- Jun 1 Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
Edith Wharton's Heart Attack
Jun 1 Edith Wharton suffers a heart attack and collapses at the French country home of Ogden Codman
- Jun 1 Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier
Gibson's Huge Home Run
Jun 3 Josh Gibson hits a home run just 2 feet below the rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
- Jun 5 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
Ford's 32 Hour Week
Jun 5 Henry Ford initiates a 32 hour work week
- Jun 6 Philadelphia Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
- Jun 6 Volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan destroy the town of Rabaul on New Britain island, Papua, New Guinea, killing over 500 people
Very Rare Photo of the Supreme Court
Jun 7 Time magazine publishes the second of the only two known photos taken of the United States Supreme Court in session
The Great Purge
Jun 12 After a one-day show trial, eight Soviet generals are sentenced to death and executed by the NKVD
41st US Men's Open
Jun 12 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins first of his 2 consecutive US titles, 2 strokes ahead of Sam Snead
DiMaggio Hits 3 HRs
Jun 13 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
Nationalists Enter Bilbao
Jun 19 Francisco Franco's Nationalist troops take Bilbao during their victorious Biscay Campaign in the Basques region during the Civil War
- Jun 19 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Beverly CC: Helen Hicks wins the first of her 2 major titles, defeating amateur Bea Barrett 6 & 5 in the final
Robert Johnson Vitagraph Session
Jun 19 Second of two legendary recording sessions by Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson with producer Don Law at the Vitagraph Studios, Dallas, Texas
Louis KOs Braddock
Jun 22 Challenger Joe Louis KOs James J. Braddock in the 8th round at Chicago's Comiskey Park for the world heavyweight boxing title
- Jun 25 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
- Jun 26 Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord's; scores 0 & 1
- Jun 28 Spanish pianist José Iturbi and his sister Amparo have their US debut performance as a piano duo, with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jun 30 The world's first emergency call telephone service is launched in London using the number 999
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