Historical Events
- Jun 1 Dutch soccer club Stormvogels forms in Ijmuiden; merges with VSV to form Telstar in 1963
- Jun 4 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses
- Jun 4 State of Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
- Jun 5 US marines invade Caimanera, Cuba
Eruption of Novarupta
Jun 6 The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century
- Jun 7 St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"
- Jun 7 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
- Jun 8 Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- Jun 13 NY Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game
- Jun 15 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne beats Eleonora Sears 6-4, 6-2 for her first of 3 straight US singles titles
Republican Party Split
Jun 18 The Chicago national Republican Convention splits between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt; after Taft is nominated, Roosevelt and progressive elements of the Party form the Progressive Party (also known as the 'Bull Moose Party')
52nd British Men's Open
Jun 25 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon
Mahler's 9th Symphony
Jun 26 Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna, Austria with Bruno Walter conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 3 Richard D'Aeth, British educationist (Hughes Hall Cambridge), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2008)
- Jun 3 William Douglas-Home, British playwright (Now .. Barabbas), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1992)
- Jun 4 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1993)
- Jun 5 Dean Amadon, American ornithologist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2003)
- Jun 5 Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), born in Old Hill, Staffordshire, England (d. 1981)
- Jun 5 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 1964, 68), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1992)
- Jun 6 María Montez [Vidal], Dominican actress known as The Queen of Technicolor (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights), born in Barahona, Dominican Republic (d. 1951)
- Jun 8 Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist, born in New York City (d. 1987)
- Jun 8 Henry Brandon [Heinrich von Kleinbach], German-American character actor (The Searchers; Assault on Precinct 13; Drums of Fu Manchu), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1990)
- Jun 8 Ian Morrow, British company director, best known for saving Rolls Royce (d. 2006)
- Jun 9 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), born in Cardiganshire (d. 2007)
- Jun 9 Ingolf Dahl [Marcus], German-American pianist and composer (Allegro and Arioso), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1970)
- Jun 10 Jean Lesage, Canadian politician (19th Premier of Quebec, 1960-66), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1980)
- Jun 10 William Gordon Harris, British civil engineer, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2005)
- Jun 11 Mary Lavin, Irish author (Tales from Bective Bridge), born in East Walpole, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- Jun 11 Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (d. 1975)
- Jun 11 William Baziotes, American painter (abstract expressionist), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
- Jun 12 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), born in Chico, California (d. 1981)
- Jun 13 Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (Regards et jeux dans l'espace), born in Sainte-Catherine de Fossanbault, Canada (d. 1943)
- Jun 14 E. Cuyler Hammond, American epidemiologist (first to link smoking with lung cancer), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986)
- Jun 15 Alix Combelle, French swing saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader (Quintette du Hot Club de France), born in Paris, France (d. 1978)
Enoch Powell (1912-1998)
Jun 16 British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member infamous for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, born in Birmingham, England
- Jun 16 John Peel, British politician (C), (d. 2004)
- Jun 17 Don Gillis, American composer (Symphony 5½ - A Symphony for Fun), born in Cameron, Missouri (d. 1978)
- Jun 17 Wessel Couzijn, Dutch sculptor and cartoonist (Auschwitz-monument), born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
- Jun 18 Glenn Morris, American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon 1936) and actor (Tarzan's Revenge; Hold That Co-ed), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1974)
- Jun 19 (Albert) "Bertie" King, Jamaican jazz and mento clarinetist, saxophone player, arranger, and bandleader (Casa Blanca Orchestra; Jamaican Broadcasting Orchestra), born in Panama (d. 1981)
- Jun 19 Don Gutteridge, American MLB baseball infielder,1938-48 (St. Louis Cardinals; St. Louis Browns, and 2 other teams), and manager, 1969-70 (Chicago White Sox), born in Pittsburg, Kansas (d. 2008)
- Jun 19 Jerry Jerome, American jazz and big band tenor saxophonist (Words & Music), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
- Jun 19 Martin Gabel, American stage, radio and screen character actor (The Thief; Marnie; Lady In Cement), and television panelist (What's My Line?), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
- Jun 19 Virginia MacWatters, American broadway and operatic soprano, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
- Jun 20 Anthony Buckeridge, English author (Jennings), born in London (d. 2004)
- Jun 21 Mary McCarthy, American novelist (Group), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1989)
- Jun 22 Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
- Jun 22 Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1945)
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
Jun 23 British mathematician and computer scientist pioneer (Turing Machine), born in London
- Jun 23 Maurice Dallimore, British actor (The Collector, Me and My Girl), born in Essex, London, England (d. 1973)
- Jun 24 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur), born in Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (d. 1994)
- Jun 24 Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist, born in West Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1990)
- Jun 24 Selwyn Powell, British magazine editor (The Geographical Magazine; Night & Day), born in England (d. 1994)
- Jun 25 Virginia Lacy Jones, American librarian and presidential advisor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1984)
- Jun 25 William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (1970-74), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Jun 27 Audrey Christie, American actress (Splendor in the Grass, Fair Exchange), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
- Jun 28 Audrey Langford, English singing teacher, born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (d. 1994)
- Jun 28 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor, composer, educator (Munich Philharmonic 1979-1996), born in Roman, Moldavia, Romania (d. 1996)
- Jun 29 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist, born in Madiran, Gers, France (d. 2004)
- Jun 29 Joan Davis, American actress (I Married Joan), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1961)
- Jun 29 John Toland, American political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971), born in La Crosse, Wisconsin (d. 2004)
- Jun 29 José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer (Huapango), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1958)
- Jun 30 Dan Reeves, American NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams), born in New York City (d. 1971)
- Jun 30 Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 2003)
- Jun 30 Madhaviah Krishnan, Indian naturalist and wildlife photographer, born in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 1996)
- Jun 30 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 1982)
Famous Weddings
John Foster Dulles
Jun 26 American future US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (24) weds Janet Pomeroy Avery (21) in Auburn, New York, until his death in 1959
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (built skyscrapers), dies at 65
- Jun 3 Julius A. De Lagnel, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 84
- Jun 9 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), dies at 60
- Jun 10 Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet and priest (Primoz Trubar), dies at 56
- Jun 11 Léon Dierx, French poet (Aspirations; Les Amants), dies at 74
- Jun 12 Frédéric Passy, French economist and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1901 for European Peace Movement), dies at 90
- Jun 25 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch-British painter, dies at 76
- Jun 25 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner and sect leader, dies at about 65
- Jun 27 Frank Furness, American architect (University of Pennsylvania Library; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), dies at 72 [1]
- Jun 27 George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies from a heart attack at 57
