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What Happened in June 1872

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Historical Events

  • Jun 1 6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58.25
  • Jun 1 Charles Albanel's expedition sets off for Hudson Bay overland accompanied by sixteen Amerindian canoeists (they will be the first Europeans to reach it overland about 25 days later) [1]
  • Jun 5 Republican National Convention meets in Philadelphia
  • Jun 8 US Congress endorses penny post card
  • Jun 14 Trade unions are legalised in Canada
  • Jun 18 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Events in 1872

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 6 Alexandra Feodorovna [Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine], last Russian Tsarina (1894-1918), born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse by the Rhine, German Confederation (d. 1918)
  • Jun 20 George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

Jun 27 American poet and novelist (Oak & Ivory), born in Dayton, Ohio

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Born in 1872

Famous Weddings

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Jun 17 Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (31) weds childhood friend Fanny Bowditch Dixwell

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Famous Deaths

James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872)

Jun 1 American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), dies at 76 [1]

James Gordon Bennett
  • Jun 3 Heinrich Esser, German violinist, composer, and conductor, dies at 53 [1]
  • Jun 4 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
  • Jun 4 Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish conductor, composer (Straszny dwór - The Haunted Manor), and teacher, dies at 53
  • Jun 16 Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
  • Jun 28 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, German composer, dies at 66

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