Events in History
Event of Interest
Jun 6 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London

George Williams
Historic Invention
Jun 15 Charles Goodyear patents the vulcanization of rubber

Charles Goodyear
- Jun 22 Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University
Birthdays in History
- Jun 1 Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1916)
- Jun 1 John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
- Jun 3 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet
- Jun 3 Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)
- Jun 6 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)
- Jun 10 Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914)
- Jun 10 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)
- Jun 14 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist
- Jun 21 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)
Deaths in History
Joseph Smith Jr
Jun 27 Joseph Smith Jr, American founder of the Mormon Church, shot by a mob at 38

Joseph Smith Jr