Historical Events
Dostoyevsky Honors Pushkin
Jun 8 Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky delivers an emotional speech at the unveiling of a monument to Pushkin in Moscow
- Jun 10 MLB Boston Red Caps' outfielder Charley Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning, both off of Tom Poorman in a 19-3 win over the visiting Buffalo Bisons
- Jun 12 Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond throws first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fair Grounds, Worcester
- Jun 14 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47
- Jun 17 Providence Grays MLB pitcher John M. Ward throws a perfect game beating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-0; second perfect game in National League in 6 days; next one takes 84 years
- Jun 24 First performance of "O Canada," the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français
- Jun 29 France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
Famous Birthdays
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Jun 11 American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress (R-Montana), women's rights advocate and pacifist, born in Missoula, Montana
- Jun 15 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi), born at Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1960)
- Jun 15 Osami Nagano, Japanese admiral who served as the navy's commander-in-chief in WWII (1941-44), born in Kōchi, Japan (d. 1947)
- Jun 17 Carl Van Vechten, American writer famous for the controversial novel "Nigger Heaven", born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1964)
- Jun 19 Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), born in Laxamýri, Iceland (d. 1919)
- Jun 21 Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician, born in Alma, Wisconsin (d. 1961)
- Jun 21 Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker, born in Hampstead, London (d. 1941)
- Jun 26 Natalia Brassova, Russian noblewoman, wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, born in Perovo, Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1952)
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Jun 27 American political activist, author (The Story of My Life) and lecturer, who was the 1st deaf-blind person to earn a BA, born in Tuscumbia, Alabama
- Jun 29 Harry Frazee, American MLB team owner (Boston Red Sox), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1929)
- Jun 29 Ludwig Beck, German general (July 20th plot), born in Biebrich, Germany (d. 1944)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 4 Eugen Adam, painter, dies
- Jun 5 Jacob Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
- Jun 16 James Southerton, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests; played in first Test match; oldest player to make Test debut at 49; Sussex CCC, Hampshire CCC), dies at 52
- Jun 18 John Augustus Sutter, Swiss-American immigrant (established Sutter's Fort in what is now Sacramento, where gold was first discovered in California), dies at 77
- Jun 28 Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, dies at 33
- Jun 29 George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 71
