June 1899 in History

Events in History

Jun 10 Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
Jun 12 New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200
Jun 29 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage

Jun 1 Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
Jun 2 Tan Malaka, Indonesian philosopher and founder (Indonesian Communist), born in Limapuluh Koto, Dutch East Indies (d. 1949)
Jun 3 Georg von Bekesy, physician (Nobel-1961), born in Budapest, Hungary
Jun 4 Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect, born in Alexandria (d. 1989)
Jun 7 Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (The Death of the Heart, Encounters), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1973)

Jun 8 Noel Wien, American aviation pioneer (Wien Air Alaska), born in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin (d. 1977)

Jun 10 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), born in Roquecourbe, France (d. 1984)
Jun 11 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist (Thousand Cranes) and Nobel laureate (1968), born in Osaka (d. 1972)
Jun 16 Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (Doubleday)
Jun 18 James Ralph Darling, English Australian teacher and head of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, born in Tonbridge, England (d. 1995)
Jun 19 George Călinescu, Romanian literature (Enigma Otilei), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1965)
Jun 20 Jean Moulin, French hero of the Résistance during World War II, born in Béziers, France (d. 1943)
Jun 22 Michal Kalecki, Polish economist, born in Łódź, Russian Poland (d. 1970)
Jun 24 Bruce Marshall, Scottish writer (Father Malachy's Miracle), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1987)
Jun 26 Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, 3rd daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, born in Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1918)
Jun 27 Juan Trippe, American airline pioneer and entrepreneur (Pan Am founder), born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1981)
Jun 30 František Tomášek, 34th Archbishop of Prague and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, born in Studénka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1992)

Jun 7 Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at 60
Jun 7 William Stephen Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 77
Jun 13 [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, dies at 54
Jun 30 Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies