What Happened in June 1908

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jun 9 King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia

King of England Edward VII — King of England
Edward VII

Jun 10 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens
Jun 10 The Australian Parliament passes the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects (excluding aborigines) at age 65
Jun 12 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)

Boxing Title Fight

Jun 13 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Burns — Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion
Tommy Burns

Jun 14 Fourth German Navy Bill is passed authorising the financing of the building of another four major warships
Jun 15 World congress for Women's rights opens in Amsterdam

Republican Party

Jun 16 The Republican Party convenes in Chicago where President Theodore Roosevelt picks William Howard Taft as his successor

27th US President William Howard Taft — 27th US President
William Howard Taft

26th US President Theodore Roosevelt — 26th US President
Theodore Roosevelt

Jun 18 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
Jun 19 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman James Braid wins his 4th Championship by 8 strokes from Tom Ball
Jun 23 The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro's government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899
Jun 23 Shah Mohammed Ali leads a successful counter-revolution in Persia, aided by the Russian legation and a Cossack brigade
Jun 27 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Maud Barger-Wallach beats defending champion Evelyn Sears 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 for her lone major title

Event of Interest

Jun 30 At 41 years, 3 months future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young becomes oldest player to record a third career no-hitter as Boston Red Sox beat NY Highlanders, 8-0

MLB Pitcher Cy Young — MLB Pitcher
Cy Young

Tunguska Fireball

Jun 30 A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest impact event in recorded history

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*Downed Trees as a result of the Tunguska explosion in Russia in 1908*

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Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jun 30 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper Sterry wins her 5th and final Wimbledon title with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Agnes Morton

Tennis Champion Charlotte Cooper — Tennis Champion
Charlotte Cooper

Jun 30 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur Gore takes his 2nd of 3 Wimbledon titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Percy Edwards, English entertainer (known for his animal impressions), born in Suffolk, England (d.1996)
Jun 2 Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
Jun 3 Adele Dixon, American actress (Calling the Tune), born in London, England (d. 1992)
Jun 4 Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Hitler's reputed lover and half-niece, born in Linz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1931)
Jun 4 Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian, born in Zevekote, Belgium (d. 1988)
Jun 4 Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury, British peer and scientist (d. 2000)
Jun 5 Jack Jacob, British senior master (British Supreme Court), born in Shanghai (d. 2000)
Jun 10 Brinsley Ford, British art historian and CEO (National Art Collections Fund), born in Petworth, Sussex, England (d. 1999)
Jun 11 Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, Anglican pastor and bishop, born in Cley next the Sea, Suffolk, England (d. 1994)
Jun 12 Max Tailleur, Dutch adjudant to Prince Bernhard and Jewish humorist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1990)
Jun 12 Ronald Selby Wright, Scottish Church of Scotland minister, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
Jun 12 Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian television pioneer and president of the CBC, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1988)
Jun 12 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 2010)
Jun 13 Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1992)
Jun 14 John Scott Trotter, American orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), born in Charlotte, North Carolina (d. 1975)

Sam Giancana

Jun 15 Sam Giancana, American mafioso, born in Chicago, Illinois

Jun 17 Frank Sully, American actor (Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief, Inside the Law), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)
Jun 17 Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer
Jun 17 John Verrall, American composer, born in Britt, Iowa (d. 2001)
Jun 17 Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Colonel and military President of Guatemala (1963-66), born in Guatemala City (d. 1997)
Jun 18 Bud Collyer, American TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), born in NYC, New York
Jun 18 Nedra Volz, American actress, born in Montrose, Iowa (d. 2003)
Jun 18 Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
Jun 19 Ernst B. Chain, German-British chemist and bacteriologist (penicillin, Nobel 1945), born in Berlin (d. 1979)
Jun 19 Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91)
Jun 20 Billy Werber, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), born in Berwyn Heights, Maryland (d. 2009)
Jun 21 William Frankena, American philosopher, born in Manhattan, Montana (d. 1994)
Jun 22 George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher (d. 1997)
Jun 23 Paulus Akkerman [Paul fen Nijenborn], Frisian writer (Each om Each), born in Oldeboorn (d. 1982)
Jun 24 Hugo Distler, German organist, choral conductor and composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1942)
Jun 24 Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer, born in Champakulam, Kuttanad (now Kerala), British India (d. 1987)
Jun 24 Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
Jun 25 Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2000)
Jun 27 Hans de Jong, musician and conductor (De Damrakkertjes) (d. 1994)
Jun 27 David Davis, British radio broadcaster (BBC Children's Hour), born in Malvern, Worcestershire, England (d. 1996)
Jun 27 João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), born in Cordisburgo, Brazil (d. 1967)
Jun 28 James L. Reinsch, American broadcasting executive and presidential media adviser (Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy) who also advised Winston Churchill on his 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech, born in Streator, Illinois (d. 1991)
Jun 29 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe), born in Borgerhout, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1982)
Jun 29 Rene Gerber, Swiss composer, born in Travers (d. 2006)
Jun 29 Leroy Anderson, American composer (Syncopated Clock), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1975)
Jun 30 Charles Camproux, French linguistic and author (Bestiari), born in Marseilles, France (d. 1994)
Jun 30 Lucino Tinio Sacramento, Filipino composer, born in Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (d. 1984)
Jun 30 Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, born in Hucknall, England (d. 1995)
Jun 30 Winston Graham, British writer (Poldark novels), born in Manchester (d. 2003)

Famous Weddings

Wedding of Interest

Jun 3 NHL goaltender Georges Vezina (21) weds Marie Adelaide Stella Morin in Chicoutimi, Canada

NHL Goalie Georges Vezina — NHL Goalie
Georges Vezina

Wedding of Interest

Jun 9 Poet Joyce Kilmer (21) weds author Aline Murray (19)

Famous Deaths

Jun 2 Redvers Buller, English general and recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies at 68
Jun 5 Luca Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 71
Jun 8 Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
Jun 9 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46
Jun 11 Georg Adler, Polish state economist, dies at 45
Jun 14 Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)
Jun 14 "Blind" Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, dies at 59
Jun 21 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 (OS 8 Jun)