Historical Events
W. G. Grace's Final Test
Jun 1 English cricket icon W. G. Grace starts 22nd and final Test against Australia at Nottingham; Test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper
- Jun 2 Black Americans observed day of fasting in protest against lynchings
- Jun 3 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
39th British Open
Jun 8 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey retains Open; wins 3rd title by 5 strokes from Jack White
Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons
Jun 9 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
Trumper's 1st Test Century
Jun 16 Australian cricketer Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England at Lord's
Bingley-Hillyard Wimbledon Champion
Jun 27 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Charlotte Cooper 6-2, 6-3
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
- Jun 1 Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (New Years Eve in NY), born in New York City (d. 1990)
- Jun 2 Eric Jan Hanussen [Hermann Steinschneider], Austrian astrologist, clairvoyant, illusionist, and speaking tutor to Hitler, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1933)
- Jun 2 Royal Beal, American actor (Death of a Salesman), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1969)
- Jun 2 Tan Malaka, Indonesian philosopher and founder (Indonesian Communist), born in Limapuluh Koto, Dutch East Indies (d. 1949)
- Jun 3 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physioloy or Medicine 1961 for work on the inner ear), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1972)
- Jun 4 (James) Stringer Davis, British stage and screen character actor (Murder Most Foul), and veteran of both World Wars, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (d. 1973)
- Jun 4 Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (New Gourna Village), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1989)
- Jun 4 Leo Spies, Russian-born German composer, born in Moscow (d. 1965)
- Jun 4 Robert Agnew, American silent movie director, born in Dayton, Kentucky (d. 1983)
- Jun 7 Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (The Death of the Heart, Encounters), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1973)
- Jun 7 John Hawkes, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles, doubles, mixed doubles 1926), born in Geelong, Victoria (d. 1990)
Noel Wien (1899-1977)
Jun 8 American aviation pioneer (Wien Air Alaska), born in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
- Jun 10 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), born in Roquecourbe, France (d. 1984)
- Jun 11 George Frederick McKay, American composer, born in Harrington, Washington (d. 1970)
- Jun 11 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist (Thousand Cranes) and Nobel laureate (1968), born in Osaka (d. 1972)
- Jun 12 Anni Albers, German-American textile artist and printmaker (1st textile artist to exhibit solo at MOMA), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1994)
- Jun 13 Carlos Chávez, Mexican conductor and composer (Sinfonía india), born in Mexico City (d. 1978)
- Jun 13 Larry Keating, American radio announcer and quiz master, and actor (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, 1953-58 - "Harry"; Mr. Ed - "Roger"), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1963)
- Jun 16 Helen Traubel, American soprano, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
- Jun 16 Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (Doubleday), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1949)
- Jun 18 James Ralph Darling, English Australian teacher and head of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, born in Tonbridge, England (d. 1995)
- Jun 18 John Warburton, British actor (Saratoga Trunk, King Rat, Cavalcade), born in Maghull, Liverpool, England (d. 1981)
- Jun 19 (Francis Drake) "Pat" Ballard, American songwriter ("Mr. Sandman", "Love Is Mine"), lyricist, script writer, and columnist, born in Troy, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
- Jun 19 George Călinescu [Gheorghe Vișan], Romanian poet, novelist (Lauda lucrurilor (In Praise of Things); Enigma Otiliei (Otilia's Riddle)), and literary critic and historian, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1965)
- Jun 20 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist and composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1965)
- Jun 20 Jean Moulin, French hero of the Résistance during World War II, born in Béziers, France (d. 1943)
- Jun 21 Pavel Haas, Czech Jewish composer killed during the Holocaust, born in Brno, Czech Republic (d. 1944)
- Jun 22 Dorothy Devore, American actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1976)
- Jun 22 Michal Kalecki, Polish economist, born in Łódź, Russian Poland (d. 1970)
- Jun 22 Richard Gurley Drew, American inventor (created masking tape and cellophane at 3M), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1980)
- Jun 23 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, Russian composer, born in Balta, Ukraine (d. 1958)
- Jun 24 Bruce Marshall, Scottish writer (Father Malachy's Miracle), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1987)
- Jun 25 Arthur Tracy [Avrom Tracovutsky], Ukrainian-American radio personality, vocalist, and accordion player (The Street Singer), born in Kamenetz-Podolsky, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1997)
- Jun 26 Maria Nikolaevna, 3rd daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, born in Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1918)
- Jun 27 Juan Trippe, American airline pioneer and entrepreneur (Pan Am founder), born in Sea Bright, New Jersey (d. 1981)
- Jun 29 Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
- Jun 30 František Tomášek, 34th Archbishop of Prague and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, born in Studénka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1992)
- Jun 30 Madge Bellamy [Margaret Derden Philpott], American actress (White Zombie, The Iron Horse), born in Hillsboro, Texas (d. 1990)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 3 Johann Baptist Strauss Jr., Austrian composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
- Jun 7 Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at 60
- Jun 7 William Stephen Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 77
- Jun 10 Ernest Chausson, French Romantic composer (Poème; Solitude dance le bois), dies in a bicycling accident at 44
- Jun 13 [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, dies at 54
- Jun 30 Jon Helgason, Icelandic poet (Ur Landsudri), dies