Today in History for June 1890

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

1st - US census at 62,622,250
6th - United States Polo Association forms, NYC
9th - Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
10th - 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75
13th - Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
27th - Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland
27th - George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 16 of 16

1st - Frank Morgan, [Francis P Wupperman], NYC, actor (Wizard of Oz), (d. 1949)
2nd - Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
6th - Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy)
6th - Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971)
9th - Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours)
10th - Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
10th - Powell Weaver, composer
10th - Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
12th - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist
14th - May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
16th - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
19th - Barbara Everest, London England, actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest)
21st - Frank Sherman Land, The order of DeMolay founder (d. 1959)
25th - Marchwitza, writer
30th - Gertrude McCoy, Sugar Valley GA, silent screen actress (Blue Bird)
30th - Horace Chapman, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder for S Afr in 2 Tests)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

3rd - Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76
20th - Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63
28th - Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67
30th - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71

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