Sports History
Jun 3 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 4 French Championships Men's Tennis: Defending champion Tony Trabert beats Sven Davidson of Sweden 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Championships Women's Tennis: Angela Mortimer of England beats American Dorothy Knode 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 for her first Grand Slam singles title
Sports History
Jun 5 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
Baseball History
Jun 8 MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax
- Jun 9 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
Belmont Stakes
Jun 11 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29
- Jun 11 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
- Jun 13 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France
- Jun 15 The International Olympic Committee votes to award Rome the rights to host the 1960 Summer Olympic Games
- Jun 19 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
- Jun 19 Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs, 1-0 in 15 innings; ties longest shutout in club history
US Golf Open
Jun 19 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic CC: Jack Fleck wins an 18-hole playoff by 3 strokes to claim his only major title and deny Ben Hogan a record fifth US Open title
Baseball History
Jun 24 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)
LPGA Western Open
Jun 26 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Maple Bluff CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th WO title by 2 strokes from Louise Suggs and Fay Croker; first WO played at stroke play
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