Events in Sport
Golf Tournament
Jun 6 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
Pat Bradley
- Jun 8 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
Contract of Interest
Golf Major
Jun 13 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Cedar Brae CC: Donna Caponi wins in a playoff with Judy Rankin
Donna Caponi
- Jun 14 75th Men's French Open: Adriano Panatta beats Harold Solomon (6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6)
- Jun 14 75th Women's French Open: Susan Barker beats Renata Tomanova (6-2, 0-6, 6-2)
- Jun 15 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
- Jun 17 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
- Jun 18 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees
- Jun 20 76th US Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga
- Jun 20 UEFA European Championship Final: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw after extra time in Belgrade
- Jun 22 SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
- Jun 25 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
- Jun 26 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Camille Martens, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jun 2 Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics 1996)
- Jun 2 Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
- Jun 2 Earl Boykins, American basketball player
- Jun 3 Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
- Jun 6 Geoff Rowley, British skateboarder
- Jun 7 David Diaz, American light welterweight boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 8 Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player (3 Grand Slam titles, Olympic gold 1996), born Palos Verdes, California
- Jun 8 Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
- Jun 10 Freddy García, American baseball player
- Jun 10 Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
- Jun 11 Scott Guyton, Tokoroa NZ, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
- Jun 12 Thomas Sørensen, Danish footballer
- Jun 14 Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
- Jun 16 Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
- Jun 17 Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser
- Jun 19 Darnell Autry, running back (Chicago Bears)
- Jun 19 Bryan Hughes, English footballer
- Jun 20 Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
- Jun 20 Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
- Jun 20 Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
- Jun 21 Antonio Cochran, American football player
- Jun 21 Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
- Jun 23 Paola Suarez, Argentinian tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires), born in Pergamino, Argentina
- Jun 23 Wade Barrett, American soccer player
- Jun 23 Brandon Stokley, American football player
- Jun 23 Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- Jun 24 Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics 1996)
- Jun 25 José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer, born in Santa Lucía, Uruguay
- Jun 26 Ed Jovanoski, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers), born in Windsor, Ontario
- Jun 26 Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996), born in Plumtree, Matabeleland
- Jun 26 Chad Pennington, American football player (New York Jets), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Jun 27 Johnny Estrada, American baseball player, born in Hayward, California
- Jun 28 Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
- Jun 28 Seth Wescott, American snowboarder