- Jun 2 Battle of Verdun: German troops launch attack on Fort Vaux with flamethrowers, forcing French defenders inside. The fort changes hand 16 times during the entire Battle of Verdun.
- Jun 2 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
- Jun 3 US National Defense Act establishes Reserve Officers Training Corps
- Jun 4 General Aleksei Brusilov begins a massive Russian offensive on the Eastern Front (WWI)
- Jun 5 The Sherif Hussein proclaims a revolt of the Arabs in the province of Hejaz, an action that undermines the Turkish Empire
- Jun 6 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
Event of Interest
Jun 6 The death of Yuan Shikai, ruler of much of China since 1912, causes the central government to virtually collapse in the face of warlords, including Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Event of Interest
Jun 7 Theodore Roosevelt declines nomination of the Progressive Party and throws his support behind Republican Charles Evans Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
- Jun 8 Battle of Verdun: Germans capture Fort Vaux after several days of intense fighting
- Jun 10 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
- Jun 10 Great Arab Revolt begins against ruling Ottoman turks
- Jun 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1
Presidential Convention
Jun 14 Democratic Convention convenes in St Louis; Woodrow Wilson campaigns on the slogan "he kept out of the war"
Woodrow Wilson
Event of Interest
Jun 15 Boeing Model 1 [B & W Seaplane], the 1st Boeing product, flies for the 1st time
William Boeing
- Jun 16 Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
- Jun 16 Passing of the Military Services Bill introduces conscription in New Zealand
- Jun 17 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
- Jun 17 US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
- Jun 18 Yanks score in every inning but 8th to beat Indians 19-3 in baseball
- Jun 21 Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0
- Jun 21 Mexican troops defeat US expeditionary force under Gen. Pershing
Contract of Interest
Jun 24 Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract
Mary Pickford
- Jun 25 Russian Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
- Jun 26 Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game)
- Jun 30 US Open Men's Golf, Minikahda GC: Amateur Chick Evans leads wire-to-wire to set new Open scoring record and win his only Open title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jock Hutchison
Battle of the Somme
Jun 30 British General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" the day before the Battle of the Somme began
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