Today in History for June 1891

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

9th - Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
10th - 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison aboard Foxford wins in 2:08.75
11th - Puerto Rican flag adopted
16th - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.
29th - 100°F (SF, CA)
29th - National Forest Service organized
29th - Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

2nd - Ernst Kunz, composer
2nd - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969)
4th - Erno Rapee, composer
6th - Istvan Kardos, composer
6th - Vladislac Vancura, writer
7th - Athos Palma, composer
7th - Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA)
9th - Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
10th - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru the Tulips)
13th - Nell Craig, NJ, actress (Calling Dr Kildare, Queen of Sheba)
18th - Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian
18th - Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
20th - John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
21st - Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor (Nature of Music)
21st - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (Nuove Struttura)
22nd - Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
22nd - Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
24th - Irving Pichel, Pitts PA, actor/director (Mme Butterfly, Oliver Twist)
26th - Heinrich Lemacher, composer
26th - Sidney Coe Howard, US, dramatist (Swords, Pulitzer 1925)
26th - Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/(stage)author/resistance fighter
28th - Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
28th - Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
28th - Carl Spaatz, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
30th - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
30th - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

6th - John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
14th - Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77
23rd - Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73
23rd - George Parr, cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England), dies
23rd - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
24th - Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer, dies at 80
28th - Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63