Historical Events
Gadsden Purchase
Jun 24 US President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670 square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern Arizona and New Mexico)
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 3 Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (Merneptah Stele, measured the pyramids), born in London, England (d. 1942)
- Jun 5 William E. Upjohn, American physician who invented dissolvable pills (Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company), born in Richland, Michigan (d. 1932) [1]
- Jun 16 Emil Sjogren, Swedish composer and organist, born in Stockholm (d. 1918)
- Jun 28 Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (Song of Our Saviour), born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
Famous Weddings
- Jun 13 Prince Albert of Prussia (41) weds second wife, German noblewoman Rosalie Wilhelmine Johanna von Rauch (33), in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Alexander Mackenzie
Jun 17 Prime Minister of Canada Alexander Mackenzie (31) weds second wife Jane Sym
