3rd June

Ray Charles, The Drifters, The Heartbeats, The Cadillacs, The Cookies, Ann Cole, Tiny Topsy, Mary Ann Fisher, Solomon Burke and The 5 Crowns play the fifth night of a week of shows at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA.

The baseball referendum Taxpayers Committee for Yes on Baseball, is approved by voters in Los Angeles, California, USA. The vote enables The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team to acquire 352 acres (1.42 km²) of the impoverished Mexican-American community of Chavez Ravine from the City of Los Angeles. This marks the beginning of the destruction of Chavez Ravine to enable the building of what will become Dodger Stadium, the home of the LA Dodgers, after they re-locate from Brooklyn. Ry Cooder's 2005 album Chavez Ravine is inspired by this disgraceful episode in American sporting and social history.

Chuck Berry is fined $30 in St Charles, Missouri, USA, on charges of having an expired driver's licence and of improper registration of his automobile. He is also bailed on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon, with a hearing date on this offence set for early June.

Al Smith records Christopher Columbus, Wabash Blues and Left Field at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Abner Records.