Historical Events
Jesse James Robbery
Jun 3 Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
- Jun 10 5th Belmont: W. Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56
- Jun 10 Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea
- Jun 13 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
- Jun 15 Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a US collegiate law school
- Jun 16 Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
- Jun 16 The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology
- Jun 20 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi
- Jun 30 Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 14 Jacob Ellehammer, Danish watchmaker and inventor (powered flight), born in Bakkebølle, Denmark (d. 1946)
- Jun 14 Theo Frenkel, Dutch actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1956)
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
Jun 17 American Harlem Renaissance poet, lyricist ("Lift Every Voice And Sing"), civil rights activist, and leader of the NAACP, born in Jacksonville, Florida
Famous Weddings
Camille Pissarro
Jun 14 Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London
- Jun 17 Canadian giantess Anna Haining Swan (7ft 11in tall) marries the 'Kentucky Giant' Martin Van Buren Bates (7ft 9in tall) at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Famous Deaths
Anna Atkins (1799-1871)
Jun 9 English botanist, photographer and the 1st person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images, dies of paralysis, rheumatism, and exhaustion at 72
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871)
Jun 13 French watchmaker and illusionist considered the father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65
