Events in Sport
- Jun 3 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
Event of Interest
Jun 5 108th Belmont: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., riding Bold Forbes wins his only Belmont classic
Ángel Cordero Jr.
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 13 French Open Women's Tennis: Sue Barker of England claims her lone major singles title; beats Renáta Tomanová of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
- Jun 14 12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
- Jun 14 French Open Men's Tennis: Adriano Panatta of Italy beats American Harold Solomon 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 for his lone Grand Slam singles title
- Jun 15 In a blockbuster MLB trade, NY Yankees send May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore Orioles for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman
- 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 St Louis Cards Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs
- 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 US Open Men's Golf, Atlanta AC: Tour rookie Jerry Pate wins his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf
- Jun 20 UEFA European Championship Final, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany, 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw a.e.t
- 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 Washington Senators player Toby Harrah plays an entire doubleheader at shortstop without a single chance in the field
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Marlon Devonish, MBE, English athlete (Olympic gold GB 4x100m relay 2004; World Indoor C'ship gold 200m 2003), born in Coventry, England
- 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 in Palos Verdes, California
- Jun 8 Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
- Jun 10 Freddy García, American baseball player
- Jun 10 Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
- Jun 12 Thomas Sørensen, Danish football goalkeeper, born in Fredericia, Denmark
- 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, born in Bonheiden, Belgium
- 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 Rules Football defender (Brisbane Lions premiers 2001-03), born in Corowa, New South Wales
- 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, born in Hyōgo, Japan
- Jun 28 Seth Wescott, American snowboarder (Olympic gold 2006,10), born in Durham, North Carolina
Weddings in Sport
- Jun 6 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (27) weds ice skater JoJo Starbuck (25) at Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles
Person of Interest
Jun 21 Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles
Reba McEntire
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 11 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 59
- Jun 15 Jimmy Dykes, American MLB infielder, manager (All Star 1933-34), dies at 79
- Jun 20 Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- Jun 23 Dehart Hubbard, American athlete (Olympic gold, long jump 1924; first African American to win individual event; WR 7.89m 1925), dies at 72
- Jun 30 Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b. 1898)