Page 3: 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  On June - 06 young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London   

1844  On June - 06 young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London   

1847  On June - 06 gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)   

1850  Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans on June - 06.   

1850  On June - 06 karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)   

1852  On June - 06 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  Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history william R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral   

1861  Lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers on June - 06.   

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  The birth of Henry Newbolt, English poet on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered on June - 06.   

1862  Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet on this day in history.   

1862  On June - 06 turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33   

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)   

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

1868  Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition on this day in history.   

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

1872  On June - 06 susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote   

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

1875  The birth of Thomas Mann, German writer and Nobel prize winner on this day in history.   

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

1875  On this day in history thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)   

1877  Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies on this day in history.   

1878  Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on June - 06.   

1879  On June - 06 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

1880  William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state on June - 06.   

1881  Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1882  On this day in history electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC   

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

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.   

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

1576  On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on June - 06.   

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

1606  On June - 06 birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

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

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on June - 06.   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on June - 06.   

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