Events in Sports History in June 1960

Jun 9 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
Jun 11 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2

1st Win for Cordero Jr.

Jun 15 Ángel Cordero Jr. wins his 1st of over 7,000 horse races

Baseball History

Jun 17 Ted Williams hit his 500th HR

Jun 18 San Francisco Giants hire Tom Sheehan to replace Bill Rigney; baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) goes 46-50-2 for remainder of season

US Golf Open

Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Arnold Palmer stages greatest comeback in tournament history; erases a 7-stroke final round deficit to win his only US Open title by 2 strokes ahead of Jack Nicklaus

Patterson KOs Johansson

Jun 20 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

Jun 21 German sprinter Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)
Jun 25 South Africa beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg
Jun 26 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Joyce Ziske wins on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Barbara Romack