- Jun 1 NBA Championship, Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland: Seattle Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 97-93 for a 4-1 series victory; Seattle's first major pro sports championship win
- Jun 9 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
- Jun 9 MLB Phillies wear all-burgundy alternate uniforms for 1st and (almost) last time in 10-5 loss to Montreal Expos at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; revived 40 years later as part of a "retro night" promotion [1]
- Jun 10 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleveland)
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert dominates Wendy Turnbull of Australia 6-2, 6-0 for her 3rd French singles crown
LPGA Championship
Jun 10 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Donna Caponi Young wins 3rd major; beats Jerilyn Britz by 3 strokes
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg wins 2nd of 4 straight French titles and 6 overall; beats Victor Pecci of Paraguay 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
Baseball History
Jun 12 Detroit Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson who stays until 1995; includes World Series title 1984 and AL Manager of the Year Award 1984 and 1987
- Jun 14 Canada all out for 45 runs in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40.3 overs
Sports History
Jun 14 NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
Sports History
Jun 16 Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
US Golf Open
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Inverness Club: Hale Irwin wins his second Open title, 2 strokes ahead of former champions Jerry Pate and Gary Player
Sports History
Jun 18 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
- Jun 18 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
- Jun 19 In NYC 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as manager of the New York Yankees
Boxing Title Fight
Jun 22 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 23 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Man of the match Vivian Richards scores 138 no as defending champions the West Indies beat England by 92 runs; Joel Garner 5/38
- Jun 23 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win second straight final; Player the Match: Vivian Richards (WI) 138 no (157)
Baseball Record
Jun 24 Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base
Sports History
Jun 27 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn't)
- Jun 30 Davona Dale wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
Baseball Players
Basketball Stars
Boxers
Footballers
NFL Stars
Tennis Champions