Historical Events
- Jun 2 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
Event of Interest
Jun 2 Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission
Alexander Graham Bell
- Jun 4 Pacific Stock Exchange opens
- Jun 5 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens in San Francisco
- Jun 6 Netherlands joins the gold standard
- Jun 7 California Rifle and Pistol Association founded
- Jun 12 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42.25
- Jun 19 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio in San Francisco.
- Jun 19 The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins
- Jun 22 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000
Famous Birthdays
Thomas Mann
Jun 6 Thomas Mann, German novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929), born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1955)
Thomas Mann
- Jun 7 George Simpson-Hayward, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 23 wickets @ 18.26; last great underarm bowler), born in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (d. 1936)
- Jun 9 Henry Dale, English physiologist (Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology 1936), born in London, England (d. 1968)
- Jun 12 Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor, born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (d. 1953)
- Jun 13 Max d'Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), born in Besançon, France (d. 1959)
- Jun 13 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson, US politician, 1st US elected woman governor, Governor of Texas (1925-27, 1933-35), born in Bell County, Texas (d. 1961)
- Jun 15 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian cross-country skier who introduced sport to North America, born in Horten, Norway (d. 1987)
- Jun 17 Philipp Abraham Kohnstamm, Dutch philosopher and physicist, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 1951)
- Jun 20 Othenio Able, Austrian artist, fossil creator and founder of paleobiology, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1946)
- Jun 23 (Sidney Edward) "Eddie" Pola [Pollacsek], American radio and TV producer, and lyricist ("The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"; "I Love The Way You Say Goodnight"), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Jun 23 Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers)
- Jun 26 Camille Zeckwer, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
- Jun 28 Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (Lebesgue integration), born in Beauvais, Oise, France (d. 1941)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 2 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)
Georges Bizet
Jun 3 Georges Bizet, French composer (Carmen), dies of a heart attack at 36
Georges Bizet
