Meeting of Interest
Jun 3 American President JFK & Soviet Premier Khrushchev meet in Vienna
Sports History
Jun 4 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Belle Meade CC: Mary Lena Faulk wins by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls
Summit of Interest
Jun 4 US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria
Baseball Record
Jun 8 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
Baseball Record
Jun 11 Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
- Jun 12 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
- Jun 13 Billy Barnes' musical revue "Billy Barnes People", starting Ken Berry, Dave Ketchum, and Jo Anne Worley, opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances
- Jun 14 106°F, hottest temperature in San Francisco
- Jun 15 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
- Jun 16 Dave Garroway is fired as host of NBC's "Today Show"
- Jun 16 Reconnaissance satellite Discoverer 25 launched from the US
- Jun 16 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France
- Jun 17 Billy Barnes' musical revue "Billy Barnes People", starting Ken Berry, Dave Ketchum, and Jo Anne Worley, closes at Royale Theater, NYC, after 7 performances
US Golf Open
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Gene Littler wins his sole major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Goalby and Doug Sanders
Sports History
Jun 19 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer
- Jun 19 Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom
- Jun 19 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
- Jun 19 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
- Jun 22 Beatles record "Ain't She Sweet", "Cry for a Shadow", "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Why", "Nobody's Child" & "My Bonnie", in Hamburg, Germany
Baseball Record
Jun 22 MLB Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive games played streak
- Jun 22 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo
My Bonnie
Jun 22 Tony Sheridan & the Beatles record "My Bonnie" & "The Saints", produced by Bert Kaempfert, in Hamburg, Germany
- Jun 23 11th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Night" wins the Golden Bear
- Jun 23 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
- Jun 23 Philadelphia Phillies overcome 9 run deficit; trailing 11-2 after 7 innings, score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th to beat Pirates, 12-11 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
- Jun 23 The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force
- Jun 23 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to an altitude of 32,830 m
- Jun 24 Jacques Offenbach and Yip Harburg's musical "The Happiest Girl in the World", starring Cyril Ritchard and Justine Rule, closes at Martin Beck NYC after 97 performances
- Jun 24 Tony Sheridan, backed by the Beatles, records "If You Love Me Baby" (aka "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby") in Hamburg, Germany
- Jun 25 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
- Jun 25 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
- Jun 25 Iraq Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim demands dominion over Kuwait and the end of the British protectorate
- Jun 27 Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa
- Jun 28 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
- Jun 29 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
Baseball Record
Jun 29 MLB San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays becomes the 4th player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia
- Jun 29 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference in protest of the racial policies of the South African government
- Jun 30 Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ
- Jun 30 NASA Explorer Micrometeoroid research mission fails to reach Earth orbit
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