Events in History
- Jun 1 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
Event of Interest
Jun 10 Andrew Jackson's African Grey parrot "Poll" is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: "Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house”
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- Jun 12 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
Birthdays in History
- Jun 9 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
- Jun 17 Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
- Jun 18 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922)
- Jun 22 Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
- Jun 22 Richard Seddon, longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893-1906), born in Eccleston, England (d. 1906)
Deaths in History
Andrew Jackson
Jun 8 Andrew Jackson, American soldier and statesman (D) seventh US President (1828-37), dies at 78
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- Jun 15 Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal and diplomat, dies at 60