Testing Time for Drivers
Jun 1 Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom
- Jun 2 40th Women's French Championships: Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling beats Simonne Mathieu (6-2, 6-1)
Perry French Men's Champion
Jun 2 French Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Jun 3 French liner SS Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of four days, three hours and 14 minutes on her maiden voyage
- Jun 3 One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario
- Jun 8 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6
- Jun 8 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: 25-year-old club pro Sam Parks Jr, with no prior tournament wins, beats Scotsman Jimmy Thomson by 2 strokes
- Jun 9 Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
Please Don’t Drink To My Success
Jun 10 In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr. Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous (date of Smith's last drink)
- Jun 11 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey
- Jun 12 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
Braddock Upsets Baer
Jun 13 10-to-1 underdog James J. Braddock upsets defending champion Max Baer in a 15 round unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC for the world heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 13 Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs v Somerset
- Jun 14 Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
Eden's Offer to Mussolini
Jun 23 UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden offers Benito Mussolini a Somalian harbor
Louis KOs Carnera
Jun 25 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC
- Jun 26 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader
- Jun 26 SDAP & CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam
- Jun 26 Surrey's former England Test cricket batsman Andy Sandham scores his 100th first class century (103) v Hampshire at Basingstoke
- Jun 26 Work service for recent graduates becomes obligatory in Germany
- Jun 27 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
- Jun 28 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
- Jun 28 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
- Jun 29 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Sunset Ridge CC: Opal Hill scores an easy, 9 & 7 win over Mrs. S.L. Reinhart to claim her first of 2 consecutive major titles
- Jun 30 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
- Jun 30 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress
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