Events in History
Event of Interest
Jun 3 Paul von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament
Paul von Hindenburg
- Jun 4 Edouard Herriot becomes Premier of France
- Jun 4 Chilean coup led by Colonel Marmaduke Grove against President Juan Esteban Montero
- Jun 6 US Federal gas tax enacted
- Jun 6 The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold
- Jun 10 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Jun 13 Great Britain and France sign peace treaty
- Jun 14 German government of von Papen forms
- Jun 16 Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights
Presidential Convention
Jun 16 US President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis renominated by Republican Convention
Herbert Hoover
- Jun 17 Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
- Jun 17 Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits
- Jun 19 1st concert given in San Francisco's Stern Grove
- Jun 19 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China
- Jun 20 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
- Jun 22 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act" making kidnapping a federal offense (amended 1934)
- Jun 22 NL finally approves players wearing numbers
- Jun 24 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
- Jun 29 USSR & China sign non-aggression treaty
Birthdays in History
- Jun 1 Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer (Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan)
- Jun 2 Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
- Jun 4 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer
- Jun 5 Christy Brown, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Jun 6 David R Scott, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Jun 6 Ivan Chermayeff, British-born American graphic designer, born in London, England (d. 2017)
- Jun 8 Lady Littler, CEO (Gaming Board for Great Britain)
- Jun 9 Douglas Smith, CEO (Acas)
- Jun 10 J Bennett Johnston, (Sen-D-LA, 1972- )
- Jun 11 Athol Fugard, Middleburg South Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot)
- Jun 11 Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state
- Jun 12 Rona Jaffe, novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
- Jun 14 Joe Arpaio, American former sheriff of Maricopa County (1993-2016), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Jun 15 Einar K Enevoldson, American Nasa test pilot (X-24B)
- Jun 15 Mario Cuomo, American (Gov-D-NY, 1983-95), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 16 Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)
- Jun 17 John P Murtha, (Rep-D-PA, 1974- )
- Jun 18 Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Jun 18 Geoffrey Hill, English poet, born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (d. 2016)
- Jun 20 Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet poet, born in Kosikhinsky District, Russia (d. 1994)
- Jun 21 Bernard Ingham, British journalist and press secretary for Margaret Thatcher, born in Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
- Jun 24 David McTaggart, co-founder (Greenpeace)
- Jun 25 Peter Blake, British artist
- Jun 27 Joachim Wohlgemuth, writer
Deaths in History
- Jun 12 René de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies
- Jun 12 Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer/Dutch sec of state (1866..88), dies at 79
- Jun 14 Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer
- Jun 16 Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies
- Jun 16 Frederik Willem van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden), dies at 72
- Jun 19 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies