Historical Events
- Jun 3 Austro-German forces recapture Przemysl, a crucial city in southeastern Poland, and the entire Russian front begins to collapse
- Jun 5 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
- Jun 5 Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage
- Jun 8 92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
Second Lusitania Note
Jun 9 US President Woodrow Wilson sends second Lusitania note to Germany protesting sinking of the Lusitania and refuting German claim British blockade illegal
William Jennings Bryan Resigns
Jun 9 William Jennings Bryan quits as US Secretary of State
- Jun 10 British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
- Jun 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt beats Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 for her first of 4 straight US singes titles
- Jun 15 US government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo
- Jun 16 The foundation of the British Women's Institute
The League to Enforce Peace
Jun 17 The League to Enforce Peace is organised at Independence Hall in Philadelphia with William Howard Taft as president; its program anticipates the League of Nations
- Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: 4-time US Amateur champion Jerome Travers captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
- Jun 20 German offensive in Argonne
- Jun 21 Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law
- Jun 21 The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens
- Jun 22 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
- Jun 23 Italians launch the first of what will become 11 battles to dislodge the Austrians from the Isonzo River, which keeps the Italians from Trieste
- Jun 23 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0
- Jun 26 Germany suppresses "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace
- Jun 27 100°F (38°C), Fort Yukon, Alaska (state record)
- Jun 27 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 2004)
- Jun 1 John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen], American actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie), born in New York City (d. 2004)
- Jun 2 Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian communist (d. 1992)
- Jun 2 Lester del Rey, American sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars), born in Saratoga Township, Minnesota (d. 1993)
- Jun 2 Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer, born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2010)
- Jun 2 Walter Tetley, American voice-over actor (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), born in New York City (d. 1975)
- Jun 3 Iris Meredith [Shunn], American actress (Son of Davy Crockett, The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 1980)
- Jun 3 Milton Cato, 1st Prime Minister of San Vincent and the Grenadines (1979-84), born in Saint Vincent, British Windward Islands (d. 1997)
- Jun 4 Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (1960-68), born in Bamako Coura, Upper Senegal and Niger (d. 1977)
- Jun 4 Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricket batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 2 x 50; Canterbury; father of Richard, Dayle & Barry), born in Lincoln, Canterbury (d. 2006)
- Jun 5 Alfred Kazin, American writer and literature critic (The Inmost Leaf), born in Brownsville, NYC, New York (d. 1998)
- Jun 5 Lancelot Ware, English barrister and co-founder of Mensa, the international society for intellectually gifted people, born in Mitcham, Surrey, England (d. 2000)
- Jun 6 Vincent Persichetti, American composer (Sibyl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
- Jun 8 Gustaaf Vincent Willem van Hemert tot Dingshof, Dutch Mayor of Maarn, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Jun 8 Julian Ridsdale, British politician (C), Member of Parliament for Harwich (1954-92) (d. 2004)
- Jun 9 Les Paul [Polsfuss], American guitarist (How High The Moon), songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
- Jun 10 Oscar Comras, American drummer, bandleader, and namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1967)
Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
Jun 10 Canadian-born American author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976), born in Lachine, Quebec
- Jun 11 Arnold Jacobs, American symphonic tuba player (Chicago Symphony, 1944-83), and pedagogue, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
- Jun 11 David Kindersley, British stone letter-carver and typeface designer, born in Codicote, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1995)
- Jun 11 Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Jun 12 Christopher Mayhew, British politician (d. 1997)
- Jun 12 David Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
- Jun 13 Don Budge, American tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles, Grand Slam 1938), born in Oakland, California (d. 2000)
- Jun 15 Allan Reuss, American jazz, big band, and session guitarist (Benny Goodman; Glenn Miller; Mildred Bailey), born in New York City (d. 1988)
- Jun 15 Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life & Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), born in Dover, England (d. 1990)
- Jun 16 John Tukey, American statistician (d. 2000)
- Jun 16 Joseph Kagan, Lithuanian-British businessman, and inventor (Gannex raincoats), born in Kaunas, Russsian Empire (now Lithuania) (d. 1995)
- Jun 16 Mariano Rumor, Italian statesman (Prime Minister of Italy 1968-70, 1973-4, born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1990)
- Jun 17 Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1996)
- Jun 17 Stringbean [David Akeman], American banjoist and comedian (Hee Haw), born in Annville, Kentucky (d. 1973)
- Jun 18 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), born in Chartham, England (d. 1977)
- Jun 18 Red Adair, American oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2004)
- Jun 18 Victor Legley, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1949-80), born in Hazebrouck, France (d. 1994)
- Jun 19 Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
- Jun 20 Dick Reynolds, Australian Rules Football HOF rover who won Brownlow Medal 1934, 37, 38; captain/coach Essendon FC 4 x VFL Premierships, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2002)
- Jun 20 Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), born in Shanghai, China (d. 1994)
- Jun 22 Randolph Hokanson, American concert pianist and teacher (University of Washington, 1949-84), born in Bellingham, Washington (d. 2018)
- Jun 23 Dennis Price, English actor (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Separate Tables), born in Twyford, England (d. 1973)
- Jun 23 Zeb Turner [William Grishaw], American country-rockabilly guitarist, singer-songwriter ("Chew Tobacco Rag"; "It's A Sin"), and disc jockey, born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 1978)
- Jun 24 Charles Dunn, British Japanese scholar (d. 1995)
- Jun 24 Fred Hoyle, English astronomer (proposed steady-state universe theory, coined phrase 'Big Bang'), born in Gilstead, England (d. 2001)
- Jun 25 Peter Lind Hayes, American comedian and singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
- Jun 26 Charlotte Zolotow, American author and publisher of children's books (When the Wind Stops), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2013)
- Jun 26 Paul Castellano, American organized-crime chief, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
- Jun 26 Willard "Home Run" Brown, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL World Series 1942; 6 x NgL All-Star Kansas City Monarchs; MLB: St. Louis Browns), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1996)
- Jun 27 Grace Lee Boggs (née Grace Chin Lee), American philosopher, author (The Next American Revolution), civil rights activist and feminist, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2015)
- Jun 28 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American delta blues guitarist, born in Shaw, Mississippi (d. 2011)
Famous Weddings
Vincent Massey
Jun 4 Canadian diplomat Vincent Massey (28) weds Alice Parkin
T. S. Eliot
Jun 26 American poet T. S. Eliot (26) weds British governess Vivienne Haigh-Wood (27) at Hampstead Register Office in London, England; formally separate in 1933
Famous Deaths
- Jun 4 William Denis Browne, British composer, dies at 26
- Jun 5 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, killed fighting in WWI at 23
- Jun 7 Benjamin Lambord, American composer, dies at 35
- Jun 19 Sergei Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
- Jun 20 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies ay 76
- Jun 22 James Murray Spangler, American inventor of portable vacuum cleaner (Hoover), dies at 66 [1]
Victor Trumper (1877-1915)
Jun 28 Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), dies of Bright's disease at 37
