French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia 6-1, 6-2 for her 15th Grand Slam title and 5th French singles crown
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open: Home town favourite Yannick Noah wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats defending champion Mats Wilander of Sweden 6-2, 7-5, 7-6
- Jun 6 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1
Sports History
Jun 7 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton temporarily passes Houston Astro Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
Belmont Stakes
Jun 11 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8
- Jun 11 MLB Cardinals outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into Hyland Center in St. Louis, a drug rehabilitation facility
- Jun 11 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
LPGA Championship
Jun 12 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Patty Sheehan comes from 7 strokes behind with a final round a 66 (−6) to finish 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Sandra Haynie
- Jun 12 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Miller Barber inaugural champion by 1 stroke from Gene Littler
- Jun 12 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
Baseball Trade
Jun 15 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen & Rick Ownbey
- Jun 16 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
- Jun 20 New York Yankees 5-time MLB All Star outfielder Bobby Murcer retires
US Golf Open
Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Larry Nelson wins by 1 shot from Tom Watson in a storm affected Monday finish
Sports History
Jun 21 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
- Jun 22 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
Baseball Record
Jun 24 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters
- Jun 25 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match
- Jun 25 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
- Jun 25 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
- Jun 27 MLB Seattle Mariners bat out of order against Chicago White Sox in 2nd inning
Sports History
Jun 29 40-year-old Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. wins his 5,000th race with a victory in the last race at Belmont; 4th jockey to achieve milestone
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