Historical Events
- Jun 12 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: J.H. Taylor wins first Open played outside Scotland; beats Douglas Rolland by 5 strokes
- Jun 15 Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8
- Jun 16 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Helen Hellwig beats defending champion Aline Terry 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
- Jun 18 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
- Jun 19 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56.5
- Jun 20 French bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin discovers bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague in Hong Kong (Yersinia pestis named in his honor)
- Jun 21 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company
- Jun 23 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
- Jun 24 Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated in Lyon by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio
- Jun 25 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
Kruger Meets Over Uitlanders
Jun 25 Boer leader Paul Kruger meets British High Commissioner, Sir Henry Loch, on Pretoria station in South Africa and accompanies him to his hotel to discuss the grievances of the Uitlanders (Foreigners)
- Jun 27 American Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] sets out from Boston to become first woman to bicycle around the world (completes journey September 1895)
- Jun 28 Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees
- Jun 28 The Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill, South Africa
- Jun 30 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
- Jun 30 London's Tower Bridge opens across the Thames
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Frank D. Smith, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame administrator (Beaches/Greater Toronto Hockey League), born in Chatham, Ontario (d. 1964)
- Jun 5 Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1976)
- Jun 6 Sabin Drăgoi, Romanian composer, born in Seliște, Romania (d. 1968)
- Jun 6 Violet Trefusis, English writer and socialite who had a famous affair with writer Vita Sackville-West, born in London England (d. 1972)
- Jun 8 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech-Russian composer and pianist (Ogelala) who died in a German concentration camp, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1942) [1]
- Jun 10 Pavel Bořkovec, Czech composer (Suite for Piano), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1972)
- Jun 11 Dai Vernon [David Frederick Wingfield Verner], Canadian magician, The Professor (d. 1992)
- Jun 11 Kiichirō Toyoda, Japanese businessman and automobile maker (Toyota Motor Corporation), born in Yoshitsumura Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, Japan (d. 1952)
- Jun 13 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter, born in Courbevoie, France (d. 1986)
- Jun 13 Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist and social activist known for his work related to autism, born in Klekotów, Austria-Hungary (d. 1981)
- Jun 13 Mark van Doren, American poet and author (Happy Critic, Transients), born in Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois (d. 1972)
- Jun 13 Watson Washburn, American tennis player (runner-up Wimbledon doubles 1924, US Nationals 1921, 23; founder International Tennis Hall of Fame), born in New York City (d. 1973)
- Jun 14 Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, born in Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg (d. 1924)
- Jun 15 Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
- Jun 15 Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and arranger (Oklahoma!), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 1981)
- Jun 16 Norman Kerry, American actor (Phantom of the Opera), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1956)
- Jun 20 George Delacorte, American philanthropist and publisher (Dell Books), born in New York City (d. 1991)
- Jun 20 Lloyd Hall, African-American chemist and pioneer in food chemistry (science of food preservation), born in Elgin, Illinois (d. 1971)
- Jun 21 Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
- Jun 23 Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1956)
Edward VIII (1894-1972)
Jun 23 King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India (Jan 20th, 1936 until his abdication on Dec 11th, 1936), born in Richmond, England
George Weiss (1894-1972)
Jun 23 American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (NY Yankees GM 1947-60, 7 x World Series; NY Mets President 1961-66), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jun 25 Hermann Oberth, German physicist (founded modern astronautics), born in Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
- Jun 26 Bill Wirges, American orchestra leader (Growing Paynes), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1971)
- Jun 28 Lois Wilson, American silent and sound screen actress (Miss Lulu Bett; The Great Gatsby; The Covered Wagon: Bright Eyes), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
Famous Weddings
James Naismith
Jun 20 Basketball inventor James Naismith (32) weds Maude Evelyn Sherman (23) in Springfield, Massachusetts
Harry Houdini
Jun 22 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner
Famous Deaths
- Jun 3 Karl Eduard Zachariae, German expert on Byzantine Law (b. 1812)
- Jun 5 Immanuel Faisst, German composer, dies at 70
- Jun 22 Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
- Jun 24 Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (1887-94), assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio at 56
