL All-Star 1990, 92; Vancouver Canucks), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 27 Jeff Conine, American MLB outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Jun 27 Mercedes Paz, Argentine tennis star (1990 Strasbourg), born in Tucumán, Argentina
- Jun 27 Rob Harbison, American 3x40 rifle shooter (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Fallston, Maryland
- Jun 28 Andrew Lang, American NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Jun 29 John Part, Canadian darts player and commentator (PDC World C'ship 2003, 08; BDO World C'ship 1994), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jun 30 Louie Aguiar, American NFL punter (KC Chiefs), born in Livermore, California
Mike Tyson (56 years old)
Jun 30 American boxer (youngest ever heavyweight champion 1986-90, 20 years, 4 months, 22 days), born in Brooklyn, New York
