French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 3 50th French Championships Men's Tennis: Jaroslav Drobný representing Egypt beats Eric Sturgess 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 3 50th French Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry beats fellow American Doris Hart 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for her only French singles title
- Jun 4 Pirate's' Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
- Jun 6 1st Berlin International Film Festival opens
- Jun 9 "Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV
- Jun 11 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
- Jun 11 NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off unclaimed items left behind on the trains
- Jun 13 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
- Jun 14 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
Courtin' Time
Jun 14 Jack Lawrence and Don Walker's musical "Courtin' Time", starring Joe E. Brown, with choreography by George Balanchine, opens at National Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances
- Jun 16 83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29
51st US Men's Open
Jun 16 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ben Hogan wins his second consecutive US Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Clayton Heafner.
- Jun 17 "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
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Jun 18 Charles De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
- Jun 18 In South Africa, the Suppression of Communism Act commences
- Jun 20 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double & single vs Red Sox
- Jun 20 Fist major revision of Canada's Indian Act; removes political, cultural and religious restrictions for First Nations Peoples, like the potlatch and sun dance [1]
- Jun 21 "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
Sports History
Jun 21 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Whitemarsh Valley CC: Patty Berg defeats Pat O'Sullivan, 2-up in the final
1st Color TV Broadcast
Jun 25 First color TV broadcast, Arthur Godfrey hosts a musical variety special titled "Premiere" from CBS NYC to a network of 5 East Coast cities
- Jun 28 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
Television Finale
Jun 30 "Victor Borge Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 30 NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination
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