Events Date 1952 June | History by KabAstro

Event of Interest

Jun 1 Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index

French Open Men's Tennis

Jun 1 French Championships Men's Tennis: England based Czech Jaroslav Drobný wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Frank Sedgman of Australia 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4

Ice Hockey and Tennis Star Jaroslav Drobný

French Open Women's Tennis

Jun 1 French Championships Women's Tennis: Doris Hart beats fellow American Shirley Fry 6-4, 6-4 for her 2nd French singles title

Jun 2 650,000 metalworkers go on strike in US
Jun 2 Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette
Jun 3 Romanian communist leader Petru Groza chosen as President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly

Boxing Title Fight

Jun 5 1st sporting event televised nationally - Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title, at Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jersey Joe Walcott

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles

Jun 5 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
Jun 7 "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 performances

Belmont Stakes

Jun 7 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2

Jun 7 Curtis Cup Women's Golf, Muirfield, Scotland: Great Britain & Ireland score first ever win in the contest; beat US, 5-4
Jun 10 Chicago White Sox outfielder Sam Mele is only 6th MLB player to record 6 RBI's in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win over the A's in Philadelphia
Jun 10 US President Harry Truman expresses a desire to nationalize the steel industry

England Cricket’s Class Divide Hit For Six

Jun 11 Opening batsman Len Hutton becomes the 1st professional cricketer to captain England in Tests

WG Grace, bearded, centre, leads the 'Gentlemen' in a match against the 'Players' at Lord's in 1899

Jun 12 2nd Berlin International Film Festival: "One Summer of Happiness" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
Jun 12 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
Jun 13 Soviet fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Dakota DC-3 reconnaissance plane east of Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea, kills entire crew of 8

Spahn Ties Whitney Record

Jun 14 Boston Brave Warren Spahn ties NL record held by Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15 innings

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Warren Spahn

Peters' World Record Marathon

Jun 14 British runner Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)

Jun 14 General strike in Tunisia
Jun 14 Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub USS Nautilus (4th to be named Nautilus)
Jun 14 US Open Men's Golf, Northwood GC: Julius Boros wins 1st of 3 majors by 4 shots from Ed Oliver
Jun 16 Soviet Fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Catalina as it participates in search for missing Dakota DC-3, crew survives
Jun 17 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
Jun 19 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
Jun 19 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0
Jun 21 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Skokie CC: Betsy Rawls defeats Betty Jameson, 1 up in the final
Jun 21 Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Jun 23 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
Jun 25 Dutch General Election: social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
Jun 25 Harold Rome's musical "Wish You Were Here" opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 597 performances
Jun 25 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Big Spring CC: Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final