- 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers
Event of Interest
1899 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
W. G. Grace
Baseball Record
1925 Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
Eddie Collins
- 1929 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins his 3rd French title, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6
Tennis Open
1929 French Championship Women's Tennis: Defending champion Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4
Helen Wills Moody
- 1930 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
Baseball Record
1932 MLBs Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
Lou Gehrig
- 1939 71st Belmont: James Stout riding Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
- 1944 76th Belmont: G L Smith riding Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
- 1950 French Championships Men's Tennis: Budge Patty wins first of 2 Grand Sam titles that year; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
- 1950 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Patricia Todd 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 for her 1st of 2 French singles titles
- 1951 50th Men's French Championships: Jaroslav Drobny beats Eric Sturgess (6-3, 6-3, 6-3)
- 1951 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title
Event of Interest
1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
Stan Musial
- 1958 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
- 1959 European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos
- 1961 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
- 1967 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
Tennis Open
1967 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th and final Grand Slam title
Roy Emerson
Tony Roche
Event of Interest
1971 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Englandl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
Imran Khan
Tennis Open
1972 French Open Women's Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3
Billie Jean King
Tennis Open
1973 French Open Men's Tennis: Ilie Năstase of Romania wins his second Grand Slam singles title; beats Czech star Niki Pilić 6-3, 6-3, 6-0
Ilie Năstase
Event of Interest
1980 NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
Darryl Strawberry
LPGA Championship
1984 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Defending champion Patty Sheehan finishes 10 strokes ahead of runners-up Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel
Event of Interest
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
Nolan Ryan
Event of Interest
1989 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
Vin Scully
- 1991 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
- 1991 Thomas Hearns captures WBA light heavyweight title
- 1995 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0
- 2001 US Open Women's Golf, Pine Needles Lodge & GC: Defending champion Karrie Webb of Australia repeats by 8 strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak; largest margin in 21 years
Event of Interest
2010 Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia
Ron MacLean
Golf Tournament
2012 Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andrés Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village GC; equals Jack Nicklaus's record
Tiger Woods
Jack Nicklaus
- 2014 Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain of the South African national cricket team
Event of Interest
2017 UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final
Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2018 US Open Women's Golf, Shoal Creek GC: Ariya Jatanugarn of Thailand gives up 7-shot lead but wins in playoff with South Korean Kim Hyo-joo
Event of Interest
2018 Golden State guard Stephen Curry breaks Ray Allen's NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers with 9 in the Warriors 19 point Game 2 win over Cleveland
Stephen Curry
- 2019 MLB Draft: Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman first pick by Baltimore Orioles
June in History
Testing Time for Drivers
Deaths caused by accidents on UK roads fell by 1,000 within a year of the official driving test being introduced. But was the half-hour test enough?
June 1, 1935The King is Dead; Long Live the Queen
Princess Elizabeth was in Africa when her father died and she became Queen. Her coronation, on this day in history, could be described as a magnificent washout.
June 2, 1953The Fire and Fury of Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin was a religious extremist who described the clergy as 'vipers from hell' and tried to burn down one of England’s most treasured cathedrals.
June 3, 1838Dunkirk: Military Retreat They Called a Miracle
Trapped on beaches and a sitting target for German fighter planes and bombers, 330,000 Allied troops looked doomed. Then came the "miracle" of Dunkirk.
June 4, 1940
