Historical Events
- Jun 3 The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed from coast to coast
- Jun 4 Boston Beaneaters MLB pitcher John Clarkson is first to throw an "immaculate inning" (strikes out 3 batters on 9 pitches) in a 4-2 win over Philadelphia Quakers at South End Grounds
- Jun 6 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
- Jun 8 Cable cars service begins in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 12 88 people are killed in the Armagh rail disaster, Ireland
- Jun 13 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins, Wyoming
- Jun 13 23rd Belmont: W Hayward aboard Eric wins in 2:47.25
- Jun 15 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Bertha Townsend beats Lida Voorhees 7-5, 6-2
- Jun 22 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 4 Henry Phillips, American businessman (Phillip's screw), born in Bolivar, Mississippi (d. 1958) [1]
- Jun 8 Josef Hromádka, Czech Protestant theologist (Christian Peace Conference founder; Lenin Prize, 1957), born in Hodslavice, Moravia (d. 1969) [1]
- Jun 10 Cliff Clark, American actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout), born in New York City (d. 1953)
- Jun 11 Wesley Ruggles, American actor, producer and director (I'm No Angel, Arizona, Too Many Husbands), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1972)
- Jun 14 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist and paleontologist, born in Antwerp (d. 1964)
- Jun 18 Paul Joostens, Belgian avant-garde artist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1960)
- Jun 19 Enrico Celio, Swiss lawyer and President of Switzerland (1943), born in Ambrì, Switzerland (d. 1980)
- Jun 20 John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer, born in Piraeus, Greece (d. 1951)
- Jun 21 Ralph Craig, American athlete (Olympic gold 100/200m 1912), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1972)
- Jun 23 Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (Poem Without a Hero), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1966)
- Jun 25 Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, born in Madisonville, Ohio (d. 1971)
- Jun 25 Margriet Baers, Flemish philosopher and social worker, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1922)
- Jun 27 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1967)
- Jun 27 Moroni Olsen, American actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1954)
- Jun 29 Willie Macfarlane, Scottish golfer (US Open 1925), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1961)
Famous Weddings
Frank Lloyd Wright
Jun 1 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (21) weds socialite Catherine Tobin
Famous Deaths
- Jun 8 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
- Jun 15 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
- Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies at 48
- Jun 27 Whitney Eugene Thayer, American composer, dies at 50
- Jun 28 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
- Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer and music director (Teatro Apollo; La Scala), dies at 64
