Historical Events
- Jun 3 Comanche, Iowa, completely destroyed by one of a series of tornadoes
- Jun 7 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco
- Jun 9 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
- Jun 12 The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
- Jun 15 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
- Jun 23 US Congress establishes Government Printing Office
Event of Interest
Jun 30 Famous debate on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution held at the Oxford University Museum and dominated by arguments between Thomas Henry Huxley and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce
Charles Darwin
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 6 William Inge, English author, theologist and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, born in Crayke, Yorkshire (d. 1954)
- Jun 8 Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (d. 1940)
- Jun 18 Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
- Jun 20 Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
- Jun 24 Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
- Jun 25 Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise)
- Jun 30 Gyula Andressy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20)