Anmer (racehorse belonging to George V of the UK) is third from last in the Epsom Derby when Emily Davison rushed in front of the horse and was trampled to death (1913) - 6/4
Giacomo Casanova (Venetian adventurer and author and famous womanizer) dies in Duchov, Bohemia at age 73 (1798) - June 4
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, distraught over his wife's death, abdicates his throne in favor of his brother Victor Emmanuel (1802) - June 4
Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which guarantees suffrage to women and sends it to the states for ratification (1919) - June 4
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, dies of gout in Utrecht (1039) - June 4
Finnish Defence Forces Day honors Carl Mannerheim's (Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces) birthday (1867) - June 4
King George III of Great Britain is born two months premature in London at Norfolk House (1738) - June 4
Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfiere (hot air balloon) at Annonay, France (1783) - June 4
Tonga (archipelago of 169 islands in the South Pacific) gains independence from being a British Protectorate (1970) - June 4
MS St. Louis (German ocean liner with 963 Jewish refugees) denied permission to land in Florida, is forced to return to Europe where its passengers became prisoners (1939) - 6/4
Terry Nichols (U.S. Army veteran) is sentenced to life for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing (1998) - June 4
Wilhelm II (last German Emperor and King of Prussia) dies at age 82 of a pulmonary embolus in Doom, Netherlands, where he was in exile (1941) - June 4
Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by People's Liberation Army (1989) - June 4
Ufa train disaster occurs when a natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 575 as 2 trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline (1989) - June 4
Transcontinental Express (express train) arrives in San Francisco, CA via the First Transcontinental Railroad in only 83 hours and 39 minutes from New York City (1876) - June 4
Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by People's Liberation Army (1989) - June 4
Ufa train disaster occurs when a natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 575 as 2 trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline (1989) - June 4
Transcontinental Express (express train) arrives in San Francisco, CA via the First Transcontinental Railroad in only 83 hours and 39 minutes from New York City (1876) - June 4
David Carradine (American character actor) is found dead at age 72 in his Bangkok Thailand hotel room from accidental asphixiation - he died the previous night (2009) - 6/4
Marriage Day - held the first Sunday in June (2017) - June 4
National Cheese Day - June 4
Pentecost (Christian) commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ (aka Whitsunday) occurs 50 days weeks after Easter/Pascha (2017) - 6/4
Pentecost (Orthodox Christian) commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ (aka Whitsunday) occurs 50 days weeks after Easter/Pascha (2017) - June 4
June 5, 2017
Apple II (the world's first practical personal computer) goes on sale (1977) - June 5
The Unknown Rebel (aka "The Tankman) halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests (1989) - June 5
Denmark changes from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new constitution (1849) - June 5
After some massive lay-offs, workers start a strike at the GM factory plant in Flint, MI, which quickly spreads to 5 other assembly plants lasting for 7 weeks (1998) - June 5
2003 European heat wave affects Pakistan and India when temperatures there reach 50 degrees Centigrade (122F) in the region (2003) - June 5
Pope Clement V is elected as Pope (1305) - June 5
Rio de la Plata Earthquake occurs measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale (1888) - June 5
Robert F. Kennedy (brother of John F. Kennedy) after addressing his supporters at the Ambassader Hotel in Los Angeles, CA is shot in a crowded kitchen passageway (1968) - June 5
Ronald Wilson Regan (40th President of the United States) dies at his home in Bel Air, CA home from pneumonia at age 93 (2004) - 6/5
Sarah Churchill (future Duchess of Marlborough) is born at Holywell House, St Albans, Hertfordshire (1660) - June 5
Stephen Crane (American novelist and short story writer) dies from tuberculosis in a Black Forest sanatorium at age 28 (1900) - 6/5
Teton Dam (federally built earthen dam) suffers a catastrophic failure and collpases killing 11 people and 13,000 head of cattle (1976) - June 5
Thomas Chippendale (London cabinet maker and furniture designer) is born (1718) - June 5
Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline causing $5.5 billion in damages making it the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history (2001) - June 5
World Environment Day (established by the UN General Assembly in 1972) - June 5
Charles XIII of Sweden accepts a new liberal constitution and is proclaimed king (1809) - June 5
Queen Elizabeth II of England - Diamond Jubilee Holiday (2012) - June 5
Krakow, Poland receives city rights (1257) - June 5
Ray Bradbury (American science fiction, fantasy, horror and mystery writer) dies in Los Angeles at age 91 after a lengthy illness (2012) - June 5
June 6, 2017
Alix of Hesse (later consort to Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia) is born at the New Palace in Darmstadt, Germany (1872) - June 6
Anne Bancroft (American actress married to Mel Brooks) dies from uterine cancer in Mount Sinai Hospital at age 73 (2005) - June 6
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, England) opens as the world's first university museum (1683) - June 6
Eastern Mediterranean Event occurs when a near-Earth asteroid (est. 10 metres in diameter) explodes over the Mediterranean sea with a 26 kiloton force (2002) - June 6
Alaska Airlines commences operations (1944) - June 6
Great Bombay Cyclone kills about 200,000 people in Bombay, India (1882) - 6/6
Carl Jung (Swiss Psychiatrist and founder of Analytical psychology) dies at age 85 after a short illness in Zurich, Switzerland (1961) - June 6
Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin, Queen Christina, to the Swedish throne (1654) - June 6
D-Day celebrations honor the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II (1944) - June 6
Diego Velazquez (Spanish painter who becomes the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV) is born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain (1599) - June 6
Oscar II of Sweden marries Sopia of Nassau (1857) - June 6
Flag Day (Sweden National holiday) - 6/6
Great Seattle Fire destroys downtown Seattle, Washington (1889) - June 6
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (commercial flight between LA and Salt Lake City and Seattle) collides in mid-air with a fighter jet crashing into the San Gabriel Mountains (1971) 6/6
Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon's older brother) is crowned King of Spain (1808) - June 6
Joseph I of Portugal (3rd child of King John V of Portugal and his wife Mary Anne Josepha) is born in Lisbon (1714) - June 6
Memorial Day in South Korea - June 6
Novarupta (volcano in Alaska) begins erupting becoming the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century (1912) - June 6
Republican Insurrection in Paris (unsuccessful anti-monarchist uprising of Parisan students immortalized in Hugo's Les Miserables) is put down by the National Guard (1832) - 6/6
Patrick Henry (American Founding Father best known for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech) dies from stomach cancer in his home at age 63 (1799) - 6/6
Queensland Day celebrates the birthday of the Australian state of Queensland - June 6
Robert F. Kennedy (brother of John F. Kennedy and Senator of the U.S.) dies from the gunshot wounds inflicted by Sirhan Sirhan yesterday (1968) - June 6
Southwark Bridge in London is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary (1921) - June 6
V.C. Andrews (American novelist) is born in Portsmouth, VA (1923) - June 6
June 7, 2017
Anne of Bohemia (daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and 1st Queen consort of Richard II of England) dies at age 28 from the plague (1394) - June 7
Battle of Midway (WWII Battle for the Midway Atoll) ends with a decisive American victory (1942) - June 7
Beau Brummel (son of Lord North, English fashion leader during the Regency period and a friend to the Prince Regent) is born in London, England (1778) - June 7
Graceland (Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, TN) is opened to the public by his ex-wife, Priscilla Presley (1982) - June 7
Gordon Riots occur in London, England when Protestants rise up against the Papists Act of 1778 during which 285 people are killed, many wounded and others arrested (1780) - 6/7
The Supreme Court rules on Griswold v. Connecticut 7-2 to invalidate the Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives (1965) - June 7
James Byrd, Jr. (49 year old black man) is beaten up by 3 men, then chained by the ankles to their pickup truck and dragged him for 3 miles eventually killing him (1998) - 6/7
King Haakon VII and his family return to Norway on the cruiser HMS Norfolk from their exile in the UK exactly 5 years from the day they left (1945) - 6/7
Louis XIV (aka The Sun King) is crowned King of France (1654) - June 7
Mary Pickford (Academy Award-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists) makes her film debut at age 16 (1909) - June 7
Mount Pinatubo (active stratovolcano on the island of Luzon, Philippines) explodes generating an ash column 7 km (4.5 miles) high (1991) - June 7
Boone Day commemorates the day that frontiersman Daniel Boone first saw the forests and valleys of present-day Kentucky (1769) - 6/7
Port Royal, Jamaica is hit by a catastrophic earthquake during which 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured during the 3 minute quake (1692) - June 7
Elizabeth II of the UK has her Silver Jubilee broadcast on television allowing it to be watched by over 500 million people (1977) - June 7
The assassinated body of Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York (1968) - June 7
RMS Lusitania (ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line) is launched (1906) - June 7
Robert the Bruce (King of the Scots) dies at age 54 in the Manor of Cardoss, near Dumbarton from what is referred to as an "unclean ailment" true cause unknown (1329) - June 7
Ronald Reagan is elected as the 33rd Governor of California (1966) - June 7
Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on its approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij killing 176 of the 187 aboard (1989) - June 7
Sony first introduces its Betamax TV/VCR combination with the LV-1901 (1975) - June 7
Chocolate Ice Cream Day
Southend Pier Fire destroys a bowling alley, but the pier museum and railway station were not severely damaged (1995) - June 7
June 8, 2017
Andrew Jackson (7th President of the United States) dies at "The Hermitage" at age 78 from tuberculosis and heart failure (1845) - June 8
Best Friends Day - 6/8
Edward, the Black Prince (eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father of Richard II of England) dies from a wasting disease (1376) - June 8
Emporia Kansas is struck by an F4 tornado killing 6 and injuring 200 causing $25 million in damages (1974) - June 8
Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence involves a tornado that kills 115 people when it strikes Flint, MI (1953) - June 8
George Sand (French author and feminist whose real name is Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin) dies at her home in France at age 71 (1876) - June 8
James Earl Ray is arrested for the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) - June 8
Louis XVII of France (aka Louis VI of Navarre, the son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria) dies from unknown causes at age 10 (1795) - June 8
USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail (1959) - June 8
Muhammad (a messenger and prophet of God and the founder of the religion of Islam) dies in Medina (632) - June 8
Robert F. Kennedy's body is laid to rest in Arlington Cemetary (1968) - June 8
Richard le Scrope (Archbishop of York) is executed in Bishopthorpe south of York upon the order of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV of England) at age 55 (1405) - June 8
Thomas Paine (British pamphleteer, revolutionary, inventor, intellectual) dies at age 72 in Greenwich Village, NY only 6 people attend his funeral (1809) - June 8
Topeka, KS is devastated by a F5 tornado with 16 people killed, hundreds more injured and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed (1966) - June 8
Volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an 8 month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven year famine (1783) - June 8
World Oceans Day (1st celebrated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1992) - June 8
"I'll Have Another" (2012 contender for the horse racing triple crown) is retired due to tendonitis (2012) - June 8
XB-70 Valkyrie prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot - both pilots were killed (1966) - June 8
June 9, 2017
Alice Huyler Ramsey (22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, NJ) becomes the 1st woman to drive across the USA (1909) - 6/9
Charles Dickens (English novelist of the Victorian era) dies at age 58 from a stroke suffered in his home in Kent, England (1870) - June 9
Charles Kingsford Smith (Australian aviator) completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross (1928) - June 9
Donald Duck (Disney character) makes his debut in "The Wise Little Hen" (1934) - June 9
Gaspee (British revenue schooner that had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations) ran aground in shallow water and was torched by American Patriots (1772) - June 9
Jacques Cartier (French explorer) becocmes the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River (1534) - June 9
Heavy rains in the Wisconsin Dells leads to Dell creek bypassing the Lake Delton Dam washing away 3 homes (2008) - June 9
London Gatwick Airport (West Sussex, England south of London) is opened by Queen Elizabeth II (1958) - June 9
Nero (Roman Emperor) commits suicide by having his secretary slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging (68) - June 9
House of Commons (British Parliament) has its first live broadcast by BBC Radio and commercial stations (1975) - June 9
Peter I of Russia (son of Alexis I and his wife Nataliya Naryshkina) is born in the Kremlin, Moscow (1672) - June 9
Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the USA (1790) - June 9
Profess Your Love Day - 6/9
Secretariat (American Thoroughbred) becomes the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years (1989) - June 9
Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence occurs as part of the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, MA killing 94 (1953) - June 9
June Full Moon - Strawberry Moon
June 10, 2017
Alexander the Great (ancient Greek King of Macedon) dies at age 32 from a high fever as a result of possible poisoning or a birth defect (323 BC) - 6/10
Bridget Bishop (an outspoken young woman who was considered flashy by Puritan standards) becomes the first person executed for witchcraft in Salem, MA at age 60 (1692) - June 10
Battle of Glen Shiel (West Highlands of Scotland) is fought between the British government and an alliance of Jacobites and Spaniards with a British victory (1719) - 6/10
James Cook (English navigator and Captain in the Royal Navy) runs his ship Endeavor aground on the Great Barrier Reef delaying his departure by 7 weeks (1770) - June 10
James Francis Edward Stuart (son of the deposed James II) is born at St. James's Palace, London as the son of the reigning king (1688) - June 10
Joe Nuxhall (Major League U.S. baseball player) at age 15, playing for the Cincinnati Reds, becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game (1944) - June 10
John Paul Getty III (grandson of billionaire J Paul Getty) is kidnapped in Rome, Italy (1973) - June 10
Judy Garland (American actress and singer) is born as Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, MN to parents who were both in vaudeville (1922) - June 10
Mount Tarawera (volcano in New Zealand) erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces (1886) - 6/10
Myall Creek Massacre results in approximately 30 Aboriginal Australians being slaughtered by European settlers (1838) - June 10
Spirit Rover (a NASA Mars Exploration Rover) is launched (2003) - June 10
Oradour-sur-Glane (town and commune in west-central France) is destroyed when 642 of its inhabitants were murdered by a German Waffen-SS company (1944) - June 10
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (consort to Queen Elizabeth II) is born at the Villa Mon Repos on the island of Corfu, the only son of Prince Andrew of Greece (1921) - June 10
Ray Charles (blind musician) dies at age 73 from liver cancer in his Beverly Hills, CA home surrounded by friends and family (2004) - 6/10
Spencer Tracy (Academy Award winning actor of stage and screen) dies from a heart attack after suffering from lung congestion 17 days after completing his last film (1967) - 6/10
James Earl Ray (convicted murderer of Martin Luther King, Jr.) escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prision in Petros, TN (1977) - June 10
Millennium Bridge in London is closed after the number of opening day pedestrians causes it to sway violently (2000) - June 10
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (2nd daughter of Tsar Nicholas II) is born at the Peterhof, Saint Petersburg (1897) - June 10 (N.S.)
Belmont Stakes (last race in the U.S. Triple Crown) is being held in Belmont Park in Elmont, NY (2017) - 6/10
Trooping of the Colour (held 2nd Saturday in June) is a military ceremony by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army for their Queen (2017) - June 10
World Wide Knit in Public Day (2nd Saturday in June) is the largest knitter run event in the world (2017) - June 10
June 11, 2017
Henry VIII (King of England) marries his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon at Greenwich Church (1509) - June 11
Sir Christopher Cockerell's SRN-1 hovercraft design is launched in the Solent off England's south coast (1959) - June 11
Le Mans disaster (France) occurs when a Le Mans racing car, involved in an accident, flew into the crowd, killing the driver and 80 spectators (1955) - June 11
Alexander I of Serbia and his consort Queen Draga are assassinated in their palace, their bodies then mutilated and thrown from 2nd floor window (1903) - June 11
Battle of Jargeau (Joan of Arc's first offensive battle) occurs about ten miles east of Orleans with a decisive French victory (1429) - 6/11
Broad Street Riot (Boston) occurs when a company of Yankee firefighters met with an Irish funeral procession (1837) - June 11
Cologne school massacre occurs in Volkhoven in Germany when Walter Seifert takes a self-made flamethrower into a school killing 8 students and 2 teachers (1964) - June 11
Davis Day is observed in Nova Scotia, Canada to recognize and honor all miners who were killed on job during a strike (1925) - June 11
Eltham Well Hall rail crash occurs when an intoxicated train driver derails on a sharp curve killing 6 people and injuring 126 (1972) - June 11
George I of Great Britain (1st Hanoverian King) dies at age 67 from a stroke he suffered 2 days earlier (1727) - June 11
John Wayne (Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor, director and producer, born Marion Mitchell Morrison) dies from stomach cancer (1979) - June 11
Karen Ann Quinlan (21 year-old woman in a persistent vegetative state) dies from complications of pneumonia (1958) - June 11
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii public holiday) honors Kamehameha the Great - June 11
Ronald Regan's state funeral is conducted in the Washington National Cathedral and presided over by President George W. Bush (2004) - June 11
Samuel Whitbread (English brewer and Member of Parliament) dies at age 76 (1796) - June 11
Sir Barton (Chestnut throughbred colt) wins the Belmont Stakes becoming the first American Triple Crown winner (1919) - June 11
Timothy McVeigh is executed by lethal injection at the U.S. Federal Penintentiary in Terre Haute, IN at age 33 (2001) - June 11
William Styron (American novelist and essayist best known for his novel "Sophie's Choice) is born in the Hilton Village historic district of Newport News, VA (1925) - 6/11
All Saints Day (Eastern Christianity) celebrated on the Sunday following Pentecost (2017) - 6/11
Red Rose Festival (2nd Sunday in June) last day of the Portland Rose Festival (2017) - June 11
Tony Awards (recognizing achievement in live American theatre) are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League on CBS 8 PM EDT (2017) - June 11
Trinity Sunday (Western Christian) is observed the Sunday after Pentecost (2017) - June 11
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