Events Date 1930 June | History by KabAstro

Bradman Cracks 191

Jun 1 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman cracks 191 in tour match v Hampshire at Southampton; Bradman smashes 26 fours in 240 minutes

Cochet Wins French Championship

Jun 1 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins 3rd of 4 French titles; beats American Bill Tilden 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1

Moody Wins French Championship

Jun 1 French Championships Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody wins her 3rd straight French title; beats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-1

Jun 2 Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
Jun 3 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies

62nd Belmont

Jun 7 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6

Mobsters Murder Tribune Reporter

Jun 9 Chicago Tribune reporter and closet racketeer Jake Lingle is shot at close range and killed at the Illinois Central train station, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone; mobster Leo Brothers was convicted of the murder [1]

Nurmi Runs World Record

Jun 9 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi

Jun 10 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms

Schmeling vs Sharkey

Jun 12 German boxer Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey by disqualification in 4 rounds in NYC for vacant NBA, NYSAC, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles; first time title won on a foul

Jun 13 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece
Jun 14 VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht
Jun 16 Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR
Jun 17 Continuing a rich vein of form Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 131 in 1st Test v England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Jun 18 Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute science museum held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

65th British Men's Open

Jun 20 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Bobby Jones wins his 3rd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith on his way to the single-season Grand Slam

Golfer and Two-Time PGA Champion Leo Diegel

Gehrig's 3 Home Runs

Jun 22 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig smashes 3 HRs in 20-13 win over Philadelphia A's at Shibe Park

Jun 24 First detection of an airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Jun 24 Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium, home of MLB Indians, 1932 to 1993, and NFL Browns, 1946-95
Jun 28 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
Jun 30 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady, NY
Jun 30 Australian cricket maestro Don Bradman sets up a 7 wicket victory with a patient 254 in 2nd Test v England at Lord's; 'The Don' hits 25 fours off 376 balls