Historical Events
- Jun 1 Peace Bridge between US and Canada opens
1st Ryder Cup
Jun 4 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
- Jun 5 32nd Women's French Championships: Kornelia Bouman beats Irene Peacock (6-2, 6-4)
Lacoste Wins 2nd French Title
Jun 5 French Championships Men's Tennis: Hometown favourite Rene Lacoste wins 2nd of 3 French titles; beats Bill Tilden 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
Weissmuller Sets Records
Jun 5 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard freestyle swim record
59th Belmont
Jun 11 59th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6
1st Distinguished Flying Cross
Jun 11 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
The Marquise
Jun 11 Noël Coward's stage comedy "The Marquise", starring Marie Tempest, closes at the Criterion Theatre, London, after 129 performances
- Jun 13 Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
US Golf Open
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: American-based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Harry Cooper by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win the first of his 3 major titles
Gehrig Hits 3 HRs
Jun 23 New York future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in Yankees' 11-4 victory over Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
- Jun 25 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
- Jun 26 Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
- Jun 26 The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island
- Jun 29 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
- Jun 29 First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller
- Jun 30 Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico
- Jun 30 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 André Vandernoot, Flemish flautist and conductor (Royal Flemish Opera, 1959-73), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1991)
- Jun 2 Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
- Jun 2 W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (The Man Inside), and animator (Underdog), born in Avondale Estates, Georgia (d. 2013)
- Jun 3 (Homer) "Boots" Randolph, American session saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2007)
- Jun 4 Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (A Fish Called Wanda, The Madness of King George, Butterflies, Smacks & Thistle), born in London, England (d. 2020)
- Jun 4 Priscilla Morrill, American actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
- Jun 7 Martin Carter, Guyanese poet and political activist, born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1997)
- Jun 8 Dame Anne Warburton, 1st British female ambassador (1976) and President of Lucy Cavendish College (Cambridge) (d. 2015)
Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)
Jun 8 American comedian (Frank Constanza-Seinfeld, Stiller & Meara), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jun 8 Michael Levey, English art historian and director (British National Gallery), born in Wimbledon, London (d. 2008)
- Jun 9 Franco Donatoni, Italian composer, born in Verona, Italy (d. 2000)
- Jun 9 Norman Sisisky, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-2001), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2001)
- Jun 10 Eugene Parker, American solar astrophysicist (Parker Space Probe named after him), born in Houghton, Michigan (d. 2022)
- Jun 10 László Kubala, Hungarian soccer striker (3 caps Hungary, 6 Czechoslovakia, 19 Spain, 4 Catalonia; FC Barcelona 186 games) and manager (Spain 1969–80), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2002)
- Jun 10 Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, born in Niitaka District, Taiwan (d. 2013)
- Jun 10 Michael Walsh, British Army officer (Operation Musketeer), born in Harrogate, England (d. 2015)
- Jun 11 Beryl Grey [Groom], English prima ballerina (Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet, 1941-57), artistic director, and dance teacher, born in Highgate, London, England (d. 2022) [1]
- Jun 11 Josef Anton Reidl, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 2016)
- Jun 11 Marcus Fox, British Conservative Party MP and chairman (1922 Committee), born in Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2002)
- Jun 12 Henry Slesar, American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
- Jun 12 Timir Pinegin, Russian sailor (Olympic gold 1960), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2013)
- Jun 13 Attila Zoller, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist, educator (Vermont Jazz Center, 1974-98), and inventor (bi-directional pickup), born in Visegrád, Hungary (d. 1998)
- Jun 13 Knut Wiggen, Norwegian computer music pioneer and composer, born in Buvika (d. 2016)
- Jun 13 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, born in Kempsey, New South Wales (d. 2003)
- Jun 15 Hugo Pratt, Italian graphic artist, born in Rimini, Italy (d. 1995)
- Jun 15 Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)
- Jun 15 Joji "George" Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, born in Fukakusa, Kyoto, Japan (d. 2003)
- Jun 16 Tom Graveney, England cricket batsman (79 Tests; top score 258; 732 first class games), born in Riding Mill, Northumberland (d. 2015)
- Jun 17 Austin Murphy, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), born in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- Jun 17 Lucio Fulci, Italian director "Godfather of Gore", born in Rome (d. 1996)
- Jun 17 Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor, born in Berlin (d. 2019)
- Jun 18 (Clarence) "Bud" Brown, Jr, American politician (US Representative from Ohio, 1965-83), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2022)
- Jun 18 Eva Bartok [Éva Márta Szőke], Hungarian-British actress (The Crimson Pirate; Ten Thousand Bedrooms), born in Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1998) [birth date sources vary between 1926 and 1929]
- Jun 18 John Phillipps Kenyon, English historian, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1996)
- Jun 18 Paul Eddington, British actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride), born in Paddington, London (d. 1995)
- Jun 18 Simeon Pironkov, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2000)
- Jun 19 Karel Kupka, Czech composer and choirmaster, born in Rychvald, Moravia, Czech Republic (d. 1985)
- Jun 19 Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, Argentine general, Commander of the Third Army Corps (1975-79), and convicted human rights violator and murderer, born in San Martín, Buenos Aires (d. 2018)
- Jun 20 John M Dengler, American jazz multi-instrumentalist - bass sax/trumpet/trombone (The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band), born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1994) [1]
- Jun 21 Carl Burton Stokes, African American politician (51st mayor of Cleveland) and TV newscaster, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
- Jun 22 Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (Home Sweet Home, Pauline & Paulette), born in Wuustwezel, Belgium (d. 2003)
Bob Fosse (1927-1987)
Jun 23 American choreographer, film and stage director (All the Jazz, Cabaret, Damn Yankees), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 24 Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist (1995 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the tau lepton particle), born in New York City (d. 2014)
- Jun 26 Jerry Schatzberg, American photographer (Vogue, Esquire) and film director (The Panic in Needle Park; Scarecrow; The Seduction of Joe Tynan), born in the Bronx, NYC
- Jun 26 Leslie Carpenter, British publishing executive and CEO (Reed International)
- Jun 27 Bob Keeshan, American actor (Captain Kangaroo; Howdy Doody, 1948-52 - "Clarabell"), and television producer, born in Lynbrook, New York (d. 2004)
- Jun 27 David Hobman, English human right activist and director (Age Concern England) (d. 2003)
- Jun 27 Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), born in Stoneville, Mississippi (d. 1999)
- Jun 27 Robert Casey, American actor (Henry-Aldrich Family Show, What to Do on a Date), born in Rochester, New York
- Jun 28 F. Sherwood Rowland, American Nobel laureate in chemistry 1995, born in Delaware, Ohio (d. 2012)
- Jun 28 Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
- Jun 30 Harvey Vernon [Chet Smith], American actor (Teen Wolf, Jasper-Carter Country), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 1996)
- Jun 30 James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (The Lion in Winter, They Might Be Giants), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
- Jun 30 Joe Skeen, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico), born in Roswell, New Mexico (d. 2003)
- Jun 30 Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), born in Lakewood, Ohio (d. 2005)
- Jun 30 Shirley Fry, American tennis player (French Open 1951; Wimbledon,rnUS Open 1956; Australian Open 1957; 11 x Grand Slam doubles titles; world #1 1956), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2021)
Famous Weddings
Marcel Duchamp
Jun 8 Painter Marcel Duchamp (39) weds Lydie Sarazin-Lavassor
Guglielmo Marconi
Jun 12 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (53) weds Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali
Benjamin Spock
Jun 25 Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 J. B. Bury, Irish historian (b. 1861)
Lizzie Borden (1860-1927)
Jun 1 American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), dies of pneumonia at 66
- Jun 2 Eduard Cuypers, Dutch architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
- Jun 2 Friedrich Hegar, Swiss composer, dies at 85
- Jun 5 Paul Lacombe, French composer, dies at 89
- Jun 7 Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), dies at 79
- Jun 7 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)
Jun 9 American civil rights activist (1872 presidential candidate, woman's suffrage movement), dies at 88
- Jun 11 William Attewell, English cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies at 65
- Jun 13 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82
- Jun 14 Jerome K. Jerome, English writer (The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow), dies at 68
- Jun 14 Johanna Barbiers, Dutch actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
- Jun 14 Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (the first Italian winner of the Tour de France), dies at 32
