Historical Events In June - 06

1883  On June - 06 ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29   

1885  19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 on June - 06.   

1886  On this day in history paul Dudley White, heart specialist   

1887  On June - 06 ruth Benedict, anthropoligist   

1889  On this day in history great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks   

1890  United States Polo Association forms, NYC on June - 06.   

1890  Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy) on June - 06.   

1891  Istvan Kardos, composer on June - 06.   

1893  Ludovic Feldman, composer on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history sabin V Dragoi, composer   

1896  George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on this day in history.   

1896  21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 on June - 06.   

1896  On June - 06 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)   

1898  Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet) on June - 06.   

1898  Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62 on June - 06.   

1900  Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)   

1902  On June - 06 avraham Daus, composer   

1903  Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane) on this day in history.   

1904  On June - 06 national Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ   

1905  On June - 06 french Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request   

1905  John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show) on June - 06.   

1906  On June - 06 paris Métro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz).   

1906  Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn) on June - 06.   

1907  Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43)/manager (1946) on this day in history.   

1909  Isaiah Berlin, philosopher on this day in history.   

1910  Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet) on June - 06.   

1911  On June - 06 nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)   

1912  On June - 06 the eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.   

1913  On this day in history rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times   

1913  Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times on June - 06.   

1913  Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister on June - 06.   

1914  On this day in history the first air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)   

1914  On June - 06 1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway)   

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1236  On June - 06 birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)   

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

1502  On this day in history birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

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

1576  On June - 06 birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

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

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On this day in history norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  On June - 06 death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on June - 06.   

1671  On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed