Sports History
Jun 3 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
Sports History
Jun 3 Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts 23 innings in two different cities on one day
- Jun 4 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
- Jun 5 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
- Jun 6 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
- Jun 7 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
- Jun 7 23-year-old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
Sports History
Jun 7 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
- Jun 8 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Women's Tennis: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 3-6, 7-5
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 11 French Open Men's Tennis: American Michael Chang wins lone career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; at 17 years, 110 days, becomes youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title
- Jun 11 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Orville Moody wins by 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Charles Coody
- Jun 13 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
- Jun 14 MLB Texas Rangers' Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
- Jun 15 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
- Jun 16 Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
- Jun 17 US beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
US Golf Open
Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Oak Hill CC: Curtis Strange wins by 3 from Scott Simpson for first back-to-back Open titles since Ben Hogan 1950-51
Sports History
Jun 19 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
- Jun 21 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
Baseball Trade
Jun 21 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
- Jun 24 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases