On This Day

What Happened in June 1872

Historical Events

  • Jun 1 6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58.25
  • Jun 5 Republican National Convention meets (Philadelphia)
  • Jun 8 US Congress endorses penny post card
  • Jun 14 Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
  • Jun 18 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 6 Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine], last Russian tsarina (1894-1918), born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1918)
  • Jun 20 George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)

Person of interestPaul Laurence Dunbar

Jun 27 Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and novelist (Oak & Ivory), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1906)

Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poet
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Famous Weddings


LoveWedding of Interest

Jun 17 Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (31) weds childhood friend Fanny Bowditch Dixwell

Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Jurist
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Famous Deaths


Person of interestJames Gordon Bennett

Jun 1 James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), dies at 76

Founder of the New York Herald James Gordon Bennett
Founder of the New York Herald
James Gordon Bennett
  • Jun 3 Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53
  • Jun 4 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
  • Jun 4 StanisÅ‚aw Moniuszko, Polish composer, dies at 53
  • Jun 16 Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
  • Jun 28 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, German composer, dies at 66

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