Events in Sports History in June 1968

Sports History

Jun 4 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings

Jun 8 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

French Open Women's Tennis

Jun 8 French Open Women's Tennis: American Nancy Richey beats Ann Haydon-Jones 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 for her second and last Grand Slam singles title

Tennis Player and Two-Time Major Champion Nancy Richey

French Open Men's Tennis

Jun 9 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall beats Rod Laver 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; first Grand Slam of Open Era allowing professional players to compete

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ken Rosewall

Jun 10 4h Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats France 20-2
Jun 10 UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Italy beats Yugoslavia, 2-0 in a replay (first game, 1-1)
Jun 15 15th Curtis Cup: US wins 10½-7½ at Royal County Down Golf Club (Newcastle, Northern Ireland)

US Golf Open

Jun 16 US Open Golf, Oak Hill CC: Lee Trevino wins his first major title by 4 shots from Jack Nicklaus; first to play sub-70 golf in Open history

Jim Hines Breaks the 10s Barrier

Jun 20 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds

Jun 23 74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium

Boxing Title Fight

Jun 24 Joe Frazier stops Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos in 2nd round TKO at NYC's Madison Square Garden in his first heavyweight boxing title defense