Historical Events
38th British Open
Jun 9 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
- Jun 9 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to the United Kingdom for 99 years
- Jun 9 Second Convention of Peking leases the "New Territories" of Hong Kong to United Kingdom for 99 years rent-free, expiring on 30 June 1997
Marines Land in Cuba
Jun 10 US Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
- Jun 11 1st US Marines (600) land at Guantanamo, Cuba during the Spanish–American War
- Jun 11 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms riding Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75
- Jun 11 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
Filipino Proclamation of Independence
Jun 12 Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain
- Jun 13 Yukon Territory of Canada established, Dawson chosen as capital
- Jun 14 Niger Convention signed in Paris by France and Great Britain agreeing to the partition of West Africa
- Jun 15 US House of Representatives passes resolution to annex Hawaii
- Jun 15 US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo, Cuba
- Jun 16 China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
- Jun 17 The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established
- Jun 18 Steel Pier, 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey [1]
- Jun 18 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Defending champion Juliette Atkinson beats Marion Jones 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 for her third US singles title
- Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt Club: Scotsman Fred Herd easily wins by 7 strokes from countryman Alex Smith; first 72-hole US Open
- Jun 21 US captures Guam from Spain during the Spanish–American War
- Jun 23 Emilio Aguinaldo issues a decree replacing his dictatorial government with a revolutionary government, with himself as President
- Jun 24 American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba
Around The World Alone In A Fishing Boat
Jun 27 Canadian-American adventurer Joshua Slocum arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, completing the 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
Doherty Wimbledon Champion
Jun 27 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Defending champion R.F. Doherty beats younger brother Laurence Doherty 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
Cooper Wimbledon Champion
Jun 27 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Charlotte Cooper beats Louisa Martin 6-4, 6-4 for her 3rd Wimbledon singles championship
- Jun 30 Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline “dispense with a horse.”
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Curtis Stevens, American bobsledder (Olympic gold 2-man [with brother Hubert] 1932), born in Lake Placid, New York (d. 1979)
- Jun 1 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), born in New York City (d. 1975)
- Jun 1 Lieb Glantz, Ukrainian-born tenor, composer and Zionist, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1964)
- Jun 3 Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1994)
- Jun 5 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet and dramatist (Blood Wedding), born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalucía, Spain (d. 1936)
- Jun 5 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian luxury shoe designer (Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.), born in Bonito, Italy (d. 1960)
- Jun 6 Ninette de Valois [Edris Stannus], British ballerina (Royal Ballet), born in Blessington, Ireland (d. 2001)
- Jun 6 Walter Abel, American actor (Fury, Suspicion, Dream Girl), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1987)
- Jun 9 Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E. Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt), born in Prato, Italy (d. 1957)
- Jun 9 Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
- Jun 15 Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, English organist and composer, born in Peterborough, England (d. 1994)
- Jun 17 Carl Hermann, German physicist, born in Wesermünde, Germany (d. 1961)
- Jun 17 M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist and lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 1972)
- Jun 18 Carleton Hobbs, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), born in Farnborough, England (d. 1978)
- Jun 19 James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1968)
- Jun 19 Paul Muller-Zurich, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1993)
- Jun 21 Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer, born in Chicago (d. 1964)
Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970)
Jun 22 German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front), born in Osnabrück, Germany
- Jun 25 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American painter and poet, born in Albany, New York (d. 1963)
- Jun 26 Chesty Puller, US Marine Corps lieutenant general and the most decorated Marine in history, born in West Point, Virginia (d. 1971)
- Jun 26 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1978)
- Jun 27 Ajla Rachmanova, Russian-Austrian author (Students), born in Kasli, Russia (d. 1991)
- Jun 27 Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor who settled Paris, France, born in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1954)
- Jun 30 George Chandler, American actor (Fury, Lassie, The Fatal Glass of Beer), born in Waukegan, Illinois (d. 1985)
Famous Weddings
Owen D. Young
Jun 13 US diplomat Owen D. Young weds Josephine Sheldon Edmonds in Southbridge, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
- Jun 3 Nikolai Afanisev, Russian violinist and composer, dies at 77
- Jun 3 Samuel Plimsoll, English politician and social reformer (invented Plimsoll line for ships), dies at 74
- Jun 6 Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
- Jun 10 Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language
- Jun 13 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer and politician, dies at 57
- Jun 17 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, dies at 64
- Jun 18 George Ulyett, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; 949 runs, 50 wickets), dies from pneumonia at 46
- Jun 22 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austrian botanist, dies at 66
- Jun 25 Ferdinand J. Cohn, German botanist and publicist, dies at 70
