Events in Sport
Sports History
Jun 5 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)
- Jun 6 113th Belmont: George Martens aboard Summing wins in 2:29
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 6 French Open Women's Tennis: Czech teenager Hana Mandlíková beats Sylvia Hanika of Germany 6-2, 6-4 for her only French singles crown
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 7 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg of Sweden wins 11th and final career Grand Slam title; Open era record 6th French title; beats Ivan Lendl 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- Jun 8 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
Baseball Record
Jun 10 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
Sports History
Jun 10 Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 12 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
LPGA Championship
Jun 14 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Donna Caponi Young sinks 15 foot birdie putt on 18th to beat Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers by 1 stroke
Sports History
Jun 22 John McEnroe's famous 'You cannot be serious' rant in 1st round win over Tom Gullikson at Wimbledon
- Jun 23 Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox finally beat Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings (game began 18th April)
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2004, 06, 08; NL wins leader 2006; no-hitter 2008), born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
- Jun 2 Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
- Jun 2 Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis player, born in Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR
- Jun 4 Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
Anna Kournikova
Jun 7 Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1999, 2002), born in Moscow, USSR
- Jun 7 Kevin Kyle, Scottish soccer striker (Scotland 10 caps, Sunderland), born in Stranraer, Wigtownshire
- Jun 8 Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
- Jun 10 Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
- Jun 11 Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer, born in Rome, Italy
- Jun 15 Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
- Jun 16 Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
- Jun 16 Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
- Jun 16 Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jun 17 Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
- Jun 17 Shane Watson, Australian Test cricket all-rounder (2005-2015), born in Ipswich, Queensland
- Jun 20 Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
- Jun 21 Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jun 22 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics 1996)
- Jun 25 Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper, born in Grabs, Switzerland
- Jun 29 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver, born in Orán, Province of Salta, Argentina (d. 2005)
- Jun 29 Joe Johnson, American basketball player, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Jun 30 Can Artam, Turkish racing driver, born in Istanbul, Turkey