Historical Events
Gauguin Arrives in Papeete
Jun 9 French painter Paul Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
PM John Abbott
Jun 16 John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 Ernst Kunz, Swiss composer, born in Bern< Switzerland (d. 1980)
- Jun 2 Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
- Jun 3 Mary Browne, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1912-14), born in Ventura County, California (d. 1971)
- Jun 4 Erno Rapee, American conductor and composer (Radio City Music Hall), born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1945)
- Jun 6 István Kardos, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 1975)
- Jun 7 Athos Palma, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1951)
- Jun 7 Koos [Jacobus Jan] Vorrink, Dutch politician and socialist (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), born in Vlaardingen, Zuid, Holland, Netherlands (d. 1955)
Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Jun 9 American composer and lyricist ("Anything Goes"; "Night And Day"; "I've Got You Under My Skin"), born in Peru, Indiana
- Jun 10 Al Dubin, Swiss-American lyricist ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"; "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me"), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1945)
- Jun 13 Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1965)
- Jun 14 Joseph Forte, British-American actor (Reefer Madness; Life With Luigi), born in London, England (d. 1967)
- Jun 18 Annie "Mae" Busch, Australian actress (Foolish Wives), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1946)
- Jun 18 Con Conrad [Dober], American songwriter ("Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me"; "The Continental"), and theatrical producer, born in New York City (d. 1938)
- Jun 18 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian and philosopher, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1980)
- Jun 20 John A. Costello, 3rd Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, born in Dublin (d. 1976)
- Jun 21 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 1922-50), and music theorist (Lehrbuch des Dirigierens -Treatise on Conducting), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1966)
- Jun 21 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect (Nuove Struttura), born in Sondrio, Italy (d. 1979)
- Jun 22 Franz de Backer, Belgian writer (White Enemy; Ruben's Daughter), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1961)
- Jun 22 Harry Seymour, American actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot), born in New York City (d. 1967)
- Jun 23 Vladislav Vančura, Czech writer (Rozmarné léto), born in Háj ve Slezsku, Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)
- Jun 24 Irving Pichel, American actor and director ("Madame Butterfly"; "Oliver Twist"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
- Jun 26 Heinrich Lemacher, German composer, born in Solingen, Dusseldorf, Germany (d. 1966)
- Jun 26 Sidney Coe Howard, American dramatist (Swords, Pulitzer 1925), born in Oakland, California (d. 1939)
- Jun 28 Carl Panzram, American serial killer and rapist, born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota (d. 1930)
- Jun 28 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
- Jun 28 Esther Forbes, American novelist (Johnny Tremain), born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- Jun 30 Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler, born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin (d. 1966)
- Jun 30 Man Mountain Dean [Frank Simmons Leavitt], American professional wrestler, born in New York City (d. 1953)
Famous Deaths
John A. Macdonald (1815-1891)
Jun 6 Canadian politician and businessman (1st Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73, 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
- Jun 14 Nicolò Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, dies at 77
- Jun 23 Francis Henry Brown, American teacher and composer (popular pre civil war composer), dies at 73
- Jun 23 George Parr, English cricket batsman (captain first England touring team [North America 1859], second tour [Australia & NZ 1864]), dies at 65
- Jun 23 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist, dies at 86
- Jun 24 Ann Mounsey, English organist and composer, dies at 80
- Jun 28 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63
