Historical Events In June - 06

1844  On June - 06 the Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.")   

1844  Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London on June - 06.   

1844  On this day in history young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London   

1847  On this day in history gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

1850  On June - 06 levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans   

1850  On this day in history karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)   

1852  On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79   

1857  Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway on this day in history.   

1859  On June - 06 australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).   

1860  William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral on this day in history.   

1861  Lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers on this day in history.   

1861  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered   

1862  On June - 06 the birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet   

1862  On this day in history battle of Memphis-city is surrendered   

1862  On this day in history henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet   

1862  Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD on June - 06.   

1864  Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou) on June - 06.   

1868  On this day in history the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer   

1868  On this day in history robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition   

1869  On this day in history siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor   

1872  On this day in history susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote   

1872  On June - 06 alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)   

1875  On June - 06 the birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner   

1875  Netherlands goes on the gold standard on this day in history.   

1875  Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) on June - 06.   

1877  Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies on June - 06.   

1878  On June - 06 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70   

1879  On this day in history l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

1880  On June - 06 william T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state   

1881  Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on June - 06.   

1882  Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 on this day in history.   

1882  On June - 06 electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC   

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1236  On this day in history birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)   

1436  On this day in history birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 06 birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On June - 06 birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on June - 06.   

1606  On this day in history birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.   

1393  On June - 06 death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  On this day in history death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on June - 06.   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on June - 06.   

1583  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed