Events in History
Historic Invention
Jun 9 First rocket-powered aircraft design patented by Robert Goddard
- Jun 10 Norway occupies East Greenland
- Jun 14 French "St Philbert" overturns off St Nazaire France, drowns 450
Event of Interest
Jun 14 Reinhard Heydrich's first meeting with Heinrich Himmler
Event of Interest
Jun 23 Wiley Post and Harold Catty take off for a flight around the world
Birthdays in History
Raúl Castro (92 years old)
Jun 3 Cuban revolutionary, politician (First Secretary 2011-21) and brother of Fidel Castro, born in Biran, Holguin, Cuba
- Jun 5 Jacques Demy, French director (Lola, Magic Donkey), born in Pontchâteau, France (d. 1990)
- Jun 5 Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposopist, born in Warsaw (d. 2021)
- Jun 5 John Dellow, British law enforcement officer (Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, 1982-87; Deputy Commissioner, 1987-91), born in London, England
- Jun 7 David Driskell, American artist and champion of African American art, born in Eatonton, Georgia (d. 2020)
- Jun 7 Malcolm Morley, English-American painter, born in London (d. 2018)
- Jun 8 Ivan V. Lalić, Serbian poet, born in Belgrade (d. 1996)
- Jun 8 Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1996)
- Jun 11 Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, Scottish judge, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jun 12 Barbara Hillary, American adventurer, 1st black woman to reach the North Pole, born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Jun 13 Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, born in Washington, D.C.
- Jun 13 Lachlan Macleay, USAF colonel and astronaut, born in Saint Louis, Missouri
- Jun 16 Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, British community activist, born in Jamaica (d. 1996)
- Jun 16 Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2020)
- Jun 17 John Baldessari, American artist, born in National City, California
- Jun 18 Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian politician and sociologist, President of Brazil (1995 - 2002), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jun 20 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor (Oxford University)
- Jun 21 Margaret Heckler, American politician (15th U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1983-85)), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
- Jun 22 Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-98), born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine (d. 2013)
- Jun 22 Teruyuki Okazaki, Japanese karate master (10th degree black belt Shotokan Karate; founder International Shotokan Karate Federation), born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (d. 2020)
- Jun 23 Urs Jaeggi, Swiss sociologist and writer, born in Solothurn, Switzerland
- Jun 24 Leslie Cochran, peace activist and police critic, born in Miami, Florida (d. 2012)
- Jun 25 V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), born in Allahabad, British India (d. 2008)
- Jun 26 Colin Wilson, English author (Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries), born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (d. 2013)
- Jun 27 Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American CEO (Seagrams, Montreal Expos) and philanthropist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jun 30 Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi, born in Antwerp (d. 2005)
- Jun 30 Hans Gruijters, Dutch journalist and politician (Mayor of Lelystad, 1980-96; co-founder of D66 party), born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 2005)
Deaths in History
- Jun 4 Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
- Jun 5 John Lawson Stoddard, American lecturer, photographer, and author, considered the father of travelogue, dies at 81
- Jun 13 Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician (b. 1851)
- Jun 22 Armand Fallières, French president (1906-13), dies at 89
- Jun 29 Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
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