Events in Sport
Sports History
Jun 3 Margo Adams sues Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf dominates Natalia Zvereva of Belarus 6-0, 6-0; shortest women's singles Grand Slam final in Open Era; 32 minutes
Baseball Record
Jun 4 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins 3rd French title; beats home favourite Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
- Jun 9 "Bloodsport (1987)" premieres in Germany
- Jun 10 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
- Jun 11 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
- Jun 11 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
- Jun 11 Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½")
- Jun 11 NY Yankees Rick Rhoden becomes first pitcher since AL's adoption of the rule in 1973 to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) in an 8–6 victory over Baltimore Orioles
- Jun 12 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Billy Casper wins final career major title by 2 strokes from Al Geiberger
- Jun 13 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow
- Jun 13 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
- Jun 16 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
- Jun 16 In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
Sports History
Jun 17 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: Curtis Strange wins a Monday 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes from Englishman Nick Faldo
Sports History
Jun 23 Yanks manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager
Sports History
Jun 25 MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
- Jun 25 UEFA European Championship Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union, 2-0
- Jun 27 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
- Jun 27 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
- Jun 28 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
- Jun 30 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Florida
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Javier Hernández, Mexican soccer striker (109 caps; Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham), born in Guadalajara, Mexico
- Jun 2 Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player
- Jun 2 Sergio Agüero, Argentine soccer striker (96 caps; Manchester City; leading overseas goal scorer in EPL history), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Jun 4 Leigh Adams, Australian Footballer
- Jun 7 Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)
- Jun 11 Brock Holt, American MLB baseball utility (only player to hit for the cycle in postseason - Boston Red Sox, 2018), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Jun 13 In-Kyung Kim, South Korean golfer (British Open 2017), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jun 17 Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
- Jun 17 Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 2008), born in Brisbane, Queensland
- Jun 22 Kieran Lee, English football player
- Jun 23 Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
- Jun 23 Milk [Daniel Donigan], American figure skater and drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Syracuse, New York
- Jun 24 Micah Richards, English soccer defender (13 caps; Manchester City, Aston Villa) and broadcaster (Sky Sports, BBC Sport, CBS Sports), born in Birmingham, England
- Jun 25 Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 4 x 5k relay 2010, 10k, 15k, 30k 2022; 14 x World C'ship gold), born in Os, Røros, Norway
- Jun 27 Kate Ziegler, American swimmer, born in Fairfax, Virginia
- Jun 29 Éver Banega, Argentine footballer (Sevilla FC), born in Rosario, Argentina
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